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Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9468
Scope and Contents

On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.

Includes:

letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book

photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.

Dates: 1857-1874.

Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26672-26674

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers concerning the Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10240/1-116
Scope and Contents

The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.

Dates: 1924-1984, undated.

Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7004
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll

2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States

3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay

4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.

Dates: 1750, 1801, 1813-1836.

Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).

 File
Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated

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Names
Campbell, Archibald, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1682-1761 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Galt, John (novelist) 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1