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Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of, or associated with, Robert Burns.
Microfilm of correspondence, poetry, journals and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, poems and other papers, [?1833-?1895] (MS.2981);
Journals, 1831-1853 (MS.2982).
Microfilm of Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
The contents are as follows:
Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);
Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).
Microfilm of 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery; and, ‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript produced in 1484, a 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery (Adv.MS.18.2.1);
‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland, ?1490 (Adv.MS.18.2.8).
Microfilm of manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem, statutes, Leges Portuum, forest laws, Quoniam attachiamenta, burgh and guild laws, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots.
Microfilm of manuscripts, chiefly notes and poems, of George Sibbald of Rankeillour, or in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Microfilm of ‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V’, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Microfilm of schoolbook, transcribed in the early 12th century, containing notes and glosses (in Latin and German) on authors studied in schools and other texts which could be used in teaching.
Microfilm of typescripts of poems, [1922-1929],; and, synopses, [1932-1934], of intended publications of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’.
The contents are as follows: Typescripts of poems, [1922-1929], of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’ (MS.26058); Synopses, [1932-1934], of intended publications of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’ (MS.26060).