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Microfilm of Descriptions, [circa 1695], of the shires of Scotland by Sir Robert Sibbald; and, letters, [circa 1695], of and to George Buchanan.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.331
Dates:
[1567-1581, circa 1695.]
Microfilm of drawings of Sir Robert Sibbald, correspondence of Robert Adam, architect, and designs of interior decoration and furniture.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.543
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Collection of original drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald, of fish, birds, plants, etc. (Adv.MS.6.1.14);
Correspondence, 1789-1791, of Robert Adam the architect and his Edinburgh clerk of works, John Paterson (MS.19992);
Book, late 18th century, of designs of interior decoration and furniture, in the classical style. (MS.2876).
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century-late 18th century.
Microfilm of eighty-two letters, 1660-1678, of James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, and forty-six, 1664-1681, of Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of Glasgow and St Andrews successively, to the Duke of Lauderdale, chiefly on the affairs of the Church of Scotland and the conflict with the Covenanters.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.948
Dates:
1660-1661.
Microfilm of Elizabethan letters and transcripts of the register of Arbroath Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.175
Scope and Contents
Elizabethan letters (Adv.MS.1.2.2);
Transcripts, 1815, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, of the register, 13th century-16th century, of the abbey of Arbroath and of various charters, 1213-1246. (Adv.MS.9A.1.18).
Dates:
13th century-16th century.
Microfilm of family and genealogical papers of the family of Mackintosh of Farr.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.65
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1799-1821, of Mrs Catharine Mackintosh of Farr to her sons James John, 4th of Farr, and Alexander, 5th of Farr, in the East India Company's Madras army, chiefly on family and local affairs (MS.9853); 'Notes of the Genealogy of the House of Mackintosh and of the Different Branches of the Name that have Sprung from that ancient House; With the Genealogy of Several other Families connected therewith. Part of which is intended to form an...
Dates:
[1799-1937.]
Microfilm of family papers of the Grahams of Airth, notably of and concerning Charles Stirling, the estate of Ardoch Penn and Jamaica.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2079-2081
Dates:
1775-1835.
Microfilm of forty letters of Thomas Carlyle, and two of Jane Welsh Carlyle, to Charles Redwood of Boverton.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.652
Dates:
1840-1853.
Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.658
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fragment of a Gaelic manuscript, 15th century, containing scholastic texts (Adv.MS.72.1.7);Manuscript, ?14th-?19th century, containing a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates in Gaelic and Latin (Adv.MS.72.1.10);Medical manuscript, ?16th century, in Gaelic written by Feargus Ó Caiside (Adv.MS.72.1.11);Medical manuscript, 16th century, in Gaelic, consisting chiefly of a treatise on diets and matters ancillary to medicine,...
Dates:
?14th century-?19th century.
Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.31
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Armourial [sic] Bearings of the Bruces’ by Major William Bruce Armstrong, 1903 (Adv.MS.15.1.25);'Results of the investigation of the settlement of English families in Scotland', [?1801] (Adv.MS.16.2.9);‘Proper names with their significations’ by David Ure, minister of Uphall, late 18th century (Adv.MS.16.2.10);Collection of material on French heraldry, in several hands of the first half of the 18th century...
Dates:
1560-1903.
Microfilm of general correspondence of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and his son Edward Ellice (died 1880), chiefly concerning political and public affairs, including a number of copies or drafts of replies of the Ellices.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.859
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
General correspondence. Be-Bou (MS.15004);
General correspondence. Bou (MS.15005).
Dates:
Early 19th century-[before 1881].
Microfilm of general correspondence of Edward Ellice (died 1863) and his son Edward Ellice (died 1880), chiefly concerning political and public affairs, with correspondents, Russell, G-Russell, John, 6th Duke.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1190
Scope and Contents
The correspondence has not been dated in detail. The dates indicated are based on the dates of the lives of Edward Ellice and his son.
Dates:
Early 19th century-[before 1881].
Microfilm of general correspondence of George Francis Stewart Elliot.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1847
Dates:
1864-1893.
Microfilm of general correspondence of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, relating chiefly to politics and patronage.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.276
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: General correspondence, 1755-1758 (MS.11014); General correspondence, 1759-1761 (MS.11015); General correspondence, 1762-1763 (MS.11016); General correspondence, 1764-1766 (MS.11017); General correspondence, 1766-1767 (MS.11018); General correspondence, 1771-1774 (MS.11019).
Dates:
1755-1774.
Microfilm of geographical work of John Pinkerton and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of Andrew Stuart.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.779
Dates:
[?1689]-early 19th century.
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.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.900
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century.
Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.26
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Breviat of the genealogie of the honourable surname of the Lesleyes, Earls of Rothes, sinc ther first arrivall in Scotland to thir dayes, collected out of ancient evidences, manuscripts and histories of the tymes, togither with some of ther cadents’, 17th century, attributed to Sir James Balfour of Denmill, Lyon (Adv.MS.17.2.4); Gordons of Craichlaw (Adv.MS.27.5.28);Letters, 1618-1712, to members of the Oswald family of Fingaltoun. Some...
Dates:
Late 16th century- early 19th century.
Microfilm of historical and genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.25
Dates:
1563-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of incoming correspondence, 1896-1898, of the Colonial Committee of the Free Church of Scotland concerning New Zealand; and, letter book, 1896-1925, of the conveners and secretaries of the Women's Association for Foreign Missions of the Church of Scotland in China.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1349-1350
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
1896-1925.
Microfilm of inventory of jewellery belonging to Queen Anne of Denmark.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.461
Dates:
?1606-?1618.
Microfilm of ‘Journal of a trip to the Island of Gottland, Sweden, Denmark, &c., &c., with Some Correspondence, and Remarks upon the Capabilities of that Island as a Field for Emigration, by John Shedden Dobie'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1049
Dates:
1850.
Microfilm of journals and memorandum books of, and, letters chiefly of, to, or concerning, Robert Chambers.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.847-849
Dates:
1832-1879.
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1014-1015
Dates:
1804-1837.
Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd. Papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 148-290.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.951-952
Dates:
[?1892-?1958.]
Microfilm of last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, on 8 February, 1587 (the night before her execution), to her brother-in-law, Henri III of France.
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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.89
Dates:
1587.