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Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);

Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].

Microfilm of two books, 1692, 1697, of household recipes of Katherin Smith and correspondence and papers, 1818-1831, undated, of Sir John Sinclair on agriculture.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15553 [Mf.MSS.41]
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers of Sir John Sinclair includes translations and copies of letters on his ‘Code of agriculture’ and letters of him to Sir Patrick Murray Threipland.

Dates: 1692, 1697, 1818-1831, undated.

Miscellaneous letters and documents.

 Series
Identifier: MS.13500

Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.17
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of decisions of the Court of Session, 1714-1721. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, early 18th century, of letters of and to George Buchanan, 1573-1581, and undated, with notes on others of his letters, mostly in Thomas Ruddiman`s hand; these are Epistolae XXVII, XV, XII, XXXI, XXIV, XL, XXXVII in Ruddiman`s edition of Buchanan`s Works, and Ruddiman`s introductory notes to Epistolae XI, XVI, VIII, XII, XX, XXVIII, XXXI, XXXIV,...
Dates: 17th century-1912.

Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).

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Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates: 17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of Alexander Huchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10158
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and translations, correspondence and artwork.

Dates: 1972-1990.

Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12591
Scope and Contents

Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.

Dates: 1529-1925.

Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14870-14872
Scope and Contents

Due to the War and Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin’s early death, neither work was published. The papers were used however by Professor John Fraser in publishing his collection of Quiggin’s Book of the Dean of Lismore transcripts, ‘Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore’.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11756
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, essays, reviews and translations, many arranged in order by Fraser`s wife, Eileen, with a view to publication in collected form; also includes printed material by Fraser and correspondence concerning his work.

Dates: circa 1957-1980.

Papers of Magnus Magnusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates: circa 1948-2006.

Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.

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Identifier: MS.20988
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).

Dates: 1488-1821, undated.

Papers of the literary magazine, "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6899
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, translations, articles, and reviews, with editorial correspondence, comprising over 700 letters. With associated printed items.

Dates: 1973-1976.

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Letters. Correspondence. 41
Poetry. 22
Correspondence. 20
Notes. 20
Copies. Derivative objects. 13
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Manuscripts. 11
Typescripts. 11
Lists. 7
Microfilms. 7
Photographs. 7
Drafts. Documents. 6
Genealogies. 6
Accounts. 5
Memorandums. 5
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 5
Songs. Musical compositions. 5
Abstracts. Summaries. 4
Notebooks. 4
Photocopies. 4
Receipts. Financial records. 4
Reviews. Document genre 4
Articles. 3
Biographies. 3
Catalogues. 3
Certificates. 3
Commentaries. 3
Diaries. 3
Elegies. 3
Excerpts. 3
Instructions. Document genre. 3
Inventories. 3
Legal documents. 3
Plays. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Publications. 3
Scripts. Documents 3
Transcripts 3
Transcripts. 3
Agreements. Legal instruments. 2
Calligraphy. Visual works. 2
Charters. 2
Discharges. Legal Documents. 2
Essays. 2
Fragments. 2
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 2
Histories. 2
Illuminated manuscripts. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Leases. Contracts. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Minutes. Administrative records. 2
Offprints. 2
Petitions. 2
Prayers. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Reports. 2
Summaries. 2
Testimonies. 2
Account books. 1
Accounts of intromissions. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Assignations. Legal Instruments. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bibliographies. 1
Bonds of relief. Legal instruments. 1
Bonds. Legal instruments. 1
Books 1
Books of hours. 1
Bulls. Papal records. 1
Certificates 1
Charters 1
Cheques. 1
Claims. Legal documents. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Covers (gathered matter components). 1
Decisions. Judicial records. 1
Decrees arbitral. Legal instruments. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Depositions. Testimonies. 1
Dialogues. 1
Diplomas. School records. 1
Dissertations. 1
Documents. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Engravings. Prints. 1
Ephemera. 1
Estimates. Financial records. 1
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 1
Fife. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -3.0333. Latitude: 56.2500. 1
Folk tales. 1
Gospels. 1
Holographs. Autographs. 1
Hymns. Songs. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Indictments. Legal documents. 1
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Language
English 28
Undetermined 21
Multiple languages 10
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 7
Latin 4
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Names
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 2
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
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Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
Isles, Rita, Aberdour, fl 1973 1
Lim Se Siu, China, Christian convert, fl 1864-1875 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
London Missionary Society 1
Mackenzie, Evan, missionary in Tibet, b 1868 1
Mackie, Alastair, poet, 1925-1995 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 1
McLeod, John, composer, b 1934 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 1
Murray, Malcolm, writer on Alexander Irving, army officer in the Swedish service, fl 1976-1986 1
Newport, G O, missionary, London Missionary Society, China, fl 1864-1875 1
Presot, Marie, mother of Esther Inglis, calligrapher, fl 1569-1574 1
Ross, Neil, Minister of Laggan, Inverness-shire, Gaelic scholar and poet, 1873-1943 1
Shiells, Archibald, merchant, Edinburgh, 1677-1752 1
Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich, composer, 1906-1975 1
Stronach, Alexander, missionary, London Missionary Society, China, 1800-1879 1
Stronach, John, missionary, London Missionary Society, China, 1810-1888 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933. 1
Tussaud, Anna Marie, founder of a waxwork exhibition, née Grosholtz, called Madame Tussaud, d 1850 1
Wilsone, family, Stirlingshire, of Murrayshall 1
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