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Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.870
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
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.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1583
Dates:
1860-1861.
Microfilm of ‘Nockrar óreglulegar reglur’ by Eggert Ólafsson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.167
Dates:
1762.
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1716
Dates:
[Circa 1920-circa 1981.]
Microfilm of notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing copies, not in Sibbald’s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.199
Dates:
2nd half of the 17th century.
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.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.
Microfilm of notes, [1839, or after-circa 1855], compiled by William B D D Turnbull; and, papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, collected by James Anderson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.316
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notes, [1839, or after], of proceedings in the elections, 1790-1837, of representative peers for Scotland, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.16);Biographical and genealogical notes, [circa 1855], mostly extracts or cuttings from books and newspapers, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.18);Copies, 1727 or before, in various hands, of papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots and her reign, apparently...
Dates:
1558-[circa 1855].
Microfilm of orders established by Charles I for the regulation of the office of "His Majesty’s Great Wardrob".
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.964
Dates:
1630.
Microfilm of palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries, overwritten in England in the late 11th century and belonging to Thorney Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.836
Dates:
8th century-11th century.
Microfilm of panegyric in honour of, and addressed to, Henry VIII by Walter, Lord Ogilvy, in a contemporary hand.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.434
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.361
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
“Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting (Adv.MS.15.2.17);Notes, 1592-1606, of Sir James Balfour on the order of court dignitaries on ceremonial occasions. (Adv.MS.15.2.18);Collection of sermons, 1660, by Presbyterian preachers (Adv.MS.15.2.20);Commonplace...
Dates:
1592-1660.
Microfilm of papers, 1762-1811, received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, concerning the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific; journals kept by William Scott in Penang and Scotland; and, letters, [?1797-?1826], of and concerning John Leyden.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.973
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Papers, 1762-1811, received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville relating to the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific (Sumatra, Pelew, New Guinea, Sulu, Moluccas, Celebes, Penang) (MS.1068);Journals kept by William Scott, the sixth laird of Raeburn, in Penang and Scotland and on his voyages between them, 1794-1805, 1818-1819, with an account of a visit to Junk Ceylon, 1801 (MS.2896);...
Dates:
1762-[?1826].
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).
Dates:
1799-1800
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556-558
Dates:
[?1765]-1918.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Ferguson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.876
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the record for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
[Circa 1740]-1818.
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates:
[1925, or after-?1959.]
Microfilm of papers of Henry Cockburn Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, concerning the cases of Alexander Cahill, and of Walter Ker of Littledean against James, Duke of Roxburghe.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.139
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Papers, 1810-1811, concerning the case of Alexander Cahill, surgeon of the second battalion, 25th Regiment of Foot, indicted for murder after killing Captain Hugh Blair Rutherford, of the same regiment, in a duel (Adv.MS.9.1.5);Papers, 1820-1822, of Henry Cockburn concerning the action of oppression and damages of Lieutenent-General Walter Ker of Littledean against James, Duke of Roxburghe in the First Division of the Court of Session and Jury Court...
Dates:
1810-1822.
Microfilm of papers of Henry Cockburn Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, concerning the cases of John Kingan and Robert Watson, and William Henry Bothwick.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.138
Scope and Contents
The content are as follows:
Papers, 1826, 1828, concerning the actions and counter-actions for damages raised by John Kingan, a merchant in Glasgow, and Robert Watson of Linthouse, a Glasgow banker, against each other, initially in the Second Division and later in the Jury Court (Adv.MS.9.1.3);
Papers, 1822-1823, concerning the case of William Henry Borthwick, printer and editor of the ‘Glasgow Sentinel’, indicted for theft (Adv.MS.9.1.4).
Dates:
1822-1828.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Microfilm of papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers, concerning Japanese lighthouses.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1454-1456
Dates:
Late 18th century-mid 20th century.
Microfilm of papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning his office as H M Plenipotentiary in China.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1064
Dates:
1842.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.