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Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Microfilm of notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing copies, not in Sibbald’s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides.
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 papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Notebook of Archibald J Cronin.
Containing drafts of 11 "Dr Findlay" short stories.
Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).
Notebook of Elspeth Davie containing drafts of short stories.
From folio 106 onwards, the material starts at the back of the volume.
Notebook of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford.
The notebook contains material on the history of Venice taken from printed sources, and drafts of two letters, 1837, to Count Leo Thun-Hohenstein on theological matters.
Notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.
Notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing geological and topographical material.
(i) `A Catalogue of Mineralls and figur`d stones found in Scotland in M.R.W. cabinet` (page 4). An abridged copy by Robert Sibbald of the catalogue of material owned by Robert Wodrow in 1703.
(ii) Copies, not in Sibbald`s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides written in the second half of the 17th century (inverted page 1).
Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.
The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.
Notebooks and literary papers of Harvey Holton.
Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
Notebooks and papers of Janet Caird, mainly relating to her novel "The Umbrella-Maker’s Daughter" (London: Macmillan, 1980).
Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
Notebooks containing original poems and verse translations by George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).
Notebooks of John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session, containing full notes of the cases in which he participated both as advocate (criminal cases only, 1841-1858) and judge (civil and criminal cases, 1858-1889).
Each volume has a contents list. Inglis was Lord Advocate in 1852 and 1858, Lord Justice Clerk from 1858 to 1867, and Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1867 to 1891.