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Papers of Keith William Murray.
Includes genealogical articles, notes, and transcripts, 1892-1909 and undated, concerning the Murray family.
With drafts for the "Scots Peerage" of Sir James Balfour Paul, with letters pasted in, 1902-1917 and undated. Letter writers include:
James Balfour Paul, John Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, J Maitland Thomson and George Cokayne.
Papers of Laurie Flynn, concerning alleged police corruption and racism.
Papers of Robert Cadell and the Stevenson family, additional to MSS.21001-21069: Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell and his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Photocopies of notes, transcriptions and poems of William Stuart Henry.
Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of letters of Thomas Telford to Andrew Little and other members of the Little family, with letters relating to Telford.
Includes notes and extracts from letterbooks of Joseph Mitchell.
Poems of George Lauder, transcribed, 17th century, chiefly from printed copies indicated in the manuscript.
Research material, including correspondence, notes, copies and transcripts, of and collected by Michael Parnell for his 'Eric Linklater: a critical biography'.
Includes photocopies of correspondence and other papers of and concerning Linklater.
Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.
The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.
Research papers of Robin J Adam.
Includes research notes, transcripts and drafts concerning the Sutherland estates and the Calendar of Fearn Abbey.
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.
‘Scottish Historical documents’, being transcripts and notes, in manuscript and typescript, by and for Sir Archibald C Lawrie in preparation for continuations (never published) to his ‘Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D.1153’.
Scribal copy of letter, 1643, of Oliver Cromwell to Lawrence Crawford
With annotated transcript and notes, circa 1840-circa 1845, of Thomas Carlyle.
'Sibbaldi Fragmenta Historica.'
Six diaries of Arthur Birnie.
Includes transcript and notes.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).
"The 1878-1880 Royal Geographical Society Expedition to East Africa: the Diary of Keith Johnston", transcribed with explanatory notes by James McCarthy.
Transcript, 17th century, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of ‘History of the Picts’ by Henry Maule of Melgum.
At the beginning is a note by J. Ruddiman concerning the doubt of the authorship of the book.
Transcript, 18th century, of the ‘Chronicon Melrosense’, and other material.
Transcript, 1929, of the dedication of ‘Oenone and Paris’, from the unique copy in the possession of Dr Abraham Rosenbach, by J Denham Parsons, with notes.
Transcript, eighteenth century, of documents illustrating the claim of the English Crown to the overlordship of Scotland.
The manuscript is entitled ‘Instrumentorum quorundam authenticorum exemplaria aliquot ex ipsis archetipis in archivis quod Thesauriariam vocant repositis, transcipta et collecta jussu et mandato ... Edwardi ... Ducis Somerseti ... ex quibus planum fit a tempore Bruti ad nostram pene usque etatem Reges Scocie in fide fuisse Regum Anglie, Regnumque Scocie Reges Anglie tanquam superiores dicti Regni dominos per sacramentum fidelitatis agnouisse. An. MDXLIX collegit Joannes Masonius’.