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Annotated proofs of extracts from reports of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7956
Dates:
1874-1879.
Author's interleaved proof copy of ‘Occasional verses, translations and imitations’ by Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie; with letters and papers to Glenbervie formerly loosely inserted therein.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16493-16494
Dates:
[?1820.]
Corrected page proofs by George Bruce of his "Today Tomorrow: Collected Poems, 1993-2000".
File
Identifier: Acc.12040
Dates:
2001.
Galley proofs, circa 1958, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, "The Sea-Bed and Other Stories", with corrections by Finlay.
File
Identifier: Acc.10351
Scope and Contents
With printed copies of two short stories, undated, of Finlay with his annotations and corrections.
Dates:
circa 1958 and undated.
Marked proof, undated, of "Carmina Gadelica", corrected by J C Watson and William Matheson.
File
Identifier: Acc.8223
Scope and Contents
With marked proof, undated, of J L Campbell, "Edward Lhuyd in the Scottish Highlands", corrected by Angus Matheson, with letters, 1962, of Campbell to Matheson on the book.
Dates:
1962 and undated.
Papers of George Algernon Fothergill concerning the history of Limekilns in Fife.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5309-5311
Dates:
1923-1930.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-1972.
Proof copy of a reprint of "Jones’s directory or, useful pocket companion, for the year 1786", interleaved and heavily annotated by John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis'.
Item
Identifier: MS.2558
Scope and Contents
There are some proof corrections on the title-page by James MacLehose, the publisher, and on the fly-leaf his signature and a note by his son, the donor.
Dates:
1863.
Proof copy of Andrew L Drummond, "German Protestantism Since Luther" (1951), and annotated copy of "The Story of American Protestantism" (1st [British] edition, 1949) by the same author.
File
Identifier: Acc.10076
Scope and Contents
With associated letters and papers.
Dates:
1949-1963.
Proof copy of 'Poor things', by Alasdair Gray, with a related letter.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11160/1-2
Scope and Contents
A heavily annotated paperback proof of 'Poor things', donated by Alasdair Gray to Mark Fleming for auction at a Scotland in Europe fundraising event, with an accompanying letter explaining the donation.
Dates:
1992-1993.
Proofs of George MacDonald, "St George and St Michael" (1876), with corrections and revisions by the author.
File
Identifier: Acc.8692
Dates:
1876.