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Two letters of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk, to John Young.
Acknowledging and commenting on Young`s, "Lochlomond Side and Other Poems" (Glasgow, 1872), and "Pictures in Prose and Verse" (Glasgow, 1877).
Bound with copies of the books.
Two minute books, and membership cards, of the United Society of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders, Leith Number 1 and Number 2 Branches.
Two minute books of the Building and Monumental Workers` Association, Edinburgh Branch.
Two minute books of the National Association of Local Government Officers, Gas Branch.
Two minute books of the National Union of Clerks, Edinburgh Branch.
Two minute books of the Transport and General Workers` Union, Edinburgh Branch.
Two music books of Robert Fleming, Dundee.
Contains the bass parts for dance tunes.
Two notebooks and a commonplace book of E H Mill of the Burn, Kincardineshire.
Notebooks record travels and climbing expeditions in Italy, France and Spain.
Two printed books of Peter Cunningham, and a printed book of Allan Cunningham, all with corrections and insertions by Peter Cunningham.
Peter Cunningham was born at Pimlico in 1816, the third son of Allan Cunningham. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, London and in 1834 obtained a position in the audit office, from which he retired in 1860. He published many works including 'Handbook of Westminster Abbey' (1842); 'Handbook of London' (1849); 'Story of Nell Gwyn' (1852). He also contributed to various periodicals including the 'Illustrated London News' and "Gentleman's Magazine". Cunningham died in 1869.
Two ration cards, 1918, with other papers.
Including:
1. postcard of Everest Expedition, 1924
2. typescript copy, 1926, of Strike Issue no 6 of Aberdeen Evening Express.
Two "visiting books" compiled by Lady Edith Campbell.
Containing photographs, watercolours, drawings, and signatures of guests.
Two-volume commonplace book compiled by David R Robertson for his daughter Helen Stewart.
A commonplace book in two volumes compiled by David R Robertson and inscribed to his daughter Helen Stewart for her birthday: 'two volumes of memorials and happy memories; comprising notes and sketches of my father's and mother's country and also of our familiar holiday haunts'. The volumes contain poetry, paintings and drawings, illuminated lettering, and extracts from books on history and Scottish folklore.
Type specimen and sample books of Gordon Wilson, jobbing printer, Edinburgh.
Typescript copy of the Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd; with a typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd'.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Videocassette recordings and a DVD produced by Jim Taylor of reminiscences of life and work in north-east Scotland and of World War II.
Each of the videocassettes has a label on it. There are also labels on both the card sleeve and the plastic outer container. The label on the plastic container has been used to provide the descriptions as it has, generally, fuller information.
Included is an account book, 1918-1922, of George Riddle, shoemaker, Rosehearty.
Volume containing surveying instructions and a business ledger, compiled at Yarrow.
Volume of strathspeys, reels, jigs and hornpipes, for violin, once owned by Lewis H Millar, Musical Director, People`s Palace, Dundee.
Volume used as an account book, 1819-1822, by William Patrick, a merchant in India, and in the early 20th century by David Rattray, a joiner and builder in Lochore, for calculations and working notes; with correspondence and other papers of Rattray.
Women, education and literature: the papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1767-1849, part 3, reels 1-4 (Adam Matthew, 2001).
Xerox copy of the minutes of the Ardrossan Branch of the Naitonal Union of Seamen, 24 August 1919-26 March 1964; with a copy of the minutes of a District Meeting in Glasgow, 26 July 1965.
Xeroxes of three manuscript music books containing airs collected by the sisters Margaret Douglas MacLean Clephane and Anna Jane Douglas MacLean Clephane of Torloisk, Mull.
The airs in the music books are drawn from a broad range of cultures, including Gaelic.
Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
Many of the papers are accompanied by transcripts or summaries by Alexander Macdonald.