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Further papers of and relating to the Douglas of Cavers family.
Family papers including correspondence, formal documents, commonplace book, genealogical notes, miscellaneous writings, photographs, and estate papers
Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.
Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.
Genealogical notes of Sidney Cramer.
Includes copies and extracts from birth, marriage and death certificates, with notes and temple ordinance data.
Gift by Queen Victoria of the estate of Margaret Fraser to the Queen`s and Lord Treasurer`s Remembrancer in trust.
Land Grant Certificate for the Poyaisian Republic.
Grant of 200 acres signed by Gregor MacGregor as part of the Mosquito Coast hoax.
‘Lays and lyrics’ by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1841) with pencil and wash illustrations, 1846, of A A Ritchie.
At the back of the volume, “A familiar Epistle, addressed to Peter M'Leod, Esq., of Polbeth” by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1845) has been bound in.
There are also manuscript verses by A A Ritchie (folio 1), class certificates, 1833-1834, of Charles Gray's son, Charles E Gray, from St Andrews University (folio 3) and a newspaper article, 1845, on Gray's poetry (folio 9).
Letters, 1924, of David Hay Fleming and Alexander Carlyle to John A Fairley.
With photocopies of births, late 18th century, of members of the Welsh family.
Letters and documents of Mary Queen of Scots.
Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Letters, press cuttings, and manuscript music concerning Bessie Kerr.
Bessie Kerr, a native of Banff, made her London début as a contralto in 1918, and from then until about 1934 sang regularly for the BBC, for Chappell 'Pop' concerts, and for Promenade concerts. Her correspondence includes letters of Sir Edward German and Frederic King her teacher at the Royal Academy of Music.
Literary and personal papers of Marion Lochhead.
Marriage contract between James Anderson, cowpar, Leith, and Agnes Mure, relict of Samuel Johnston, notary in Calder.
Marriage contract between Thomas Hodge, at the Bridgend of Calder, and Marie Johnston, daughter of Samuel, notary in Calder.
Marriage contract of James MacGill, younger, of Rankeillour and Joanna Wemyss.
Marriage contracts of James Fraser Tytler, 1810, and George Skene, 1832, with other papers.
Comprising papers, 1888-1889, on purchase of Keith Marischal, Humbie, and on its displenishing, 1952.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Membership certificate of the `Society for Purchasing Books at Leadhills` issued to W Winning.
The paper on which the document is printed is watermarked 1805.
Microfilm of letters and documents of Mary Queen of Scots.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of Mary Queen of Scots; with one letter of Mary of Guise.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Minute book, 1954-1961, of the National Union of Mine Workers, Scotland, Brora Branch.
Includes photocopies of 11 share certificates in Highland Colliery Ltd, the Ross Pit, Brora, 1962-1967, and copies of press cuttings, 1973 and 1988, concerning the closure of the mine.