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Diary of John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6260-6289
Scope and Contents The diary entries consist of records of personal experiences, and rambling didactic essays. The topics include observations on religion, philosophy, current events, sex, education, music, art and literature; there are copies of songs and music, a complete essay on marriage, and accounts of travels, notably a journey to Glasgow, 1822 (MS.6260), and a sea-trip to the Irish coast (MS.6272).Some miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and catalogues are inserted in the diary; and there are...
Dates: 1822-1836.

Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).

 File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates: 17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers of Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley relating to the 51st (Highland) Division in the First and Second World Wars.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7380/1-95
Scope and Contents

Maps, accounts, diaries, lectures and other papers, mainly concerning operations, 1942-1943, of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa and Sicily, together with a smaller quantity of associated post-war correspondence and some papers, 1918, concerning the Division in the First World War.

Dates: 1914-1976, undated.

Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26490-26560
Scope and Contents

Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.

Dates: 1923-1968, undated.

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents

This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.

Dates: 15th century-1814.

Seven diaries of Patrick Cadell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11641
Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum of matters outstanding on his leaving and a copy of a song, composed and sung by Timothy Lawrence, at Mr Cadell`s leaving party in 1990.

Dates: 1983-1990.

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Correspondence. 3
Poetry. 3
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 3
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Photographs. 2
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Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Account books. 1
Accounts of intromissions. 1
Accounts. 1
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
Algeria. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 3.0000 . Latitude: 28.0000 . 1
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Articles. 1
Assignations. Legal Instruments. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Bonds of relief. Legal instruments. 1
Bonds. Legal instruments. 1
Calendars. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates. 1
Charters. 1
Cheques. 1
Claims. Legal documents. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Copies. Derivative objects. 1
Decrees arbitral. Legal instruments. 1
Depositions. Testimonies. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Discharges. Legal Documents. 1
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Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 1
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Family papers. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Histories. 1
Indictments. Legal documents. 1
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Leases. Contracts. 1
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Legal documents. 1
Libya. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 17.0000. Latitude: 25.0000 . 1
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Memoirs. 1
Memoranda Book. 1
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Sicily. Europe - Italy - Sicily. Island. Longitude: 14.0000. Latitude: 37.5000. 1
Transcriptions. Documents. 1
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Travel journals. 1
Tunisia. Africa. Protectorate. Longitude: 9.0000. Latitude: 34.0000. 1
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Woodcuts. Prints. 1
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English 4
 
Names
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Cadell, Patrick, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, 1941-2010 1
Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh 1
Lawrence, Timothy, Music Division, National Library of Scotland, fl 1990-2009 1
Sutherland Estates 1