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Material on the early history of Scotland by Sir Robert Sibbald.
Material relating to Sir Walter Scott.
The material includes transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott not printed in the Centenary Edition; transcripts of letters of his family and other correspondents; and extracts, correspondence, and notes on his ancestry and on various episodes in his life.
Material relating to Thomas Muir, the political reformer.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of excerpts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
Microfilm of excerpts from registers in Glasgow, chiefly of the Kirk, made about 1706.
Microfilm of excerpts from the manuscript lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch (now lost), made, 1845, by George Farquhar Graham.
Microfilm of extracts, 1839, from the lute book, 1627-1629, of Robert Gordon of Straloch, transcribed in tablature by George Farquhar Graham.
Microfilm of extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1689.
The contents are as follows:
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1659 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(i));
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1661-1689 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(ii)).
Microfilm of ‘Extracts of orders given at Shroton Camp’, July-October 1756; and ‘Order of march &c. at Shroton Camp’, 31 August 1756.
Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd. Papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 148-290.
Microfilm of late 12th-century manuscript, 'Panormia' of Ivo, Bishop of Chartres; with two diagrams of consanguinity, and short excerpts of Pope Alexander III.
Microfilm of manuscripts, chiefly notes and poems, of George Sibbald of Rankeillour, or in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Microfilm of notes, [1839, or after-circa 1855], compiled by William B D D Turnbull; and, papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, collected by James Anderson.
Microfilm of "Records of the Literary Society of Glasgow, 1764-79. Transcribed from the Society's Minutes, 1830", by William James Duncan.
Microfilm of volume containing notes, copies and excerpts from manuscripts and documents, together with a few excerpts from printed books, collected between about 1709 (folio 15) and about 1717 (folio 230 verso), many of the entries, which include a number of genealogies, relating to persons, families and places in Fife.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellaneous documents of Sir James Balfour.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Miscellany of antiquarian papers compiled by Richard Augustine Hay in 1725-1726 and probably over a somewhat longer period, consisting for the most part of transcripts of royal, episcopal, baronial and other charters and other formal documents from the 12th to the 17th centuries, together with some extracts from medieval cartularies, and a few notes on contemporary published works.
The papers are in some confusion and many others dispersed. Some (Adv.MS.25.9.10) were acquired by the Advocates` Library in 1881 as part of the Riddell Papers; and others (Acc.5022 and Acc.5694) were acquired by the National Library of Scotland in 1970 and 1972.
The purposes for which the papers were originally compiled and the circumstances of their dispersal are alike unknown.