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Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.

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Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates: 1696-1891, undated.

Annotated copy of J L Campbell and Francis Collinson, "Hebridean Folksongs" (1969).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9003
Scope and Contents

With five letters, 1979, of Campbell to Collinson.

Dates: 1969-1979.

Autograph manuscript of `The fair Unfortunate; or, the Tragedy of Jane Douglas, the Lady Glamis’, an unpublished drama in blank verse by Alexander Campbell, the editor Of ‘Albyn’s Anthology’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.22
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is undated, but another hand has added the date 27 November, 1819 (folio 89 verso).

Two sheets of musical accompaniment to songs in the text have been inserted (folios 41, 51).

Tipped in at the front of the volume is a letter, 1821, from the proprietors of Covent Garden Theatre, rejecting the play.

Dates: 1819.

Eight letters and the words of a song of John Hay Beith to Miss E Spartali.

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Identifier: Acc.9748
Scope and Contents

Letters concern literary matters.

Dates: 1907-1911.

Jacobite Papers.

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Identifier: Acc.3412
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1645-1891.

Letters to and miscellaneous papers of Donald Alexander Mackenzie.

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Identifier: MSS.19309-19310
Scope and Contents

An accomplished journalist, author, and poet, Donald Alexander Mackenzie is best known for a notable series of books on mythology, archaeology, and anthropology. His papers reflect his wide range of ability and interest.

Dates: 1909-1937.

Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.221
Dates: 1177, 15th century-1924.

Miscellaneous manuscripts.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.15
Scope and Contents

The manuscript has been compiled from various sources. See the particular descriptions. Letters of presentation by or on behalf of the donors are included.

Dates: 1629-1921.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

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Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

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

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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 obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of and relating to Harry Lauder.

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Identifier: Acc.13330
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1900-1935, of and relating to Sir Harry Lauder. Includes scripts of `patter`, songs and music by Lauder and other writers; draft of `Immortal Memory` speech given by Lauder in Boston, USA, 1915; letter, 1917, of Hannen Swaffer, editor of `The Weekly Dispatch`, praising Lauder`s appearance on the London stage after his son`s death in action in France in December 1916.

Dates: Circa 1900-1935.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Scottish music, songs and dances.

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Identifier: MS.6298
Dates: [1827, or after]-1916.

Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").

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Identifier: Acc.13587
Scope and Contents Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...
Dates: 1878-ca. 1925

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Beith, John Hay, writer, pseudonym Ian Hay, 1876–1952 1
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984: recipient 1