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Correspondence and papers, 1996-1999, of Ronald Black concerning the publication of his work 'An tuil: anthology of 20th century Scottish Gaelic verse' (Polygon: Edinburgh, 1999); with papers, 1937-1999, relating to other work on 20th century Gaelic literature.
Includes scripts of two unpublished Gaelic novels of the Rev Ewen MacLean, Edinburgh, and photocopies of 'Leabhar nam Prannag', manuscript poems of Ian Paterson.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, mostly relating to his historical research.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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.
Note concerning the foundation of the new parish church of Tulliallan.
Papers of and concerning Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle and their home at 24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.
Papers of Dr George Pratt Insh, mostly concerning his unpublished biography of Thomas Muir of Huntershill.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Papers of Robert Herdman.
Comprising:
1. photocopy of "Picture Book", 1870-1887, recording pictures painted by Herdman
2. notes of Herdman, on Thomas Carlyle, made while painting his portrait
3. correspondence of R Duddingstone Herdman, 1897, concerning the mounting of an exhibition.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Photocopies, 1967, of notes, 1965, by J O French on the history of the Scottish lodges of the United Operative Plumbers’ Association of Great Britain, predecessor of the Plumbers' Trade Union.
Covers the period 1865-1965. The Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow No.1 and Greenock lodges are described in the typescript.
Photocopies of a record of voting, 1737, by the Faculty of Advocates for the Professor of Scots Law, and a note, undated, by John Erskine.
Photocopies of account, 1664, of accident at Inverness, and list, 1669-1772, of deaths of persons named Fraser.
Found on endpapers of copy of "Lawes and Actes".
Photocopies of genealogical notes concerning the Mackenzies of Kilcoy.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Photocopies of manuscript legal notes and three poems of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Photocopies of manuscript notes of E A Hunt
Concerning the parish of Chirnside and the Humes of Ninewells.
Photocopies of notes and correspondence concerning George Davie, "The Crisis of the Democratic Intellect".
Photocopies of notes, transcriptions and poems of William Stuart Henry.
Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of letters of Thomas Telford to Andrew Little and other members of the Little family, with letters relating to Telford.
Includes notes and extracts from letterbooks of Joseph Mitchell.