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Musical compositions and other papers of Douglas McPhie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12046
Scope and Contents

Includes additional material.



Dates: 1997-2010, undated.

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.

Nineteenth-century copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, both traditional and contemporary, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3370-3379
Scope and Contents

The music is chiefly arranged for pianoforte, except MS.3378, which is for violin.

Dates: Late 18th century-1875.

Papers, 1846-1983 and undated, of and concerning James F Dickie, fiddler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10389
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs and music.

With letters and music, 1888-1924 and undated, of James Scott Skinner, and music, 1935-1968 and undated, of John Murdoch Henderson.

Dates: 1846-1983 and undated.

Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.16
Scope and Contents The source material and translations are variously endorsed or annotated by Henry Mackenzie, Donald Mackintosh, and Ewen MacLachlan.The contents are as follows.(M 1). Notes by John Francis Campbell, dated 25 November 1872. (Folio 1.)(i) Cover, probably for folios 12-22, 24-33. Bears hands of Ewen MacLachlan and Mackintosh MacKay. Cf. Adv.MS.73.2.10, folio 207. (Folio 2.)(M 2). Ossianic fragments with some corresponding passages from James...
Dates: [1794, or after]-1872, 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 concerning John Corrie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10839
Scope and Contents

Includes poems, songs and correspondence.

Dates: 1918-1954.

Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26721-26792
Scope and Contents Born in Elderslie and educated in Tarbert Loch Fyne, Edinburgh and Oxford, George Campbell Hay spent most of his life in Edinburgh, but preserved a lifelong attachment to Kintyre, and in particular to Tarbert. Much of his poetry is a celebration of Kintyre, the land and its people, particularly the fishermen. Most of these poems had been written between 1938 and 1945 and already published in periodicals; they include translations from eleven languages. Hay's most important work,...
Dates: [Circa 1925]-1987, undated.

Papers of and relating to Harry Lauder.

 Collection
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 Dr Kenneth Macleod.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9927
Scope and Contents

Includes songs, poems, sermons and correspondence.

Dates: 1906-1955.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

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

Papers of John MacCallum, policeman, Glasgow.

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Identifier: Acc.12529
Scope and Contents

Includes Gaelic songs and music.

Dates: circa 1890-1925.

Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).

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Identifier: MSS.14884-14889
Scope and Contents Gaelic manuscripts of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940), third daughter of John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th duke of Atholl (1840-1917). Having learned Gaelic in her youth, she collected 240 Gaelic folk tales in Perthshire (the manuscripts now held in Blair Castle), and also left behind notebooks of Gaelic songs and other Gaelic material. The contents are as follows.MS.14884. Songs copied from McLagan Collection; small collection of hymns...
Dates: Late 19th century-early 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 Morris Blythman, pseudonym Thurso Berwick.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10830
Scope and Contents

Includes songs written or collected by Blythman and papers concerning Hugh MacDiarmid and John Maclean.

Dates: 1961-1979 and undated.

Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, Associate of the Royal College of Music (1889-1974), music-teacher, song-collector, and biographer of Frances Tolmie.

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Identifier: MSS.14910-14946
Scope and Contents Rose Ethel Bassin was born in Edinburgh of Ukrainian extraction, and studied music under Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and others. She taught in schools in England (1907-1911, 1919-1920), Edinburgh (1915), Newton Stewart (1916-1919), Stornoway (1920-1924) and Skye (1924-1927). During 1927-1934 she lectured in the University of British Columbia. After some time in London she spent the war years teaching in Harris, the Uist and Barra. She moved to Dingwall Academy in 1945, finally becoming Music...
Dates: 1926-1968, 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 Reverend William Matheson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 1(1)-Box 14(10)
Scope and Contents

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: 1707-1977.

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.

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Songs. Musical compositions. 165
Poetry. 43
Manuscripts. 32
Notes. 29
Letters. Correspondence. 21
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Music books. 17
Microfilms. 16
Dances. Musical compositions. 15
Correspondence. 13
Scores 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 12
Drafts. Documents. 12
Marches. Musical compositions. 11
Melodies. 11
Musical compositions. 11
Photographs. 10
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 10
Ballads. 9
Diaries. 9
Lists. 9
Photocopies. 9
Translations. Documents. 8
Notebooks. 7
Printed materials. Object genre. 7
Audiocassettes. 6
Psalms. Songs (document genre). 6
Accounts. 5
Dictionaries. 5
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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
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Inscriptions. 2
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Jacobite Rebellions. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
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Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 2
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Language
English 78
Undetermined 73
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 13
Multiple languages 4
English, Middle (1100-1500) 1
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Names
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 4
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 3
Soutar, William (poet) 3
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 2
MacRitchie, George, son of William, Minister of Clunie, b 1803: transcriber 2
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MacRitchie, William, Minister of Clunie, 1754-1837 2
Robertson, Margaret, compiler of collection of reels and songs, fl 1760-1840. 2
Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Associates, rock band 1
Banks, Helen, Haddington, fl 1770-1800. 1
Beith, John Hay, writer, pseudonym Ian Hay, 1876–1952 1
Blackie, John Stuart (Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Blythman, Morris, 1919-1981 (poet and editor, pseudonym Thurso Berwick) 1
Cadell, Patrick, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, 1941-2010 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: recipient 1
Collinson, Thomas Henry, organist at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1858-1928 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh 1
Dickie, James Fowlie, fiddler and mason, 1886-1983 1
Drysdale, George John Learmont, composer, 1866-1909 1
Ellis, Charlotte, former owner of volume of 28 tunes, fl 1760-1840. 1
Ewart, Thomas A, composer, Oban, fl 1900-1950 1
Feitis, Bertha, collector of music, fl 1900: transcriber 1
Fet, Afanasy, 1820-1892 (poet) 1
Gairloch Heritage Museum 1
Gladstone, Mary Selina (daughter of Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet of Fasque and Balfour) 1
Gordon, Harry, singer and comedian, 1893-1957 1
Gourock Primary School 1
Grant, Mary, of Cullen House, fl 1750. 1
Grant, Patrick, 1783-1867 (minister of the Baptist church at Granton-on-Spey, Gaelic poet) 1
Hamilton, Janet, co-writer of "Edinburgh Nonsense", fl 1939 1
Hamilton, John, co-writer of "Edinburgh Nonsense", fl 1939 1
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 (poet) 1
Henderson, John Murdoch, musician, 1902-1972 1
Heseltine, Philip Arnold, music scholar and composer, pseudonym Peter Warlock, 1894-1930 1
Hillhead High School, Glasgow, secondary school 1
Hume, Alexander, poet and composer, 1811-1859 1
Hume, Andrew, Dunbar, fl 1875-1878 1
Hume, William, musician and songwriter, d 1897 1
Hume, family 1
Hyslop, Archibald Forbes, HM Inspector of Schools, Scotland, alias Forbes Hazelwood, 1892-1943 1
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 1
Johnston, John, former owner of "Of notes and there [sic] lengths", fl 1760-1840. 1
Jüngst, Hugo Richard, composer, 1853-1923 1
Lawrence, Timothy, Music Division, National Library of Scotland, fl 1990-2009 1
Liszt, Franz, composer, 1811-1886 1
Loewe, Johann Carl Gottfried, composer, 1796-1869 1
Mac Mhurchaidh, Uilleam , ca. 1700-1778 (schoolmaster, poet and scribe) 1
MacCallum, John, policeman, Glasgow, 1851-1926 1
MacDonald, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, poet, ca. 1698-ca. 1770 1
MacDonald, Alexander, Gaelic poet, editor and scholar, 1860-1928 1
MacDonald, John (minister of Ferintosh) 1
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 1
MacInnes, Andrew, Charlotteville, Norfolk, Canada, 1809-1891: author 1
MacInnes, Andrew, Saint William, Ontario, Canada, fl.1928: author 1
MacLeod, Norman, 1783-1862 ("Caraid nan Gaidheal") 1
Macintyre, James, of Glenoe, 1727-1799 1
Mackay, Donald (possibly Reverend.) 1
Mackenzie, Grace (Gaelic spiritual poet, Badenoch) 1
Mackenzie, William MacArthur, popular singer and songwriter, 1957-1997 1
Maclean, Meta, composer, fl 1925-1976 1
Macleod, Kenneth (minister of Colonsay and Oronsay and folklorist) 1
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 1
Matheson, William, Reader Emeritus in Celtic, University of Edinburgh, 1910-1995 1
McPhie, Douglas S, chartered surveyor, Edinburgh, fl 1997-2009 1
Morison, Duncan M (musician) 1
Morison, Duncan M, musician, Stornoway, ? 1906-1998: collector 1
Musgrave, Thea, composer, b 1928 1
Rankine, Alan, musician, b 1958 1
Robertson, James, compiler of book of Scottish fiddle tunes, fl 1770-1799. 1
Robertson, Margaret, compiler of collection of reels and songs, fl 1760-1840: transcriber 1
Salisbury, Bishop of 1
Schubert, Franz, composer, 1797-1828 1
Scott, Alicia Anne, Lady John Scott, née Spottiswoode, 1810-1900 1
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 1
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 1
Shanks, Alastair, Port Ellen, Islay, fl 1969-1983 1
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary, 1781-1851 1
Sharpe, Charles, of Hoddam, formerly Kirkpatrick, c 1738-1813 1
Shepheard, Pete (Springthyme Records owner and Founder member of Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (TMSA)) 1
Skinner, James Scott (composer) 1
Springthyme Recrords 1
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 1
Stewart, Thomas, music-seller, Edinburgh, fl 1900-1940 1
Sutherland Estates 1
Swaffer, Hannen, journalist, 1879-1962 1
Thomson, James, poet, 1700-1748 1
Wallace, William Francis Stuart, composer, 1860-1940 1
Watterston, William Arnot, Secretary of University College, Dundee, 1855-1927: collector 1
Wilcox, Robert, Dunbar, fl 1878 1
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 1
Winton, Andrew S, art teacher, 1917-2001 1
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