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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents

William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.

Dates: 1778-1961, undated.

Corrected typescript, 1974, of Naomi Mitchison, "Oil for the Highlands".

 File
Identifier: Acc.6299
Scope and Contents

With a notebook, undated, entitled "Oil".

Dates: 1974 and undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Description of voyage to South Africa of Trooper Charles Hunter, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10677
Scope and Contents

Includes transcript of description. With letter and pocket book containg active service notes.

Dates: circa 1900.

Medical notebook of Alexander Ochterlony, a younger son of James Ochterlony of Wester Seaton who studied medicine at the University of Paris.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.15
Scope and Contents The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) `Spagyricae seu Jatrochymicae Synopsios Cursus ... illustratus a doctissimo viro domino Rheo`, July 1631. Notes of lectures on chemistry given by Rhee [?Rae], a Scot teaching in Paris. (Folio 1.)(ii) `De primis Naturae principiis`. (Folio 39.)(iii) Extracts from ‘De gradibus et compositionibus receptorum et naturalium’ by Paracelsus. (Folio 45.)(iv) Prescriptions in Latin. (Folio 51.)...
Dates: 1631-1635.

Notebook containing transcripts of specifications and articles by various authors relating to a wide variety of small engineering undertakings, owned and chiefly compiled by R Blackadder.

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Identifier: MS.19981
Scope and Contents R Blackadder worked in Dundee, and appears to have been a member of the family of mapmakers and civil engineers from Berwickshire. He was part estate management consultant and part engineer. His interests ranged from manure and drainage, to the construction of damheads, ice houses, bridges, and railway curves. He also made notes on landlord tenant relations, on crop rotation, and on the organisation of various large estates. His work was primarily in Angus, but he spent some time in...
Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

Notebook of Richard Augustine Hay apparently originally intended for notes (folio 1), meditations and extracts (folios 1-10 inverted) of a religious character, but used almost entirely for transcripts of documents relating to the family of Sinclair of Rosslyn (folios 3-83).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.2
Scope and Contents Following the transcripts are a list of books ‘of help for Composing our history’ (folio 84) and transcripts of two charters apparently unrelated to Rosslyn or the Sinclairs. The notes and transcripts are all undated but were doubtless made before the writing of Adv.MSS.34.1.8-34.1.9 was begun in 1700. Most perhaps were made by Hay when he was in Scotland between 1686 and 1690; Slezer`s ‘Theatrum Scotiæ’ (first published 1693) is mentioned at folio 86. The watermark of the leaves...
Dates: 4th quarter of 17th century.

Papers of Hamish Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10157
Scope and Contents

Includes a notebook and drafts of Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Lettere dal Carcere".

With autograph transcriptions, undated, compiled by Robert Garioch for the School of Scottish Studies.

Dates: circa 1947-1987.

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