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Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist.
Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.
Microfilm of a Gospel lectionary, 11th century, and a typescript, 1968, of an unpublished article concerning the lectionary.
The contents are as follows:
Gospel lectionary, 11th century, containing the synaxarion (week days, Saturdays and Sundays), menologion, and morning lessons (MS.9000);
Typescript of an unpublished article, 1968, concerning MS.9000, a Gospel lectionary in Greek (MS.9000A).
Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Microfilm of ‘Ceol Mor Legends', containing notes, in several hands and in typescript, on the occasions commemorated by various piobaireachd.
Microfilm of correspondence of, and manuscripts of or concerning, Thomas De Quincey.
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 papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Microfilm of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson; photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family; and, an account, 1783, of East Indies caves.
The contents are as follows:
Typescripts of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia (Acc.9426);
Photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family (Acc.9483);
'Account of the Caves of Kennery, Ambola, and Elephanta in the East Indies; in a letter from a gentleman in Bombay to his friend in England, 1783' (MS.3966).
Microfilm of the corrected typescript of ‘Foray of centaurs: a poem of today’, by Joseph Macleod.
Microfilm of 'The Tragic Greek Campaign of 1941', a typescript account, compiled by Arthur Murray apparently in 1955, of the expedition under Wavell organised in 1941 by Winston Churchill to relieve Greece.
Microfilm of two collections of piobaireachd; and, 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd'.
The contents are as follows:
Typescript 'Account of the Campbells of Nether Lorn and their system of Canntaireachd', late 19th century-early 20th century (MS.2260);
Collection of pipe music, 19th century, (78 piobaireachd), compiled by William Ross, Piper to Queen Victoria (MS.3040);
Copies of piobaireachd in staff notation, 1928, (with some canntaireachd) by Simon Fraser (MS.9617).
Microfilm of typed copies of correspondence of James Hogg to his wife.
Microfilm of typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith.
The contents are as follows:
Typescript copy of chapters i-xv (MS.23191);
Typescript copy of chapters xvi-xxvi (MS.23192).
Microfilm of typescript journal of Naomi Mitchison of a visit to Russia.
Microfilm of typescript of an unpublished work of James A Roy, ‘Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser’.
Microfilm of typescript of Austen Henry Layard’s memoir of his time as British minister to Spain, titled 'Spain Section 1 1869-1870'.
Microfilm of typescript transcripts of the literary correspondence of John Galt, transcribed by Ian A Gordon.
Microfilm of typescripts and notes of ‘The witch’ by David Lindsay.
The contents are as follows:
Typescript, ?1942, of chapter 20 of 'The witch' by David Lindsay (MS.27251);
Typescripts and notes, [?1942], chiefly of David Lindsay of 'The witch (MS.27252).