Proofs. printed matter
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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 191 Collections and/or Records:
Marked proof engraving, "Scene at a sleeping-place in Angola" : an illustration for "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" by David Livingstone., ? 1856-? 1857.
Item
Identifier: MS.42434
Scope and Contents
The proof has been annotated by David Livingstone and by John Murray III. The engraving was made from a sketch by Captain Henry Need.
The illustration was included in "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa", facing page 380.
Dates:
? 1856-? 1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Manuscripts by David Livingstone in which are recorded his journeys and experiences in Africa; with related proofs, sketches, a photographic print and a printed portrait.
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Manuscript, "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa", by David Livingstone; with related proofs.
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Assorted proofs for "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" by David Livingstone.
Marked proof of David Livingstone`s dedication of his "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" to Sir Roderick Murchison., 1857.
Item
Identifier: MS.42431
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning David Livingstone.
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Manuscripts by David Livingstone in which are recorded his journeys and experiences in Africa; with related proofs, sketches, a photographic print and a printed portrait.
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Manuscript, "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa", by David Livingstone; with related proofs.
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Assorted proofs for "Missionary travels and researches in South Africa" by David Livingstone.
Marked proof, "Prospectus and specimen of an intended National Work ... Intended to comprise the most interesting particulars relating to King Arthur and his Round Table", by William and Robert Whistlecraft [i.e. John Hookham Frere]; with the manuscript of the same., 1813, 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.42586
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1813, 1817.
Marked proofs, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.42471
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Various proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray II in response to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Two copies of a pamphlet, "Exposure of the mis-statements contained in Captain Medwin`s pretended `Conversations of Lord Byron`", by John Cam Hobhouse; with related proofs.
Marked proofs, "Nineveh and its Remains", by Austen Henry Layard., 1849.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42351-42352
Scope and Contents
This set of proofs contains marked proofs for volumes I and II of 'Nineveh and its remains' by Austen Henry Layard. There are additions, deletions and corrections to the text. A wrapper around the proofs for Volume I suggest that they are revisions for the 3rd edition of the work.
Dates:
1849.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of various works by Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of the works of Austen Henry Layard concerning his journeys through, and his archaeological excavations and diplomatic missions in, the Ottoman Empire.
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Manuscript, with marked proofs, of "Nineveh and its Remains" by Austen Henry Layard.
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Two sets of marked proofs, "Nineveh and its Remains", by Austen Henry Layard.
Marked proofs of a speech " ... on the Bill for suppressing disturbances in Ireland", by Robert Peel., 1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.42518
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1833.
Marked proofs of the reponse of John Murray II to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin., 1824.
File
Identifier: MS.42474
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Various proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray II in response to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Papers concerning the response of John Murray II to the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
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Pamphlet, "Notes on Captain Medwin`s Conversations of Lord Byron", by John Murray II; with related proofs.
Marked prospectus for the periodical "The Academy", with assorted proofs of the publication., 1869-1870.
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Identifier: MS.42603
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1869-1870.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the periodical publication, "The Academy".
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Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy".
Miscellaneous small items of John Francis Campbell., 1857-1883, and undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.7.6a-g
Dates:
1857-1883, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`., 1859-1860.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Righ og Easaidh ruagh`, the manuscript of the Gaelic tale transcribed by Hector MacLean, schoolmaster at Ballygrant, Islay, and Campbell`s principal collector and collaborator, from the recitation of James Wilson, a blind fiddler on the island, 1859. Printed in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 12-18. (Folio 3.)(ii) A version of `Righ og Easaidh ruagh` as transcribed by Hector Urquhart, gamekeeper on...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`., 1859-1860.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xvi) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.1(1). `Sgeulachd Chonnil`, English version from original by Kenneth MacLennan, Turnaig, Poolewe, 1859. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 143-148. (Folio 206.)(xvii) Gaelic text of `Sgeulachd Chonnil`, as transcribed by Hector Urquhart from Kenneth MacLennan. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ , 1, pages 148-152. (Folio 210.)(xviii) Corrected proofs of the Connal...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1-2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xxvii) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.2(1). English version of, and notes for `Conall`. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 137-155. For the Gaelic, see section (xv), above, and (xxx), below. (Folio 197.)(xxviii) English version of, and notes for `Maghach Colgar`, ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 168-179, 186-188. For the Gaelic, see section (xxx), below. (Folio 202.)(xxix) `The...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(1-2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, excepting the continuation of one tale from Volume 1 (folios 1-7)., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Maol a Chliobain`, the Gaelic version as transcribed by Hector MacLean from Ann MacGilvray, 1859. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 256-259. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘The Chest’, English version of a tale as told by Catherine MacGeachy, née Milloy, Islay, to Hector MacLean, 1859; with corrected English and Gaelic proofs, and notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 1-15. (Folio 8.)(iii)...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1-Part 2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Tale of the Soldier/The Old Soldier` or ‘Sgeulachd an t-Saighdear/An Saighdear`, English (folio 2) and Gaelic (folio 10) versions, the latter as transcribed by Hector Urquhart from John MacDonald, Inveraray, 1860. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 276-285. With a corrected proof of the Gaelic text (folio 9 verso), and a covering letter (folio 14) of Urquhart to John Francis Campbell, 23 January 1860. (Folio...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xvi) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1). `The Fair Gruagach, Son of the King of Eirinn`, English version and notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 410-425, 434-435. For other scripts, see section (xxv), below. (Folio 240.)(xvii) `The Slim Swarthy Champion` or `An Ceathairneach Caol Riabhach`: English version with extensive internal notes on the text (folio 251), and Gaelic version by Hector MacLean from...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V`, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3., 1860-1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Laoidh Dhiarmaid`: Gaelic version, not published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3, transcribed by Hector MacLean from Janet Currie, South Uist, 1860. On folio 1 verso are notes by MacLean of remarks about ‘Ossianic’ poetry by Alphonse de Lamartine and Wilhelm von Humboldt. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Dan an Deirg`: Gaelic words of the first stanza and music, as received from Mrs MacTavish, Islay, 1861. ‘Popular Tales...
Dates:
1860-1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) The manuscript, much amended, of parts of the Ossian essay extending from ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 68-81 (folios 1-18); pages 99-113 (folios 19-44); pages 117-123 (folios 45-57). Some mis-arrangement in the order of folios in the original binding has been corrected. (Folio 1.)(ii) Page proofs and (from folio 68) some earlier proofs interspersed with extensive manuscript additions, of `Postscript`...
Dates:
1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(viii) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1). A long series of manuscript sections, mingled with sections and leaves of corrected and amended proofs representing together a text corresponding closely to the final version of the Ossian essays. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 23-37, 40-42, 45-46, 50-56, 59-83, 92-113, 115-122, 128-151, 155-160. (Folio 202.)(ix) Much corrected and amended proofs, with...
Dates:
1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 3)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xii) A manuscript entitled ‘Rough draught: Postscript’, considerably longer than the piece of that title in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 1-4, and containing material re-worked for later essays; dated at end (folio 466 verso), 25 June [18]61. (Folio 411.)(xiii) Corrected proofs, many cut and pasted and marked by John Francis Campbell with the instruction for the printer ‘correct and make up’ or ‘make...
Dates:
1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean., 1861.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1-Part 3)
Scope and Contents
The original manuscripts of Campbell and his collaborators have been cut up, revised and amended by Campbell in the course of production of his final text.
Dates:
1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.8(Part 1-Part 2)
Scope and Contents
Some scripts bear prefatory notes by Campbell, and English summaries or notes relating to some were published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.8(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘An t-Urraisgeach mor’, told to Hector Maclean by Donald McPhie, Iochdar, South Uist, June 1860. ‘More West Highland Tales’, 1, pages 24, 28-46. There is a note of Campbell on this version in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 21-22. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Sgeulach Mac na Banntrich`, told to Hector Urquhart by John Campbell, Strath Gairloch, June 1859. There is a summary of this version in ‘Popular Tales of the...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”.