Autographs (manuscripts).
Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of fragments of reviews in the autograph of Robert Southey.
Microfilm of manuscript of "Ane Abbregement of Roland Furious translait out of Ariost togither with sum rapsodies of the author's youthfull braine. And last, ane schersing out of trew felicitie composit in Scotis meitir" by John Stewart of Baldynneis, written in his own hand.
Microfilm of manuscript of part of the ‘Autobiography’ of Mrs Eliza Fletcher (1770-1858), chiefly in the hand of the author.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 14. Francis Oliphant manuscripts, general correspondence., ?Late 19th century.
The contents are as follows:
Autograph manuscripts, late 19th century, of Francis R Oliphant (MS.23207);
Corrected typescript, late 19th century, of an apparently unpublished children's tale titled 'The princess of the golden mountain or The wonderful black beetle' by Francis R Oliphant (MS.23208);
Letters, ?1878-1897, undated, of Margaret Oliphant to members of her family and to a few others (MS.23209).
Miscellaneous autograph letters, official documents, signatures, etc., pasted into an album.
There are a number of letters to David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan (succeeded 1767), which relate largely to his antiquarian interests. Most of the other letters are also of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the writers include noblemen, churchmen, public servants, and prominent literary figures.
Miscellaneous letters and papers formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton., 1477-1933, undated.
Miscellaneous pieces and scraps of music by Maude Beswick., Mid 20th century.
The pieces include vocal music, versions of the ‘Reverie’ and ‘Romance’ for violin and piano (MS.2635: 'Violin solos'), and ‘The waterwheel’ for piano (also found as a piece marked ‘tempo giusto’ in MS.21638 ('Piano solos').
Miscellaneous single items and small collections.
Music by James Scott Skinner., 1894-1943, undated.
Music by Maude Beswick, all apparently autograph., Mid 20th century.
Music, chiefly of W B Moonie and Maude Beswick., 1918-mid 20th century, undated.
Music of G W Crawford for stage works., [?1892-?1941.]
Music of Robert Crawford for string quartet.
Music of W B Moonie., 1918, [circa 1920].
'Nocturne for baritone and guitar on a text by Wordsworth' and “Spring music for flute, clarinet, viola and 'cello” by David Johnson, in his autograph.
Notebook containing original poems and verse translations by George Campbell Hay., 1945-1946.
The notebook contains 39 poems in Gaelic (14), English (14) and Scots (11). These include two further poems on ‘Mochtar is Dubhghall’ (folios 15 recto, 38 verso), and English verse translation of An Ciaran Mabach’s “Nollaig bu ghnàthach air fìon” (folio 25 verso) and English prose translations (published) of two of the poet’s own works (folio 43 verso). Folios 27 verso-37 recto, 38 recto blank.
Notes of John Purves on general literature., [Circa 1914-circa 1943], undated.
'Nursery toys' by Maude Beswick, six piano pieces for children, undated, including versions for piano and violin, and for piano, violin and cello., Mid 20th century.
Operatic, instrumental, and vocal music by Learmont Drysdale (died 1909), much of it in the composer's autograph.
Orchestral and band music of David Stephen., 1913-1940, undated.
Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.
Orchestral and band music of David Stephen., 1927-1940, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Short score, with instrumentation indicated in red ink, of 'Sinfonietta', an orchestral work in three movements, 1927-1928 (folio 1);
(ii) Full score of 'A Scottish pastoral', an orchestral work in one movement, 1940 (folio 15);
(iii) Full score of 'In honorem' a work in one movement for band (folio 25), undated but would appear to have been composed during or shortly after the First World War.