Histories.
Found in 370 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the service of the Home Guard (formerly Local Defence Volunteers).
The records consist partly of histories and statements composed after demobilization and partly of original war-diaries, orders, etc.
“Relation de ce qui s’est passé de plus considerable dans les mouvemens de citoyens et bourgeois de Geneve l’anneé 1707 par Michel Covelle Regent de la neuviéme classe.”
‘‘Rerum Scoticarum historia’ by George Buchanan (Elzevir, 1668), interleaved and annotated in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Revised draft of Morley Jamieson, "Tam in a Dark Place: a Dramatic Monologue" (1984).
With corrected typescript of E J Kingston-McCloughry, "Leadership in World War II; Decisions and Undercurrents" (1963).
Rolls containing theological, heraldic and historical material.
"Scotland's Record": audio recordings concerning Scotland`s social and industrial history in the 20th century.
A collection of sound recordings of interviews with people from across the spectrum of Scottish life. The interviews reflect themes includng political administration, industry, crofting and fishing, health, science, transport and social history.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
Seven volumes of ‘Tales of my grandfather’ by Sir Walter Scott.
‘Short Account of the Familie of Birnie of that Ilk ... as also of The Hamiltons of Broomhill . . . conforme to The papers, and other wrytts . . . now in the Charter Chest at Broomhill ; with ane full account of the papers themselves . . . from anno 1473 ... By me Jo: Birnie.'
The label gives the final date as 1729, but a charter of 1730 is mentioned. The author left his work uncompleted.
‘Short History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, England Ireland and of The Wars carried on By King Charles the first in these Three Kingdoms during his Reign’.
“Sibbald’s historical collections”, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
The contents are as follows: (i) Memoirs for writing of the History of Scotland from the Records now extant; (ii) An account of Scotch Records carried into England; (iii) An account of source Manuscript Scotch Histories kept in France, Italy and Germany; (iv) Upon the ancient League between France and Scotland; (v) The History of Scotland during the reign of James I of Scotland.
Sound recordings of the BBC Scotland radio series, 'Almost forgotten'.
'Succinct account of the family of Calder 1773', being a history of the family of the Thanes of Calder or Cawdor and later of the Campbells of Cawdor down to the death in 1773 of Alexander, third son of John Campbell, 10th of Cawdor.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).
Testimonials and other notices, 1837, concerning the election of David Laing as Librarian of the Signet Library.
With two annontated copies (one a proof), 1890, of "History of the Society of Writers to... [the] Signet".
"The Course of Hannibal over the Alps Ascertained" (London, 1794) by John Whitaker and annotated by Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Includes manuscript [laid in] of "Hannibals [sic] Passage thro` the Alps, According to, Gen[era]l Melville", watermarked 1801-1802 and endorsed by A F Tytler. Not in the hand of General Robert Melville.
`The evill troubles of the Lewes and how the Mackleoid of the Lewes was with his whol trybe destroyed and put from the possesion of the Lewes`, an account of the last anarchic years of the family of Macleod of Lewis, the abortive attempts of a company of adventurers from Fife to colonise the island, and the eventual conquest of the island by Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord of Kintail, circa 1540-1626.
The manuscript, probably a contemporary account written circa 1630, is almost identical with the narrative of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun in his ‘Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland’, pages 267-276, which was written originally circa 1630.
Several lines at the foot of some folios are illegible and a short part of the text is missing between folios 16 and 17. The miscellaneous notes dated 1670 (folio 3) are in a later hand.
"The Forres Affair: the Rector and the School Board".
A study of an educational dispute in Forres, 1888, and the career of David M J James.
`The Historie of Scotland from the year 1660` by Sir George Mackenzie. The only known manuscript, in the hand of a transcriber but with corrections in the hand of Sir George Mackenzie himself.
‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
Topographical and other works.
Traditional tales and legends of Lanarkshire.
Comprising:
1. "Scottish Legends of the Days of Wallace and Bruce"
2. "A Tale of Flodden Field; Arming of the Craftsmen of Lanark, 1513"
3. "Traditionary Tales and Legends of Lanark".
Transcript, 17th century, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of ‘History of the Picts’ by Henry Maule of Melgum.
At the beginning is a note by J. Ruddiman concerning the doubt of the authorship of the book.
Transcript, late 17th-18th century, of ‘History of Scotland during the reigns of the five Jameses’ by William Drummond of Hawthornden.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.5.36.
Transcript, late 17th-mid 19th century, of ‘History of the Church of Scotland’ by David Calderwood, 1st half of 17th century, from the commencement of the reign of James V to the death of James VI.
Volumes 4-10 are a transcript by the Reverend Mr James Inglis from the manuscript of David Calderwood, at that time the property of the Church of Scotland. The remainder are in a uniform hand of the end of the 17th or beginning of the following century.
This work is not only valuable as a history, but, as containing a great number of important state papers, which are not to be found elsewhere.