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Notebooks and notes, largely unsorted, dating from Farquhar Macintosh's school and university and teacher training years. Subjects covered are mainly history and education.

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Eleven notebooks on subjects concerning Gaelic literature and culture, folk traditions and Highland life. Most of the contents are written in Gaelic. The notebooks are undated, but the majority bear the name of Glasgow Academy, where Macintosh began to teach in 1953, and were probaby compiled between that year and the late 1960s. Some of the notes can be dated to the 1960s due their link to Macintosh's activity as a contributor to newspaper columns.

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Notebook containing notes and drafts of letters sent to newspapers on Highland economy and landlords, and education in Highland schools. With newspaper cuttings and a letter of Capt. J. Harvey Macpherson loosely inserted. Begun from both ends, with the text begun from the back entered in reverse page order.

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Notebook containing a Gaelic talk given to Céilidh nan Gàidheal, Glasgow, headed "Lusan na Gàidhealtachd: an ainmean is am feartan". On the names and characteristics of plants used in Gaelic medicine, with frequent examples of relevant Gaelic verse. 25 pages, the remaining pages blank.

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Notebook containing a fully written-out essay or talk headed "Eòlas-léighis nan Gàidheal", on Gaelic medicine and the medical practices of the Gaels. 16 pages, the remaining pages blank.

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Notebook headed "Gaelic Medical Lore", containing word lists and notes on Gaelic medical knowledge and beliefs. Begun from both ends. The text beginning at the back end is entered without first turning the notebook upside down, so that the order of pages is back to front.

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Four notebooks from Macintosh's school days. One is dated from his first and second years at Portree High School, the others are undated. Apart from a section on English grammar, rare words and metre, the notebooks all cover the subject of history.

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Notebook in Gaelic and English containing drafts of speeches and of articles probably for publication as newspaper columns. There are also notes on a variety of other subjects concerning Highland history and traditions. One of the pieces (folio 22v)concerns the recent death of the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Macleod (d. 1955). 30 folios. The text on folios 22v-30v begins at the back of the volume and the pages are written on in reverse order.

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Notebook in Gaelic and English, containing drafts of articles or newspaper columns (folios 1-9) in Gaelic, and notes taken from secondary literature mainly in English (folios 15-28). Begun from both ends, with the text that begins from the back entered in reverse page order. With additional notes loosely inserted.

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Notebook in Gaelic and English, containing notes on Gaelic traditions associated with certain days of the year. Partly copied from secondary literature. Begun from both ends.

Scope and Contents Notebook containing notes and word lists in English and Gaelic, mostly on plants and their application in Gaelic home industry and medical tradition. Also contains notes on the history of the Western Isles, and references to plants in poetry. The first page is dated "Islay: Port Charlotte (28th June-5th July (1954))". With some sheets of notes and a newspaper cutting loosely inserted, dated 1954-1956. 36 ff., written from both ends. The text beginning at the back end, folios 28v-36v, was...

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An essay or paper on the origins and antiquity of occupational songs, cradle songs and incantations. At the back of the volume are notes on plant names and lore, with some notes loosely inserted.

Content Description Correspondence and other papers of and about Dr Farquhar Macintosh, teacher and educationalist and supporter of Gaelic. He was born in Elgol, Isle of Skye, on 27 October 1923, a native speaker of Gaelic, and died in Edinburgh, 18 November 2007. He went to Edinburgh University and Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, and became headmaster of Portree High School (1962-1966) and Oban High School (1967-1972), and finally Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh (1972 to 1989). He served...

Scope and Contents Notebooks containing records of Macintosh's professional training and history teaching notes. Acc.14003/94 has details of his placement in King's Park Secondary School, Glasgow. Further volumes contain history teaching notes written for his teaching experience at Greefield Academy, Hamilton, and Glasgow Academy. Acc.14003/100-101 contain history essays by a pupil named D.T. Donaldson, Glasgow Academy. Acc.14003/106 contains teaching notes and examination papers dating from Macintosh's time...