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464 folios and newspaper cuttings. A note by MacDonald at the beginning states that it was begun in October 1910 and completed in 1924. The volume brings together offprints of journal articles and press cuttings of letters and contributions of MacDonald to newspapers. The Gaelic songs or poetry he quotes in the newspaper articles in this volume is usually traditional or composed by other named poets; for his own original poetry see Acc.13587/3.

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3 letters of the Gaelic poet and editor Alexander MacDonald, known as "Gleannach", concerning his current publication plans. He also requests that Morrison investigates Carnegie funding for a reprint of the treatise on the bagpipe written by Joseph McDonald, son of the Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

Scope and Contents 249 folios and press cuttings. The volume is entitled by MacDonald: "Newspapers cuttings &c. (mainly original compositions) and for publication - Gaelic particularly. Commenced June 1902. Completed March 1925." The volume also includes publications translated into Gaelic by MacDonald, such as 'Fiosrachadh 'o'n luchd-riaghlaidh mo dheighinn Chanada' (1892). The Gaelic poetry was mostly composed by MacDonald, usually to older tunes which he wished to revive by giving them more...

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Scrapbook of newspaper articles and offprints of journal articles, foliated and numbered to 655 by a later hand.

With a list of his own publications written by MacDonald at the beginning of the volume.

Scope and Contents Volume of 326 folios. Entitled by MacDonald: "Book of personal scraps, including letters from persons of note, etc., etc." Contains correspondence, papers, formal invitations and newspaper cuttings (some with photographs) concerning MacDonald's own publications and his involvement in Gaelic culture and cultural events. Until ca. 1888, the letters are mainly letters of reference for MacDonald. There is also correspondence concerning MacDonald's work for the Highland Railway. ...

Scope and Contents Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...