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. Correspondents, mainly on Gaelic matters, are:

Anderson, Peter John (1852-1926), librarian, Aberdeen University library, 1913, 1919, folios 211-212, 213, 240-241.

Barron, James (1847-1919), 'Inverness Courier', 1888, folio 30.

Birrell, George J., Glenmoriston Chapel, 1878, folio 9.

Black, James, printer and proprietor of the Elgin Courant, 1888, folio 26.

Burgess, R., factor for Glenmoriston, 1878, folio 5.

Campbell, Duncan (1827-1916), editor of 'The Northern Chronicle', 1889, folio 28.

Campbell, George James, sheriff-substitute, Portree, 1904, folios 138-139.

Erskine, Stuart R. (Ruairidh Erskine of Mar, 1869-1960), 1901, 1909, 1912 and undated, folios 121, 176-179, 210.

Fergusson, Charles, 1902, folios 132-133.

Fraser, Charles Ian, of Reelig, 1919, folios 230-231, 231a.

Grant, Alexander, Tomnahurich Farm, 1923, folio 247.

Grant, W., chairman, Urquhart and Glenmoriston School Board, 1878, folio 7.

Grant, William, schoolmaster in Invermoriston, 1878, folio 3.

Gunn, Gilbert, Inverness, 1912, folio 207.

Highland Railway Literary Society, 1884, folio 25.

Holt (?), John, 'The People's Journal', Dundee, 1895, folios 58-60.

Hutcheson, William, 'The Dundee Advertiser', 1891-1894, folios 39, 45-46, 51-52, 57.

Lamond, Charles, of the Highland Railway and Town Council, Inverness, 1910, folios 185-188 (with an obiturary from an Inverness newspaper).

Lang, F.M., wife of Rev. Gavin Lang, [?1888], folio 218.

Lang, Rev. Gavin, minister of the 2nd charge, Inverness, 1888, 1917, folios 33, 224.

MacBain, Alexander (1855-1906), Gaelic scholar, undated, folio 272.

MacBean, Lachlan, editor of the 'Fifeshire Advertiser', photograph of, cut out of printed publication, undated, folio 182.

MacColl, Evan, Gaelic poet (1808-1898), 1896, folios 77-78.

MacDonald Brothers, fleshers in Inverness, ?1884 (2), folios 21, 23.

MacDonald, Alexander, Comunn Chloinn Donuill, 1897, folios 81-82.

MacDonald, Alexander G., Hon. Secretary, Gaelic Society of Perth, 1912, folio 191.

MacDonald, D. A., member of Gaelic Society of Inverness, 1900, folios 119-120.

MacDonald, Keith Norman (1834-1913), Gaelic music collector, 1898, 1900, 1913, folios 115-116, 311, 318-319 (not bound in chronological order).

Macintyre, Rev. Malcolm, minister of Boleskine (1832-1893), 1878, folio 11.

Mackay, John, editor of 'The Celtic Monthly', 1901, folio 123.

Mackay, J. C., Camanachd Association, 1920, folio 229.

Mackay, William (1848-1928), solicitor in Inverness, Gaelic scholar, 1884, 1888, folios 17, 32.

Mackenzie, Ella S., author, wife of Rev. Murdo Mackenzie, 1911, 1912, folios 192-194.

Mackinnon, Donald (1839-1914), Gaelic scholar, 1902, 1909, folios 127-128, 180-181.

Mackintosh, D., Comunn Gailig Inbhir-nis / Gaelic Society of Inverness, 1897, folio 83.

Macleay, John, author, 1902, folio 131.

MacLeod, Neil, Gaelic poet (ca. 1843-1913), 1895, 1998, folios 72, 84-87.

MacLeod, P., publisher of the 'Highland News', 1889, folio 37.

Macnaughton, Dr. W. A., M.D., Stonehaven, editor of 'Caledonian Medical Journal', 1900, 1903, folios 112-113, 134-135.

Macphail, Rutherford, Caledonian Medical Society, 1900, 1902, folios 92, 98-99, 102, 106, 124.

McRaild, A R, Inverness, 1884, folio 19.

MacRitchie, David (1851-1925), author on Gaelic civilisation, 1903, folio 129.

McRury, Rev. John, minister of Snizort and Uig (1843-1907), 1901, folios 104-105.

Meol, Charles, Dundee, 1906, folio 147.

Murdoch, John, proprietor of 'The Highlander', 1878, folio 15.

Murray, Amy (1865-1947), singer, collector and author, 1901, 1902, folios 296-298, 299-302, 303-306.

Napier, Theodore (1845-1924), 1896, folios 293-294, 316-317.

National Phonographic Society, 1891-1892, folios 41-44.

Parez, C.C. Th., headmaster, The College, Inverness, 1903, folios 308-309.

Rankine, Harry F., student and former trainee accountant with MacDonald, 1906, folios 158-159

Robertson, Rev. Charles Moncrieff (1864-1927), 1900, folios 94-95, 100-101, 114-114a.

Sinton, Rev. Thomas, minister of Dores (1856-1923), 1899, 1900, folios 117-118, 291-292.

Stewart, Rev. Alexander ("Nether Lochaber", 1829-1901), 1895-1896, folios 73, 75.

Stuart, Robert, American Expeditionary Forces Young Men's Christian Association, 1918, folio 228.

Tocher, James Fowler (1864-1945), 1905, 1912, folios 146, 216.

Watson, William John (1865-1948), Gaelic scholar, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1912, 1916, 1918, folios 214-215, 225a, 226, 320, 321-322, 323.