Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates
- Creation: 1841-1885.
Language of Materials
English; Scottish Gaelic
Extent
0.00 Linear metres
Custodial History
The collection was bequeathed to the Advocates’ Library in 1885 by John Francis Campbell of Islay.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
For the biographical background to Campbell’s life and career see generally ‘Lamplighter and Story-Teller: John Francis Campbell of Islay, 1821-1885’ (Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1985).
Genre / Form
- Articles.
- Charts. Graphic documents.
- Correspondence.
- Documents.
- Folklore.
- Journals. Accounts.
- Manuscripts.
- Notebooks.
- Paintings. Visual works.
- Parliamentary papers.
- Photographs.
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts.
- Printing plates
- Proofs. printed matter
- Publications.
- Scrapbooks
- Sketches
- Travel literature
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 24 08 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk