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Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.

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Identifier: MSS.22098-22117
Scope and Contents Archibald Campbell, who entered the Indian Civil Service and retired as Judge of the High Court of Lahore, was the youngest son of John Campbell of Kilberry, and Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society. The material is arranged tune by tune, approximately in the order of appearance in ‘Ceol mor’ by C S Thomason, and consists of copies of the text of each piobaireachd from all authoritative sources, both printed (including some proof sheets) and manuscript....
Dates: 1892-1963, undated.

Notes and correspondence of James R Anderson, concerning a bibliography of Philip Doddridge's ‘Life of Colonel Gardiner’.

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Identifier: MS.6156
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of a lecture by James R Anderson, possibly given to Glasgow Bibliographical Society, apparently unprinted (folio 1);(ii) Extracts from an article and subsequent correspondence in the 'Scotsman', September-October 1918, relating to the Battle of Prestonpans and to Colonel Gardiner (folio 22);(iii) Notes, etc., relating to the compilation of the bibliography (folio 28);(iv) Letters, 1918-19, 1925, to...
Dates: 1918-1919, undated.