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Letters and cards of Ian Hamilton Finlay to Christine Shaw.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12854
Scope and Contents

Includes copies of Wild Hawthorn Press books, art-works, private view cards and other papers relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: circa 1992-2000.

Letters of Robert Pearse Gillies to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, and others.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11453
Scope and Contents

Letters concern literary, antiquarian and social matters.

Includes a file on the provenance of these letter books and their significance.

Dates: 1811-1827.

Manuscript known as ‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’, containing medical notes in Gaelic and prayers and Psalm 118 in Latin.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.4
Scope and Contents This remarkably small, chubby manuscript, ‘Neil MacBeath’s Psalter’, is described by David McRoberts in ‘Two Hebridean liturgical items’, page 171, with a plate showing its external appearance. ‘Cleric and physician’, he concludes, ‘he . . . had in his vade-mecum, which he would fasten to his belt, all the literature he required (his substitute for the Divine Office and his medical notes) when he set out to attend to the souls and bodies of his parishioners’. The ‘Divine Office’ is Psalm...
Dates: 15th century-16th century.

Maxwell of Monreith family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7111
Scope and Contents

Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Dates: circa 1700-1930.

Microfilm of family letter books of John Harriott, Magistrate of the Thames Police, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1196
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India. (MS.5066);

Family letter book of John Harriott, containing copies of letters written chiefly to members of his family in India; with three letters of, and two letters to, Harriot, and four leaves of rough notes. (MS.5067).

Dates: 1804-1807, 1810-1816.

Microfilm of Margaret Sinkler's music-book, containing a collection of airs, chiefly Scottish; with notes thereon by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.322
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Margaret Sinkler's music-book, 1710, containing a collection of chiefly Scottish airs (MS.3296 [Glen.143(i)]);

Notes, [1927, or before], on the airs in Margaret Sinkler's music-book, by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, who indicates in what collections, if any, they first appeared (MS.3297 [Glen.143(ii)]).

Dates: 1710, [1927, or before.]

Microfilm of papers, 1592-1654, of Sir James Balfour; and, sermons, 1660, of Presbyterian preachers.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.361
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: “Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting (Adv.MS.15.2.17);Notes, 1592-1606, of Sir James Balfour on the order of court dignitaries on ceremonial occasions. (Adv.MS.15.2.18);Collection of sermons, 1660, by Presbyterian preachers (Adv.MS.15.2.20);Commonplace...
Dates: 1592-1660.

Microfilm of two account books, the first 1843-1859 and (inverted) 1822-1830, the second 1818-1829, of the farm of Glenim, Dumfriesshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15554 [Mf.MSS.46]
Scope and Contents

One of the account books also contains the diary of a clerk in the lead-mines at Leadhills, June-December 1745, and July 1746, and notes on optics, 18th century.

Dates: 18th century, 1818-1859.

Minute books and accounts of various political associations.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12454
Scope and Contents

Minute books of: (1) Cardross Unionist Association, 1938-1961; (2) Cunninghame District Conservative Local Government Advisory Committee, 1979-1983.

Notes and accounts of Bridge of Weir Liberal Association, 1919-1964.

Accounts of Galloway Liberal Association, 1930-1933.

Minutes of Strathclyde Liberal Regional Association, circa 1974.

Dates: 1919-1983.

Music book compiled by J Crichton Donaldson.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22170
Scope and Contents The signature of J Crichton Donaldson has been written on the pastedowns inside both front and back covers and at folio 55.The music book was begun in 1853 and continued until at least 20 September 1855 and contains a large number of tunes, numbered to 1080 (folio 97 verso), followed by more, unnumbered, tunes. They consist chiefly of dances, together with several military marches, some songs, sets of variations and a few original solos requiring a more developed technique and...
Dates: 1853-[1855, or after].

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Notebook ruled for cash, which was used for legal notes, elementary French exercises and as a commonplace book (folios 2-12, 1-34 verso inverted). The entries, the latest of which is dated 1739, are written mostly in Byrom`s system of shorthand, which was not published until 1767.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.4
Scope and Contents

The owner, who remains unidentified, was a young man, probably of wealthy family, studying law, possibly at one of the Inns of Court in London. Pages have been torn out after folios 11, 12 and 13 inverted; folios 30-34 are written sideways. The volume, which was received without the original covers, was unintentionally rebound upside-down, and incorrectly labelled on the spine ‘French Commonplace Book’.

Dates: Mid 18th century.

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Notes. 59
Correspondence. 19
Letters. Correspondence. 13
Commonplace books. 12
Manuscripts. 12
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Poetry. 12
Books 11
Music books. 10
Photographs. 10
Diaries. 9
Letter books. 9
Lists. 9
Account books. 8
Copies. Derivative objects. 8
Microfilms. 8
Accounts. 6
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 6
Drafts. Documents. 5
Minute books. 5
Notebooks. 5
Songs. Musical compositions. 5
Documents. 4
Instructions. Document genre. 4
Typescripts. 4
Articles. 3
Calculations. 3
Excerpts. 3
Financial records. 3
Histories. 3
Indexes. Reference sources. 3
Lecture notes. 3
Ledgers. Account books. 3
Legal documents. 3
Minutes. Administrative records. 3
Musical compositions. 3
Publications. 3
Reports 3
Research notes 3
Research notes. 3
Scores. 3
Speeches. Documents. 3
Transcriptions. Documents. 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Annotations. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Bookplates. 2
Compendiums. 2
Exercise books. 2
Exercises. 2
Family papers. 2
Genealogies. 2
Glosses. Annotations. 2
Inventories. 2
Melodies. 2
Memorandums. 2
Parts. Scores. 2
Photocopies. 2
Pocket books. 2
Prayers. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Prospectuses 2
Quadrilles. Musical compositions. 2
Recipes. Instructions (document genre). 2
Sermons. 2
Signatures. Names. 2
Snapshots. 2
Tables. Documents. 2
Transcripts 2
Travel journals. 2
Wills. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Appointment books. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Biographies. 1
Book industries and trade 1
Broadcasts. Events. 1
Business records. 1
Cadenzas. Musical compositions. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Catalogues. 1
Cello music. 1
Certificates 1
Certificates. 1
Charters 1
Cheque books. 1
Cheques. 1
Choral music. 1
Christmas cards. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Constitutions. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Dances. Musical compositions. 1
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Language
English 31
Undetermined 31
Latin 2
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 2
Bridge of Weir Liberal Association 1
Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton, 1st Baronet, styled 13th Baron Chandos, bibliographer, 1762-1837 1
Cardross Unionist Association 1
Clan Mackay Society 1
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Clerk, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, of Penicuik, 1676-1755 1
Cunninghame Dirstrict Conservative Local Government Advisory Committee 1
Cunninghame Graham, family, of Gartmore and Ardoch 1
Duncan, Lesley, journalist, poetry editor, fl 1990-2011 1
Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, higher education institution 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fordun, John, chronicler, d c 1363 1
Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston, Knight, antiquary, 1826-1897 1
Galloway Liberal Association 1
Gillies, Robert Pearse, of Balmakewan, advocate, 1788-1858 1
Goodall, Walter, Assistant-Librarian in the Advocates' Library, d 1766: editor 1
Gordon, Alexander, antiquary, circa 1692-1754 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Greig, David (playwright.) 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hamilton, Walter, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, fl 1888 1
Harper, Robin Charles Moreton (politician) (b 1940) 1
Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers 1
Jupp, William Jesse, Unitarian minister and author, 1846-1936 1
Labour Party, Edinburgh Branch 1
Lanarkshire Miners' County Union, 1896-1920 1
Lanarkshire Mineworkers' Union, 1920-1945 1
Lane, John, publisher, 1854-1925 1
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937. 1
MacKay, Benjamin Skene, trade union organiser, 1883-1930 1
Macaulay, Lucie (artist.) 1
Macmillan, Hugh Pattison, Baron Macmillan of Aberfeldy, 1873-1952 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 1
McGuire, Elsie Jean, emigrant to Canada, née Young, b 1917 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
National Party of Scotland 1
National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area, Lanarkshire District, 1945- 1
Neill and Co Ltd, Edinburgh, printers 1
Scottish Campaign for the Resistance of the Atomic Menace 1
Scottish National Party 1
Shaw, Christine, correspondent of Ian Hamilton Finlay, poet and sculptor, fl 1992-2000: recipient 1
Sim, William, colour manufacturer, b 1843 1
Sinclair, May Amelia St Clair, novelist and philosopher, 1863-1946 1
Strathclyde Liberal Regional Association 1
Wardrop, James, surgeon, 1782-1869 1
Wardrop, Shirley, daughter of James, surgeon, fl 1841-1861 1
Watt, Donald Elmslie Robertson, historian, 1926-2004 1
Wild Hawthorn Press 1
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