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Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates: 19th century-[?1913].

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts of religious and medical texts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.666
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: ‘1467 MS.’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín, [circa 1425, circa 1467], (Adv.MS.72.1.1);

Manuscript, 16th century-17th century, containing a medical compendium, in Gaelic, asembled by the Mull Beatons (Adv.MS.72.1.2);

‘Materia medica’, 15th century, formerly belonging to the Beaton family of physicians (Adv.MS.72.1.3).

Dates: 15th century-17th century.

Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates: 1532-18th century, and undated.

Miscellaneous historical and topographical items, copied in the 18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.1
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Chronological Sketch of the History of the Orkneys ... 875 to ... 1500’, possibly by George Low, minister of Birsay. It consists of fairly brief entries of historical events, followed (folio 9) by a copy of an Act of Parliament, 1471. (folio 1).(ii) Copy of `A Description of Zetland` by Thomas Gifford of Busta, 1733 (folio 11).(iii) Copy of an incomplete address to the Lord Provost on the name and...
Dates: 1471, 1618, 1670, 18th century.

Notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.

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Identifier: MS.5725
Scope and Contents The notebook contains: copies of James Steuart’s appointment to the office of Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, 1737 (folio 1); list of perquisites of the office (folio 3); order for drawing up inventories (folio 4 verso); copy of inventories, 1685, 1714, of the furniture in different departments of Holyroodhouse, such as the Wardrobe, Council Chamber, Exchequer, Session House, etc., (folio 8); and a history of the office, including copies of documents relating to it (folio 28 verso). Most of...
Dates: 1685-1769.

Oral history interviews conducted and recorded by Neil C Rafeek and Hilary Young as part of their research for the book ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’ (2004).

 Series
Identifier: UNLS004
Scope and Contents This collection of oral history interviews with various students and members of academic and support staff at the University of Strathclyde formed part of the research material used by Callum G Brown, Arthur McIvor, and Neil C Rafeek to write a book entitled ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’. The interviewees discuss both their backgrounds and their experiences of teaching and working at the University of Strathclyde between 1945 and...
Dates: 2002-2003.

Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents

Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.

Dates: 16th century-early 19th century.

Papers, consisting of historical and genealogical notes and extracts, transcripts of formal and legal documents of earlier periods (as well as a number of original documents and papers), and a few unrelated letters.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.9
Scope and Contents The papers, written in many different 18th-century hands, are very mixed and are quite brief. The largest groups are:(i) part (pages 17-32) of a collection of transcripts, in the hand of one of Walter Macfarlane`s assistants, of documents relating to members of the family of Stirling of Keir (folios 23-30); (ii) part of a collection of transcripts, in the hand of another of Macfarlane`s assistants, of royal and other letters to members of the family of Mure of...
Dates: ?17th century-18th century.

Papers of and concerning the Reverend George Murray Reith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3564
Scope and Contents

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: [?1885]-?1st half of 19th century.

Papers of Denys Hay.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10251
Scope and Contents

Comprises scripts of radio broadcasts on the Renaissance, correspondence concerning and drafts of "British Historians and the Beginnings of the Civil History of World War II".

Dates: 1963-1976.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.8.1.4-8.1.10
Dates: 1794, or after-1822, or after.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents

This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.

Dates: 15th century-1814.

Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).

Dates: 1959-1990.

Records of the service of the Home Guard (formerly Local Defence Volunteers).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3816-3822
Scope and Contents

The records consist partly of histories and statements composed after demobilization and partly of original war-diaries, orders, etc.

Dates: 1940-1945.

Revised draft of Morley Jamieson, "Tam in a Dark Place: a Dramatic Monologue" (1984).

 File
Identifier: Acc.8646
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescript of E J Kingston-McCloughry, "Leadership in World War II; Decisions and Undercurrents" (1963).

Dates: 1963-1984.

Rolls containing theological, heraldic and historical material.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.16(i)-(vi)
Dates: 13th century-17th century.

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Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary) 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal) 2
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Cunningham, Ian Campbell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, b 1938 1
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet, of Coltness and Westshield, economist, formerly Steuart, 1713-1780 1
Douglas, Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld, poet, c 1476-1522 1
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Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
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