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`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, a condensed version of an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
`A Defence or Vindication of the Scottish History and of the Scottish Historians wherein the ancient race of the Scottish Kings ther ancient possession in this island of Great Britain and the antiquity and dignity of the Scottish Church are asserted and the objections of the Bishop of St Asaph are answered`, an apparently unpublished treatise by Sir Robert Sibbald.
William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph had published ‘An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland. When they first received the Christian religion’; as a result a controversy arose among Scottish historians concerning the origins of the Scots.
In his discourse Sibbald sets out to prove, with quotations from Roman, Greek and Scottish historians, the antiquity of the Scots.
"A Geological Record of Skye" compiled by Donald Gillies.
Aberdeen City Art Gallery and Museums Oral History Audio Collection.
This collection of oral history recordings covers a wide range of topics from around Aberdeen. Major themes include World War Two, fishing, employment, childhood, Torry, and Old Aberdeen.
Abstracts and documents concerning Scottish merchant shipping in the 18th and 19th centuries, compiled and collected by Harry St Clair MacVine Taylor.
Account, 1834, of missionary voyage to Canada by representatives of the Catholic Apostolic Church.
With prayers.
Account of time as a nurse at the King George V Seamen`s Memorial Hospital, Malta, of Miss J G M Allan.
Includes a letter, press cuttings and a newsletter.
"An Exact and Circumstantial History of the Battle of Flodden" (1774), with annotations by the Reverend D Watson (possibly David Watson, Minister of St Clement`s, Glagow.
Anna Jean Mill, "Mediaeval Plays in Scotland" (St Andrews University Publications, number XXIV), with author`s additions and corrections.
Annotated copy of a Scots translation of Boece`s "Scotorum Historiae...".
Connected with a projected edition of Lindsay of Pitscottie`s "Chronicles" by George Chambers.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Autograph manuscript of `History of Scots Affairs from the year 1637 to 1641.`, by James Gordon, Minister of Rothiemay.
The manuscript, written between December 1659 and March 1661, contains the Argument to Book II, and Books II-V.
"Bishop Guthrie`s Observations on the late Rebellion Observed", by Sir James Turner, being critical remarks on the chronicle of the Civil War in Scotland compiled by Henry Guthrie, Bishop of Dunkeld.
From the folio references given, Turner appears to have had access to a folio-sized copy of Guthrie`s ‘Memoirs’, possibly even to Guthrie`s holograph manuscript.
Turner`s criticisms, which are based on personal knowledge or experience of the events discussed, were written specifically to rebut a number of allegations made by Guthrie concerning James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton.
Carbon typescript account of "The Central African Mission in 1902" by Harold E Wareham.
`Certane records touching the state of the Church of Scotland, since the reformation of religion therein, till the parliament holden at Perth, 1606`, a 17th century copy in a neat italic hand of John Forbes, minister of Alford`s church history, which concentrates on the years 1605-1606.
The manuscript bears the inscription of one John Gibson `Dec. 22nd 1704`, but he was not the copyist.
Circa 20 manuscripts concerning Edinburgh.
Inserted in William Maitland, "History of Edinburgh" (1753).
Collection of English arms in trick, probably compiled as a working notebook by herald painters in London, one of whom appears to have worked with Sir Henry Saint George, Garter King of Arms.
Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Collection of oral history interviews with individuals who worked at the Tullis Russell Paper.
Collection of oral history recordings from the "Salt of the Earth: A Scottish Peoples’ History Project", co-ordinated by the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA)
Composite volume consisting of two unrelated and formerly separate collections of transcripts made probably at the same time as each other by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.
"Comunn na Clàrsaich (The Clarsach Society) : A Summary of the Archives", by Janet Watt.
Includes photographs and slides.