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Editorial papers of Gaelic literary and topical magazine, 'Gairm'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10491/1-31
Dates:
1953-1991.
Editorial papers of "Gairm" magazine and Gairm Publications, Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11028
Dates:
1991-1993.
English-Gaelic dictionary written by Alexander MacLaurin.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.72.2.22-72.2.25
Scope and Contents
At Adv.MS.72.2.23, page 458, and Adv.MS.72.2.24, page 549, is the identical subscription: “This English and Gaelic Dictionary consisting of four volumes folio in manuscript half bound was composed by Alexr. McLaurin / Stabler in Edinr. N.B. The English words were taken from Thomas Sheridan’s pronouncing Dictionary in two volumes octavo”. This seems most likely to refer to the edition of the General Dictionary of the English Language published at Dublin in 1784.
Dates:
1807-1810.
Ewen MacLachlan’s ‘Leabhar Caol’, containing transcripts (with occasional notes) from nine manuscripts sent to him for examination by the Highland Society of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.5
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts were sent to Ewen MacLachlan by the Highland Society of Scotland in 1812. Dated passim. MacLachlan generally called the volume ‘An Leabhar Caol’, but on the title pages added as alternatives ‘An Diabhol Caol’, ‘The Celtic Repository’. Binding inscribed ‘Ancient Celtic Tales’, ‘The Tales of Other Times’.The contents (text) as follows.(i) Contents list. (Page ii.)(ii) Note on 8th-century learning. (Page iii.)(iii)...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Fair copy manuscript of poem, 'Na Cnocain's na Bliadhnachan', by George Campbell Hay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13807
Dates:
? 1970.
Final draft of an unpublished Appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary’ by Edward Dwelly (1864-1939), Fleet, Hants.
Item
Identifier: MS.14957
Scope and Contents
The draft consists largely of material in A-D received too late for inclusion in the appropriate early parts of his published work.
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Financial and estate papers, mostly 19th-century, of the Campbell-Orde family of Kilmory (Lochgilphead) and North Uist.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14582
Content Description
Financial and estate papers of the Campbell Orde family. The collection constitutes what seems to be a final tranche of family papers; further papers are held in the National Records of Scotland (GD1/20; GD291; GD403). The papers comprise general financial papers and correspondence, papers and correspondence concerning the estate on North Uist, and papers and correspondence on the Kilmory estate and other family properties. The North Uist papers include material concerning the...
Dates:
Mostly late 18th-early 20th century, the bulk from the 19th century.
Fragments of the Kilbride collection, in Gaelic, consisting of poems illustrating the life of Colum-cille, part of a tale of Caithréim Conghail Cláiringhnigh, and a contract between Duncan MacDougall and his servitor.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.31
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of three fragments from the Kilbride collection, but two of these (folios 1-5, Colum-cille poems, and folio 8, a MacDougall contract) are of very great independent value.Folios 1-5 (Mackechnie’s ‘A’, ‘B’).These fragments, ?15th century, contain an orderly sequence of poems illustrating the life of Colum-cille. The hand is that which inscribes the Colum-cille poem “Aingeal Dé dom dhín” on the fly leaf of British Library MS. Egerton 2899...
Dates:
?15th century-17th century.
Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544
Content Description
A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.
The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.
Dates:
ca. 1800-1823
Gaelic-English Dictionary in the hand of Sir James Foulis (1714-1791), 5th Baronet of Colinton.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.16
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Gaelic-English Dictionary (complete) A – Uthar. (Page 1 recto.)(ii) (Left blank by Sir John Foulis). Donald Smith’s hand. ‘Dubhach sinn a Bheinn Ghualann’, 10 quatrains. Entitled “Duan Bheann Ghualann – A Leabhar Bolg tSholaraidh le Brian Ua Réighli ann Cillmhaighnain”. Concludes “This beautiful address opens a Poem on the Subject of an Expedn. from Bein Ghualan to Scotland by the Féini, & is in name of Ossian — but the rest of the...
Dates:
Mid 18th century-late 18th century.
Gaelic-English-Latin dictionary containing ‘G’-‘O’ written by the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan, as part of the final draft of the Highland Society of Scotland Dictionary.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.15
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is based partly on material in Adv.MS.73.3.13, 14, 6, 15, 4 (in that order). Mackintosh MacKay pasted on marginal slips bearing additional material, as he did with Adv.MSS.72.3.13, 72.3.14, 72.3.16, 72.3.17, but not so copiously.
Dates:
1825-1826.
Gaelic-English-Latin dictionary, containing words beginning with ‘M’-‘N’, written by the Reverend Dr Alexander Irvine as his assignment for the Highland Society of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.3.15
Scope and Contents
The Reverend Dr Alexander Irvine began ‘M’ at Little Dunkeld, 23 September 1822 (page 1). ‘N’ was begun 20 March 1823 (page 324), completed (revised?) 1 January 1824 (page 381). Mackintosh Mackay began work on ‘M’ 9 February 1826 (flyleaf), ‘N’ 27 April 1826 (page 324).The dictionary was scrutinised by the Reverend Dr John MacLeod and by independent assessors; these appear to have been the Reverend Dr Thomas Fleming, Archibald Fletcher, Advocate, the Reverend Dr Patrick Graham...
Dates:
1822-1826.
Gaelic-English-Latin dictionary, containing words with the letter ‘O’, written by the Reverend Dr Alexander Irvine as his assignment for the Highland Society of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.3.4.
Dates:
1823-1826.
Gaelic language class notes, 1935
File
Identifier: Acc.13483
Scope and Contents
Typewritten language class notes, headed: "Notes of instruction by Professor Fraser (of Jesus College, Oxford) to a small class of "beginners" in Gaelic - including Angus McIntosh (later Prof. of Eng. Language, Edin.), Angus Mackintosh (later Sir A.M.) and George Campbell Hay, who was the only Gaelic speaker among us. There may be errors due to my mishearing or misunderstanding. Some pencilled corrections were, I think, made by John Lorne Campbell to whom I later lent this typescript. A.H....
Dates:
1935
Gaelic oral history recordings, Scottish folk music, and Gaelic psalm singing recordings from the Gairloch Heritage Museum Oral History, Gaelic Story and Song Collection.
Series
Identifier: UNLS008
Scope and Contents
A collection of songs, music, stories and testimony from the Gaelic community.
Dates:
1960-2000.
Gaelic Ossianic verse of James Macpherson and John Smith written out in a neat Gaelic script by John Sinclair of 70 Bell Street, Glasgow.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.8
Scope and Contents
The scribe, John Sinclair, extended the James Macpherson material, notably by translating from Macpherson’s English what was missing from his Gaelic. He explains his editorial principles in a foreword addressed to his namesake Sir John Sinclair (folios i-ii). He had borrowed Adv.MS.72.2.4 and Adv.MS.72.2.6 from Peter Turner at some time between 1802 and 1809, and includes brief transcripts from these; that with which the manuscript begins is cut short, as he was obliged to return the...
Dates:
1812-1813.
Gaelic poetry and a Deed of Renunciation, apparently from the papers of Colonel Robert Bruce Aeneas McLeod Sutherland.
File
Identifier: MS.14875
Scope and Contents
The poems are apparently from the papers of the donor, Norman Kent’s grandfather Colonel Robert Bruce Aeneas McLeod Sutherland (died 1887). The latter’s father, Captain Alexander Sutherland, was brought up at Sciberscross, Strath Brora, received his commission in 78th (Seaforth) Regiment in 1794, and served as a recruiting officer throughout Scotland.The contents are as follows.(i) Deed of Renunciation of Barbara Guthrie, wife of James Sutherland of Evelix, 1713...
Dates:
1st half of 18th century, undated.
Gaelic song collection from Amulree.
File
Identifier: Acc.13850
Content Description
A volume, 19th-century, of Gaelic songs copied from printed books or collected from local tradition around Amulree, Perthshire, including songs by Robert Stewart (Rob Raineach), his son Duncan Stewart, John MacNaughton (Iain Mac Neachdainn), Charlotte MacGregor (Searlaid Nic Griogair) and Donald MacDuff, Tomnagrew. A number of the songs were subsequently published in newspapers. - Together with a letter in Gaelic, 1892, of Donald Campbell, schoolmaster and Inspector of the Poor in Amulree...
Dates:
Ca. 1820-1883
Gaelic song entitled "Ionndruinn a' chiobair air a leannan", composed by Rev. Dr Alexander Mackinnon, with the music.
File
Identifier: Acc.14572
Content Description
Unpublished Gaelic song entitled "Ionndruinn a' chiobair air a leannan", with music for voice and piano. In the hand of Rev. Dr Alexander Mackinnon (1880-1965), and signed with his initials.Mackinnon, born in Tiree, was minister of St. Columba's in Glasgow, and Kilmonivaig. A further song of his is published in H. Cameron (ed.), 'Na bàird Thirisdeach' (1932). Begins 'Gach creutair 's an ealtuinn 's an dailtean na spreidh'. 6 stanzas of 4 lines, with a refrain of 4...
Dates:
ca. 1910-1930
Gaelic songs and music, with some translations, collected and arranged by Duncan M Morison, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
File
Identifier: Acc.11209
Scope and Contents
Includes musical pieces composed by Morison.
Dates:
early 20th century.
Gaelic songs of Alexander Stewart, Milton of Callander and Glasgow.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9134
Scope and Contents
Small octavo notebook, ca. 1840s, in marbled covers. Folios i-ii, pages 1-110 (89-110 blank), folio iii. Contents and pagination in the hand of Alexander Stewart. A stitched but unbound booklet of 12 leaves, containing a verse narrative in English in a different hand, is loosely inserted at the back.The notebook contains 31 songs, of which 27 are in Gaelic, three in Scots, and one in a macaronic mix of both. No names of tunes are given, but the refrains, headed...
Dates:
early 1840s.
Gaelic translation of Pär Lagerkvist`s novel `Barabbas`
...
Identifier: Acc.13482
Scope and Contents
One volume, containing a translation into Gaelic of Pär Lagerkvist`s novel `Barabbas` (1950), undated but probably made in the 1950s. With a letter, 1999, of Mrs Mamie Ross, expressing her interest in seeing the translation published.
Dates:
1950s
Gaelic verse mostly of Badenoch poets, collected in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and formerly held in the Cluny Charter Chest.
File
Identifier: Acc.11044
Scope and Contents
A collection of Gaelic verse, mostly of poets from the Badenoch area. It was written down in the late 18th century, with some later additions at the end. Most of the songs were published by Thomas Sinton in his article "Gaelic poetry from the Cluny charter chest", 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' XXIII (1898-1899), pp. 247-281 (referred to below as "Sinton, TGSI"), and again in 'The Poetry of Badenoch' (Inverness 1906) by the same author.The collection was...
Dates:
1791-1801 and undated.
Genealogical manuscript titled ‘An Leabhar Muimhneach’ written by Diarmuid Ó Conchubhair.
Item
Identifier: MS.14874
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was written in 1709 by Diarmuid Ó Conchubhair (Dermod Connor) for Muiris Ó Sobháin (Maurice Sovane or Savage) in the latter’s house at Ballineedora, parish Ballymacelligot, barony of Trughanacmy, County Kerry. In his preface the scribe craves indulgence for any faults in his work on the grounds that this is his first book, and that he had been pressed into the service of Queen Anne. The names of his patron and of another Sovane, Hugh, have been carefully mutilated wherever...
Dates:
1709.
Letter of Rev. Charles Walker MacIntyre to the editor of `An Gaidheal`, with annotated proofs of Gaelic verse translations made by his father, John MacIntyre, minister of Kilmonivaig.
File
Identifier: Acc.13335
Scope and Contents
Letter, dated 7 Feb. 1877, offering poetic translations of John MacIntyre, minister of Kilmonivaig, to the editor of `An Gaidheal`. With three proof copies, one with the letter of MacIntyre`s son on the same sheet, of Gaelic verse translations, all with manuscript annotations mostly in John MacIntyre`s hand:`King Robert Bruce`s address to his army before the Battle of Bannockburn`, a translation of Robert Burns`s poem `Scots wha hae`, beg. `Albannacha! a dhòirt `ur fuil`, signed...
Dates:
1877