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Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.16
Scope and Contents The source material and translations are variously endorsed or annotated by Henry Mackenzie, Donald Mackintosh, and Ewen MacLachlan.The contents are as follows.(M 1). Notes by John Francis Campbell, dated 25 November 1872. (Folio 1.)(i) Cover, probably for folios 12-22, 24-33. Bears hands of Ewen MacLachlan and Mackintosh MacKay. Cf. Adv.MS.73.2.10, folio 207. (Folio 2.)(M 2). Ossianic fragments with some corresponding passages from James...
Dates: [1794, or after]-1872, undated.

Papers concerning Scottish football.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9979
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Scottish Football Annual, 1875-6"

"Constitution and Rules of the Scottish Football Association" (1873), with manuscript notes

five notebooks, 1867-1903, of Sir George Graham, on Scottish football

21 postcards, 1904-1912, of Scottish football teams and players

typescripts and newspaper cuttings, 1931-1933 and undated, on Scottish football

Dates: 1867-1933 and undated.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198

Papers, including correspondence, research notes, press cuttings and printed materials, of Dr Sue Innes, mostly concerning her research into the subjects of citizenship, women and gender studies.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12633/1-45
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, manuscript and typescript research notes, annotated typescripts of research papers, newscuttings and printed materials. Most of the material is undated.

Dates: Circa 1990-2005, undated.

Papers of Hamish Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10327
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts of and introduction to Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Calcere", and an annotated copy of the original Italian edition of the work.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates: 17th century-1972.

Papers of Leith Franklin Cricket Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10361
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, accounts, scrapbooks and an annotated presentation copy of Cicer`s "Cato Major" (1744).

Dates: 1744, 1932-1988.

Papers of Mabel Ross, hand spinner and weaver.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11234
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notebooks, diaries and working papers.

Dates: 1939-1995 and undated.

Papers of Sir John Strange concerning the trial of Simon, Lord Lovat.

 File
Identifier: MS.5021
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) An annotated collection of precognitions by various witnesses, not all of whom were called at the trial (folio 1);(ii) An annotated copy of 'Examination of John Murray of Broughton ... Esq.', 1746 (folio 40);(iii) Notes, presumably by John Strange, on the use of written evidence in treason trials (folio 49);(iv) Copies of 'Articles of impeachment of high treason against Simon, Lord Lovat' and of "Sir John...
Dates: 1746-1747.

Papers of Sir Robert H Scott.

 ...
Identifier: Acc.11331
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter to his mother-in-law, 1942, photograph albums, 1924-1934, records of his Lord Lieutenancy of Peebles-shire/Tweeddale, 1968-1980, and an annotated copy of "Intisari" (Research Journal of Wider Malaysia).

Dates: circa 1924-1980.

Papers of William Beattie, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10019
Scope and Contents

Includes:

minutes, 1970-1971, of the Executive Committe of the Scottish Central Library

notes, circa 1970-1972, on incunables, Aldis`s catalogue, and early Scottish printers

notes, ? 1974, concerning the early copyright accession to the Advocates` Library

correspondence and papers, 1936-1976 and undated, mostly on bibliographical topics.

Dates: 1936-1976 and undated.

Printed catalogue, [?1814], of Kelso Library with manuscript additions to 1826.

 File
Identifier: MS.14241
Scope and Contents

A list of the proprietors of the Library in February 1827 has been added (folio 1).

Dates: [?1814]-1827.

Printed copy of the song, 'Tranent Muir' by Sir Walter Scott, interleaved with anonymous explanatory notes and annotations, with an endorsement by Scott.

 File
Identifier: MS.23056
Scope and Contents

The endorsement by Sir Walter Scott is as follows, 'Tranent Muir & Notes to be taken in page 189'.

Dates: [1791, or after.]

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Aberdeen (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeen. Longitude: -2.0667. Latitude: 57.1667. 1
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Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 3
Gray, Alasdair (author) 3
Stalker, Archibald, author of "Shakespeare, Marlowe and Nashe", fl 1919-1981 3
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 2
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Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 2
Elphinstone, John, 4th Lord Balmerino and 3rd Lord Coupar, 1652-1736 2
Forbes, Robert, Bishop of Ross, d 1775 2
Gratian (Canonist) 2
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 2
Pennant, Thomas (of Downing, Flintshire, naturalist) (1726-1798) 2
Rutherfurd, family, of Edgerston : former owner 2
Shakespeare, William, playwright, 1564-1616 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer, 1747-1813 2
Wilson, John Dover, editor of Shakespeare, literary scholar and educationist, 1881-1969 2
Abbey of Cîteaux (Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux) 1
Adair, John (surveyor and map maker) 1
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 1
Amman, Alexander, Polish Army, fl 1939-1942 1
Anderson, James, Minister of Torphins, 1844-1883 1
Arnot, Hugo, of Balcormo, advocate, formerly Pollock, 1749-1786 1
Auld Callants Club 1
Balfour (family, of Pilrig ) 1
Balfour, Sir Thomas Graham, Knight, author, 1858-1929 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Banting, Thomas, upholsterer to Kings George III and William IV, fl 1811-1837: recipient 1
Baring, William Bingham, 2nd Baron Ashburton (succeeded 1848), 1799-1864 1
Bartholomeus Brixiensis (Canonist) 1
Beaton, Angus, Husabost, Isle of Skye, fl. 1610-1624 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Bernard of Botone (Canonist) 1
Beveridge, Erskine, textile manufacturer and antiquary, 1851-1920 1
Black, R MacKelvie, playwright, fl 1930 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868: recipient 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Home Service, public service broadcaster 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 1
British Library, London 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, John, Minister of Whitburn Secession Church, 1754-1832 1
Brown, Samuel, founder of "itinerating libraries", 1779-1839 1
Browne, William George, traveller, 1768-1813 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, traveller in Africa, 1730–1794 1
Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo, Senator of the College of Justice, 1714-1799 1
Burnett, Lady, correspondent of Thomas Banting, upholsterer to Kings George III and William IV, fl 1837 1
Caballario, Antonio 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849: recipient 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 1
Chalmers, Thomas (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 1
Clerk, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, of Penicuik, 1676-1755 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984: recipient 1
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Craig, R S (annotator of a copy of "George Douglas Brown") 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Crichton, Thomas, poet, floruit 1804 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 1
Davison, Emily Wilding, suffragette, 1872-1913 1
Douglas, Sir Robert, 6th Baronet, of Glenbervie, 1694-1770 1
Drummond, Andrew Alastair Landale, Minister of Eadie, Alva, d 1966 1
Drummond, Henry, writer on theology, 1851-1897 1
Drummond, Hon Adelaide, wife of Maurice, née Lister, 1827-1911 1
Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association 1
Eck, Cornelius van, jurist and poet, 1662-1732 1
Elwin, Whitwell, Rector of Booton, 1816-1900 1
Fergusson, John Duncan, artist, 1874-1961 1
Field, Isobel, step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, née Osbourne, 1858-1953 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fleming, David Hay, antiquary, 1849-1931 1
Forbes, William, Advocate, d 1745 1
Fothergill, George Algernon (author and illustrator) 1
Galt, John (novelist) 1
Garmonsway, George Norman, Professor Emeritus of English Language, University of London, 1898-1967: editor 1
Gaskell, Mr, correspondent of Hon Adelaide Drummond, wife of Maurice, fl 1847-1870: recipient 1
Geddes, Anna, wife of Sir Patrick, Knight, sociologist, 1857-1917: recipient 1
Geddes, Sir Patrick, Knight, sociologist, 1854-1932: recipient 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gordon, Ian A, Vice-Chancellor of the University of New Zealand, 1908-2004 1
Gordon, James, Aberdeen, fl 1720 1
Graham, Sir George, Knight, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association, 1892-1974 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 1
Grant, Isabel Frances, writer, 1887-1983 1
Grant, James, of Corrimony, 1743-1835 1
Gregory IX, Pope 1
Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford, Knight, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 1866-1960 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Haggard, Bazett Michael, brother of Sir Henry Rider Haggard, novelist, fl 1892-1900 1
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hervey, James, divine, 1714-1758 1
Historical Manuscripts Commission 1
Holms, Beatrix, author of "The Zodiac", fl 1925-1934 1
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