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Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.67
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Receipt, 1575, of Archebault Betun (Archibald Bethune), an archer of the French King`s Scots Guard (Ch.872);Account, 17 February 1552, of the provisions supplied to the Royal Household at Amboise. Includes a translation (Ch.2059); Bill, 1553, concerning expenses of the French royal household (Ch.2593);Holograph poems, [1931, or before]; and, 'The secret of the heather ale', a tale, 1892, by Neil Munro. (MS.816);...
Dates:
1552-[1931, or before].
Microfilm of assorted manuscripts, chiefly genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.32
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Genealogical and legal papers, 1794-1866 (Adv.MS.2.1.13);Miscellaneous letters and documents, 1659-1831 (Adv.MS.2.1.14);Miscellaneous manuscript, 1629-1921 (Adv.MS.2.1.15);Stewart genealogies, papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers, 17th century-18th century (Adv.MS.6.1.12);Materials, 1811, or after, for a Baronetage of Scotland, collected by Sir Samuel Egerton...
Dates:
17th century-1921.
Microfilm of assorted music, and notes on music and songs, chiefly Scottish.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.295
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notes, 1826-1827, of Lady John Scott on music, and songs, chiefly Scottish (MS.842);
Airs, 1824, chiefly of ballads, also of marches, etc., dedicated to Sir Walter Scott by Andrew Blaikie (MS.1578);
Copies of songs, dances, and other tunes, arranged for violin, made by members, relatives, and friends of the family of Brown, residing at Linkwood, Elgin, late 18th century (MS.3378).
Dates:
Late 18th century-1827.
Microfilm of assorted papers of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company, the Gibson family, Robert Stevenson and Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.444
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Minute book, 1697-1698, of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company (Adv.MS.83.7.2);Legal and financial papers, 1825-1893, of the Gibson family, concerning the sale and purchase of property in the province of Buenos Aires, together with sketch maps, powers of attorney and other miscellaneous papers (MS.10328);Letters and a journal, 1817, of Robert Stevenson, the engineer, addressed to his daughter Jeanie during a visit he...
Dates:
1697-1698, 1817-1893.
Microfilm of assorted papers of the family of Cameron of Fassifern
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1288
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook containing memoranda on sales of crops and cattle, 1783, 1786, and notes of receipts of rents, 1849-1863 (Acc.9174/14);Miscellaneous estate papers, [circa 1760, ?1742-?1853], including tenants’ petitions and memorials, tacks, notes on crop-rotation, advertisements for sale or lease of farms, both manuscript and printed, a memorandum in John Cameron of Fassifern’s hand concerning the running of his estate during his exile in England and ‘A...
Dates:
1656-1863.
Microfilm of autobiography, 1858, and journal, 1838-1839, of George Combe.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.745
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Journal, 1838-1839, of George Combe while in America (MS.7416);
Journal, 1839, of George Combe while in America (MS.7417);
Autobiography, 1858, of George Combe (MSS.7433-7434).
Dates:
1838-1839, 1858.
Microfilm of ‘Autograph letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1800-1826’, chiefly to Charles Erskine and James Curle.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.972
Dates:
1800-1826.
Microfilm of autograph manuscript of ‘History of Scots Affairs from the year 1637 to 1641’, by James Gordon, Minister of Rothiemay.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.131
Dates:
1659-1661.
Microfilm of Autograph manuscript of `Ragionamento di Carlo V. Imperatore tenuto al re Philippo suo figliuolo In dargli la libera signoria di tutti gli stati suoi`, Giacomo Castelvetro`s translation, 1592, of Charles V`s advice to his son, 1555.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2001
Dates:
1555.
Microfilm of autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott concerning Scottish gypsies.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.802
Dates:
1817.
Microfilm of autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.112-116
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Microfilm of autograph score of the overture “Tam o' Shanter”, Opus 51, by Malcolm Arnold, bearing several marks from use in performance.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1023
Dates:
1955.
Microfilm of autographs of 'Literary and Scientific' persons collected by William Finlay Watson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2088
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Microfilm of bagpipe music copied by Donald Dow.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.962
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Bagpipe music copied by Donald Dow, 2nd half of 19th century (MS.3750);
Bagpipe music copied by Donald Dow, the piobaireachd corresponding, according to Archibald Campbell, to settings recorded and played by the sons of Donald Cameron, piper to Seaforth, and by J MacDougall Gillies, 2nd half of 19th century (MS.3752).
Dates:
2nd half of 19th century.
Microfilm of Balcarres papers, consisting of papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1837
Dates:
1438-1630.
Microfilm of Bannatyne Manuscript, a collection of some 400 poems, mostly Scottish, compiled and written by George Bannatyne
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.6-7
Dates:
1568.
Microfilm of Bannatyne manuscript: a collection of some 400 poems, mostly Scottish, compiled and written by George Bannatyne.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.437
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Draft manuscript (Adv.MS.1.1.6 (1 of 2));
Main manuscript (Adv.MS.1.1.6 (2 of 2)).
Dates:
1568.
Microfilm of Bannatyne Manuscript: a collection of some 400 poems, mostly Scottish, compiled and written by George Bannatyne.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.800
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Bannatyne manuscripts, the draft manuscript (Adv.MS.1.1.6 (i));
Bannatyne Manuscript, the main manuscript (Adv.MS.1.1.6 (ii)).
Dates:
1568.
Microfilm of ‘Beginning and the end of the Lewis Chemical Works', a detailed account written by D Morison, former foreman of the plant, of its operation from 1857 to 1874.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2104
Dates:
1895.
Microfilm of binding in which the 9th century French manuscript of the epigrams of Martial was previously bound.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1123
Dates:
13th century.
Microfilm of biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1024-1025
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.
Microfilm of Blackadder prayer book, written probably in France.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.287
Dates:
2nd half of 15th century.