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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Correspondence, teaching materials and papers of Tom Gourdie, mostly concerning the teaching and promotion of handwriting.
Diaries, 1832-1865, chiefly of Colonel James Halkett (1822-1870), Coldstream Guards, son of Hugh, Baron von Halkett, describing his service in Britain, Mauritius, India and the Crimea; with correspondence and related material, 1847-1863, concerning several other members of the Halkett family.
James Halkett was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Mauritius, Sir William Gomm, from 1842 to 1847, and to the Commander-in-Chief of India from 1850 to 1854. He was severely wounded in action in November 1854 and the diary for that year gives particular accounts of the battles he witnessed during the Crimean War.
Journals and notebooks of and relating to various members of the family of Douglas of Tilquhillie.
Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.
Notebook of Elizabeth Hume.
Containing poems by Hume and others, sketches, and journal of a trip to England and Wales.
Notebooks of Sir James Hall entitled "Chemical experiments made with a view to obviate some of the difficulties in Dr Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth'".
The notebooks give a day to day account, with sketches, of experiments made between 1798 and 1806. Most of the material is embodied in a paper read to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 3rd June 1805, entitled 'Account of a series of experiments, showing the effects of compression in modifying the action of heat'.
Papers concerning James Pittendrigh MacGillivray.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Papers, including notebooks, sketches and correspondence, of Phyllis M Bone.
Papers of William Stuart Henry.
Including notebooks, sketches, poems, and correspondence concerning his work.
Sketchbook of Christopher Norton, business partner of James Byres, 1764-1765.
Includes a note and copy-letterbook of Norton, 1788-1794.