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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Dates:
1778-1961, undated.
Biographical memoir and notes on Charles Hodge Mackie, compiled by Anne Mackie.
File
Identifier: Acc.9177
Scope and Contents
Includes an account of their visits to France, 1892-1893, and meetings with Gauguin, Sérusier and Vuillard.
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
"Cookery Notes", 1902-1904, of Elsie Henderson, with later annotations, c 1955, and memoirs, undated, of Catherine Elsie Henderson.
File
Identifier: Acc.11165
Dates:
1902-1904 and circa 1955 and undated.
Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.4
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Letters, 1675-1677, of the preacher John Welwood. They are mostly addressed to Elizabeth Collace and her sister Katharine Ross, but there are also a few to the covenanter Richard Cameron. The letters, which are not in strict chronological order, are chiefly religious in nature, but there are occasional mentions of the persecutions in Fife, the Merse and Teviotdale. (Folio 1.)(ii) Memoirs of Katharine Ross. The...
Dates:
1675-early 18th century.
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
File
Identifier: MS.6135
Scope and Contents
The items are also closely associated with William Maitland of Lethington, and are chiefly concerned with the diplomatic negotiations of the period with England and France; they are apparently unpublished. Where no exact date is given on the document, the letters have been dated from internal evidence.The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter, [end of February 1563], of William Maitland of Lethington to François, Duc de Guise, reporting the course of his...
Dates:
[1562]-1563, [1568].
Copy of ‘Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky (London, 1733) with manuscript annotations.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.2
Scope and Contents
The volume also contains extracts of two letters, ?circa 1690, concerning the attitude of James VII towards the Church of England (folio 1), and `Some additional Characters of the chief of the last Ministry`, 1715, signed M S (folio 3). The characters, which are apparently copied from another manuscript, are of Bolingbroke, Stafford, the Bishop of London and others. The annotations, writtenbetween 1781 and 1797, are signed `M.` and `E.M.` and are mostly copies of notes by...
Dates:
Circa 1690, 1715, 1733, 1781-1797.
‘Crawfurd’s genealogical collections’, containing memoirs and scattered notes of families by George Crawfurd, in his own hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.8
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Genealogies, notes, formal documents and other papers of and concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8924/1-45
Dates:
1511-1951, undated.
Journals and other papers of David Wilson Bogie.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13267
Scope and Contents
The papers include a memoir of David Bogie`s time at George Watson`s College, an account of the Law Faculty at Edinburgh University and memorials of: the Faculty of Advocates; the Court of Session in the 1970s, and also of the Shrieval Bench in Aberdeen. The papers are accompanied by notes by Alan Bell, Bogie`s unofficial literary executor.
Dates:
1960-1999.
Memoir of Sir Francis Grant "in his studio for the last time" by Sir George Scharf.
File
Identifier: Acc.11545
Scope and Contents
Includes anecdote and notes on Grant`s technique.
Dates:
1878.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Testamentary Memoir written by Theophilus, in which his own dearest concerns are Ingenuously Narrated, and sundry of a more publick Nature are also touched, all Addressed to his surviving friends`, early 18th century. This is similar in style to the ‘Memorial` of James Hog, and the hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.8. The author appears to have written other memorials and a short history of the Covenanters based...
Dates:
18th century.
Notes and comments compiled by Sir William Gillies.
File
Identifier: Acc.6308
Scope and Contents
Concerning his career and paintings.
Dates:
circa 1971.
Notes of Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham on life in the Grand Fleet to Jutland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4317
Scope and Contents
With copies of correspondence between Cunninghame Graham and Arthur Marder.
Dates:
20th century.
Notes on the Cowan family, inserted in "Family Memorials by H M".
File
Identifier: Acc.5265
Dates:
mid 19th century to mid 20th century.
Papers of and concerning Olive Wyon.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5468
Scope and Contents
Including devotional notes, notes on Kierkegaard, recollections by her sister, and proofs of "Olive Wyon: A Chronicle".
Dates:
20th century.
Research notes, manuscripts and correspondence concerning, and proofs of, the 'Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino' (London, 1851), by James Dennistoun.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5524/1-47
Dates:
1845-1851, undated.
Typescript of Donald Fraser's 'Memoirs of an Unsuccessful Revolutionary', with biographical notes and a chronological index.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13176
Scope and Contents
Typescript memoirs of Donald Fraser (1904-1956), Scottish politician and a leading member of the Common Wealth Party. The memoris are incomplete as a result of Fraser`s premature death in 1956. They chart his early life, professional activities and his involvement in inter-war politics, particularly the ILP and the Common Wealth Party that had been founded by the Liberal MP Sir Richard Acland in 1942 to contest by-elections against reactionary candidates. The manuscript biographical notes...
Dates:
Circa 1955.
Typescript of Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, "Memoirs of Delvine with Notes on the Clan MacKenzie".
Item
Identifier: Acc.9235
Dates:
1901.