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Microfilm of Peninsular War papers of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1106-1107
Dates:
1807-1809.
Microfilm of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson; photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family; and, an account, 1783, of East Indies caves.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.978
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Typescripts of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia (Acc.9426);
Photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family (Acc.9483);
'Account of the Caves of Kennery, Ambola, and Elephanta in the East Indies; in a letter from a gentleman in Bombay to his friend in England, 1783' (MS.3966).
Dates:
1783-[before 1987].
Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches, printed books and pamphlets.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8681/1-307
Dates:
circa 1915-1982, undated.
Miscellaneous documents concerning Montrose and Angus, the Covenanters and other matters.
File
Identifier: MS.5407
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous documents, 1539-1838, relating to the burgh of Montrose and the surrounding country. They include papers relating to the Priory (folios 5-6, 11) and the town council (passim), the death-roll of the Plague, 1648 (folio 18), and fragments of the treasurers' accounts, 1676-1704 (folios 37-53); from folio 54 onwards are a number of legal papers, some fragmentary, mainly concerning lands in Angus.(ii) Miscellaneous documents,...
Dates:
1539-1838.
Miscellaneous historical and topographical items, copied in the 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Chronological Sketch of the History of the Orkneys ... 875 to ... 1500’, possibly by George Low, minister of Birsay. It consists of fairly brief entries of historical events, followed (folio 9) by a copy of an Act of Parliament, 1471. (folio 1).(ii) Copy of `A Description of Zetland` by Thomas Gifford of Busta, 1733 (folio 11).(iii) Copy of an incomplete address to the Lord Provost on the name and...
Dates:
1471, 1618, 1670, 18th century.
Miscellaneous papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Translation, 17th century, of Jan de Laet`s edition of ‘Lexicon Vitruvianum’. The beginning is missing; the text starts at `Abstantia` and breaks off at `Mataxa`. (Folio 1.)(ii) Article attacking the service-book, circa 1638. (Folio 51.)(iii) Manuscript, 1709, of ‘A Letter directed thus, for Mr James Lyon in Kirkwal’ by James Sands. (Folio 72.)(iv) Copy, late 17th century, of George Buchanan`s...
Dates:
?1595-18th century.
Notes for a speech by Annie Burnett Smith (Annie S Swan).
Item
Identifier: Acc.12816
Scope and Contents
Speech probably made during Smith`s unsuccessful campaign as the Independent Liberal candidate for Maryhill, Glasgow, in the 1922 General Election.
Dates:
circa 1922.
Notes of evidence, 1905, to be given by the Reverend Dr William Miller, in the Free Church of Scotland case.
File
Identifier: Acc.8285
Scope and Contents
With four addresses, 1895, 1901-1902 and undated, to Miller, and a photograph of him.
Dates:
1895-1905 and undated.
Obituaries, funeral orations and biographical notes of and concerning James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, his wife and sons, and of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, daughter of Prince Charles Edward.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11952
Scope and Contents
Includes modern historical notes.
Dates:
18th century.
‘Original addresses presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria’ on the occasion of her visit to Scotland, August 1847, presented by the City of Glasgow, various burghs and counties in the West of Scotland, the Royal Northern Yacht Club, and others.
File
Identifier: MS.576
Dates:
1847.
Palimpsest, made up of at least five English manuscripts of the 8th to 11th centuries, overwritten in England in the late 11th century and belonging to Thorney Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.8
Scope and Contents
Underwriting: Such identification as has been achieved is due to N R Ker, in ‘Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions’, iii, 169 and what follows; and E A Lowe, ‘Codices Latini Antiquiares’, supplement. Ultra-violet photographs of folios 1 + 8, 4 + 5, 9 + 16, 28 + 31, 19 + 22, 3, 30 recto, and 26 + 33 are in MS.8494, folios 1-15.Folios of the manuscripts (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) have generally been turned sideways and folded to form sheets of the new volume;...
Dates:
8th century-11th century.
Panegyric in honour of, and addressed to, Henry VIII by Walter, Lord Ogilvy, in a contemporary hand.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.24
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Papers, 1908-1971, of and concerning Thomas J Honeyman.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9787
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, lectures, speeches, broadcasts and articles.
With papers, 1877-1934, of his father, Thomas Honeyman.
Dates:
1877-1971.
Papers, circa 1852-1872, of William Strathhenry Kemp.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9427
Scope and Contents
Includes historical and literary lectures and essays, and addresses to pupils at Falkirk Grammar School and Glasgow High School.
With papers, 1897-1904, of Robina Jane Kemp, including certificates and testimonials.
Dates:
circa 1852-1904.
Papers concerning "Passacaglia on DSCH" by Ronald Stevenson
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11055
Scope and Contents
Includes scores, notes, press cuttings, a speech and correspondence.
Dates:
1960-1994.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198
Dates:
1569-1876, undated.
Papers concerning the Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10240/1-116
Scope and Contents
The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.
Dates:
1924-1984, undated.
Papers, including some unpublished manuscripts, of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12329
Dates:
1898-1940.
Papers, including travel diaries, typescripts of short stories, poems, plays, articles and talks, of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8138/Box 1(1)-Box 12
Dates:
1896-1967, undated.