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Photocopies of typescript transcriptions of letters of Thomas Telford to Andrew Little and other members of the Little family, with letters relating to Telford.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12871
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and extracts from letterbooks of Joseph Mitchell.
Dates:
1782-1845.
Photocopy and annotated transcript of letters of Samuel Brown to Samuel Smiles.
File
Identifier: Acc.5051
Dates:
1836.
Photocopy of a transcript and description by Terry L Meyers of a notebook, 1876, of William Sharp containing his play, "Ariadne in Naxos" and poem "Beatrice".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10954
Dates:
circa 1994.
Photocopy of a transcript of a journal describing a voyage from Glasgow to Queensland, Australia, by Margaret Hinshelwood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12149
Dates:
1883.
Photocopy of a transcription of a genealogical account of the family of Maclean, by Hector Maclean of Gruline.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7609
Dates:
circa 1812.
Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).
File
Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents
The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated
Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3788-3794
Scope and Contents
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Dates:
1881-1887, undated.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by George MacRitchie.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8119
Dates:
1834.
Poems and songs of William MacRitchie, transcribed by his son, George.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6398
Dates:
1834.
Poems of George Lauder, transcribed, 17th century, chiefly from printed copies indicated in the manuscript.
File
Identifier: MS.1806
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the following poems.
(i) Valedictory Address, 1622. (Folio 1.)(ii) On the Execution of Charles I. Printed: Delft, 1649. (Folio 2.)(iii) 'Good Wishes to His Highnes the Prince upon His Birth Day, 14 November'. (Folio 3.)(iv) 'The wnconstant Lover', 1624. (Folio 3 verso.)(v) 'For the Heroycall L: Colonel Lauder ... A Christmas Carol'. Signed: F G. (Folio 4.)(vi) 'The Souldiers Wishe'. Printed: Edinburgh, J...
Dates:
17th century.
Printed transcript of `Diamond Cut Diamond`, the case of United Diamond Fields of British Guiana against Barnato Brothers and others.
Series
Identifier: Dep.377
Dates:
1930.
Records of the Scottish Working People`s History Trust.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13547
Dates:
c. 1990s-2013
Reel-to-reel audio-tape and transcript of a BBC television programme, concerning a British mountaineering expedition to the Roraima plateau, South America in 1973.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6336/1-2
Dates:
1974.
Reel-to-reel audio-tape and transcript of a BBC television programme, "Mirror of Scotland".
Series
Identifier: Acc.6478/1-2
Scope and Contents
Concerning the work of the Films of Scotland Committee.
Dates:
1975.
Reel-to-reel audiotapes of the master sound tracks, with transcripts, to three films, on Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley Maclean, and Eric Linklater, produced by Films of Scotland.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6832/1-4
Dates:
1972-1976.
Reminiscences of Andrew Macgeorge.
File
Identifier: Acc.8341
Scope and Contents
Concerning his family, upbringing and social life.
With typed transcript.
Dates:
19th century.
‘Reports of ministers’, contemporary copies of answers of ministers to queries of a committee of the General Assembly concerning the augmentation of ministers’ stipends.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.7
Dates:
1749-1750.
Research material, including correspondence, notes, copies and transcripts, of and collected by Michael Parnell for his 'Eric Linklater: a critical biography'.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10248/1-200
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of correspondence and other papers of and concerning Linklater.
Dates:
1899-1986.
Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12335/84-243
Scope and Contents
The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.
Dates:
1539-2001.
Research papers of Robin J Adam.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11606
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, transcripts and drafts concerning the Sutherland estates and the Calendar of Fearn Abbey.
Dates:
circa 1960-1980.
Safe-conduct granted by James IV, King of Scotland, to the Earl of Surrey and others, to enter Scotland as Commissioners for the King of England to treat with the Scottish Commissioners.
Item
Identifier: Ch.1
Scope and Contents
The safe conduct is accompanied by a modern transcript.
Dates:
2 June 1490.
Sale catalogues of books and transcripts of letters of Scottish interest in the Caligula section of the Cotton Library.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.1.12
Scope and Contents
On folio i is written `No. 14 of Mr. Matthew Crawfurd`s printed Catalogue of Manuscripts. in fol.`, which appears to be intended as a title for the volume, although it does not correspond to the contents. On the same folio the letter `B` and the signature `John Wright` appear twice. All of these are in eighteenth-century hands. Section (iii) is the earliest, and the volume must have been later adapted by the writers of sectitons (i) and (ii).Section (i): Sale-catalogue of books,...
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 18th century.
Schoolbook, transcribed in the early 12th century, containing notes and glosses (in Latin and German) on authors studied in schools and other texts which could be used in teaching.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Juvenal, 'Satires': citations with commentary in alphabetical order of keyword, incipit 'Maior auaritie patuit'. (i.88). (Folio 1.)(ii) Lucan, 'Civil War': introduction and citations with and without commentary from books 1-6 and 9, incipit 'Lucanii sum(m)a utilitas e(st) i(n) topog(ra)phia'. (Folio 5 verso.)(iii) Philosophical notes, possibly connected to Porphyry's introduction to Aristotle's 'Analytica...
Dates:
Early 12th century.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.13
Scope and Contents
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library. Only those documents not known from other sources are indexed in detail. The contents are as follows:(i) `Registra Coenobiorum de Melrose et Balmerino Impensis Walteri McFarlan de eodem Transcripta Anno MDCCXLII`, copied from Adv.MSS.34.4.11, late 13th century (folio 1), and 34.5.3, 14th century (folio 67), with extracts from Richard Augustine Hay on Melrose, 1700-1707, or after (folio 54; from...
Dates:
Late 13th century-1707, or after.
Scottish chartularies transcribed, 1738-1744, for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.35.2.5-35.3.9
Scope and Contents
The wording and ornament of the title pages suggest a division into three groups:
(i) Adv.MSS.35.2.5, 35.3.6, 35.3.7, 35.39: 1738-1739.
(ii) Adv.MSS.35.3.2, 35.3.4: 1740.
(iii) Adv.MSS.35.3.3, 35.3.5, 35.3.8: 1740-1744.
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library, with notes taken from Richard Augustine Hay`s works. Only those documents the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail.
Dates:
13th century-1707, or after.