With photographs.

At begining are two manuscript folios containing autograph notices of the second marriage of Charles Steuart and births of his family, and further details of his family and notice of his death.

At beginning of volume i are 6 manuscript folios containing autograph notices of the marriage of James Steuart and births of his family, and further details of his family.

At beginning of volume ii are manuscript folios containing, in the hand of Steuart, 'The sum of religion, by Sir Matthew Hale late Lord Chief Justice of England'.

At the beginning are three manuscript folios containing autograph notices of the marriage of James Steuart and births of his family, and further details of his family.

At the beginning is one manuscript folio containing notices of the marriage of Archibald Steuart and births of his family.

The bifolium contains Amos ix, 7-15, the prologues to Obadiah (F Stegmüller, ‘Repertorium biblicum medii aevi’ (Madrid, 1940), volume i, numbers 519 and 517) and Obadiah 1-20 (folio 1), and Micah ii, 4-v, 6 (folio 2).

Written in a large littera textualis with running titles, headings and chapter numbers in red. There is one ten-line decorated initial in red and an eight-line decorated initial in yellow, red, blue and green. Obadiah is marked 'Liber xix' and Micah 'Liber xxi'.

Many of the letters concern James Hervey`s "Theron and Aspasio", all apparently of Glasite tendency.

Constitutions, reports, minutes, correspondence, financial records and printed books, 1846–2001, of Donaldson's Hospital and the Edinburgh Royal Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children and, from 1938, Donaldson's School.

Concerns the design of W L Lorimer`s "New Testament in Scots", including related papers and proofs.

With the Gall family bible, 18th century to 19th century.

The manuscript additions consist of: (1) notes on the book by T L Kington Oliphant, 1889 (front flyleaf); (2) notes of births and deaths in the Murray family and of some other events, 1614-1633 (verso of title page); (3) notes of births and deaths in the Murray family, 1668-1672, and in the Oliphant family, 1690-1774 (blank leaf between the Apocrypha and the New Testament).

Parchment roll, corrected and possibly intended for private use.

Printed items and photographs of and concerning the novelist and playwright, Annie S Swan (1859-1943). As some of the items are dated later than 1943 they evidently did not belong to Annie S Swan but have been left in the collection. With letter, 1942, of the Earl of Rosebery to V Rule, concerning a social engagement.

With family Bible, containing genealogy, 1766-1825, of James Gall, and his descendants.