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Bibliographies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Lists of books, documents, and other bibliographical items, often all related by author, topic, or another criterion. Bibliographies are arranged in some logical order giving brief information about the works, such as author, date, publisher, and place of publication.

Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:

Record of papers deposited at Hudson’s Bay House, concerning affairs of Simon McGillivray and Edward Ellice., 1826-1833.

 File
Identifier: MS.15129
Scope and Contents From the Series: The seigneury of Anfield, or Beauharnois as it was usually called, was purchased by Edward Ellice (died 1863) from the Marquis de Lotbinière. Most of the papers consist of reports of various agents who administered the estate. Negotiations for the sale of Beauharnois were started in 1839, when the North American Colonial Association of Ireland agreed to purchase, but the huge amounts of money involved protracted the affair, and it was not finally disposed of until 1866.There are...
Dates: 1826-1833.

Topographical bibliography of the Highlands of Scotland, from booksellers’ sale-catalogues, with prices., [Before 1928.]

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Identifier: MS.477
Scope and Contents From the Series: “An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates: [Before 1928.]

Typescript copy of "Bibliography of George Thomson's Folio Collection of Scottish Airs, with supplementary sections for separate accompaniments, sonatas, & other works, compiled by Thomas Davidson Cook"., [Circa 1922.]

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Identifier: MS.3104
Scope and Contents

Leaves of a carbon copy containing additional details have been inserted after the corresponding leaf of the main typescript. The Bibliography is preceded by two letters, 1922, of Frank Kidson on Thomson (folio i) and "Notes on the bibliography of George Thomson's Scottish Airs" (folio xiii).

Dates: [Circa 1922.]

Typescript with a few manuscript corrections of chapters 6-9 and bibliography of ‘The Isle of Arran’ by Robert McLellan., 1968.

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Identifier: MS.26423
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.

Dates: 1968.

Working notes, references and writings of Sir Angus Fraser concerning George Borrow., 1818-1996, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12091/45-71
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).

Dates: 1818-1996, undated.