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The contents are as follows: Autograph manuscripts, late 19th century, of Francis R Oliphant (MS.23207);

Corrected typescript, late 19th century, of an apparently unpublished children's tale titled 'The princess of the golden mountain or The wonderful black beetle' by Francis R Oliphant (MS.23208);

Letters, ?1878-1897, undated, of Margaret Oliphant to members of her family and to a few others (MS.23209).

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There are a number of letters to David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan (succeeded 1767), which relate largely to his antiquarian interests. Most of the other letters are also of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the writers include noblemen, churchmen, public servants, and prominent literary figures.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letter signed by James III and countersigned by Archbishop Schevez, to Bona, Duchess of Milan, asking her to take steps for the release of Prospero de' Medici, his Prothonotary, imprisoned in her state, Edinburgh, 1477 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to his son and successor William, in Paris, reprimanding him for idleness, undated (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Alexander Leslie, afterwards Earl of...

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The pieces include vocal music, versions of the ‘Reverie’ and ‘Romance’ for violin and piano (MS.2635: 'Violin solos'), and ‘The waterwheel’ for piano (also found as a piece marked ‘tempo giusto’ in MS.21638 ('Piano solos').

Scope and Contents The material is predominantly literary and is chiefly confined to the 19th century. Among the more notable items are:Seven letters of Allan Cunningham, 1828-1840, chiefly to Captain Charles Gray of the Royal Marines, with an undated manuscript of the poem 'The standard bearer' published in ‘Poems and songs’ (London, 1847) by Cunningham, under the title 'The Cavalier' (folios 43-59);Papers of James Hogg, including manuscripts of his poems 'A Scottish ballad', circa...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph music and notes, 1894-1924, undated, by Scott Skinner, including signed photographs, and a note, 1915, (folio 3) on his publications. (Folio 1.)(ii) Tunes, 1904-1943, undated, by Scott Skinner in various hands, chiefly John Murdoch Henderson's. (Folio 23.)(iii) Two collections of pieces, undated, some for keyboard, and some for violin solo, by various composers, but the vast majority by Scott Skinner. Much of the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph draft of String Quartet Number 1, opus 4 (folio 1), apparently begun in 1948 and completed in 1950 (folio 34 verso). The quartet was published in 1953. The music at folios 1-15 corresponds to the first two movements and that at folios 16-18, 19 to pages 17-19, 22-23 of the 3rd movement in the published score. The music at folios 20-30 seems to form no part of the published score, whilst that at folios 31-34, which is numbered 6, appears...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

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The notebook contains 39 poems in Gaelic (14), English (14) and Scots (11). These include two further poems on ‘Mochtar is Dubhghall’ (folios 15 recto, 38 verso), and English verse translation of An Ciaran Mabach’s “Nollaig bu ghnàthach air fìon” (folio 25 verso) and English prose translations (published) of two of the poet’s own works (folio 43 verso). Folios 27 verso-37 recto, 38 recto blank.

Scope and Contents The contents includes: (i) Paper, undated, by John Purves on 'The literature of the British dominions' (folio 1); (ii) Notes, [circa 1930], on early Latin poetry and hymns taken chiefly from printed sources (folio 50); (iii) Notes, [circa 1914], on literary relations between England and the Netherlands (folio 147); (iv) Notes, undated, on 'The tendencies of recent German literature' (folio 201); (v) Autograph manuscript, 1942-1943, of poems in German written by several poets (folio...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

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Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Short score, with instrumentation indicated in red ink, of 'Sinfonietta', an orchestral work in three movements, 1927-1928 (folio 1);

(ii) Full score of 'A Scottish pastoral', an orchestral work in one movement, 1940 (folio 15);

(iii) Full score of 'In honorem' a work in one movement for band (folio 25), undated but would appear to have been composed during or shortly after the First World War.

Scope and Contents Containing:British Corosit Button Co: copies of a speech made by Kinross at a creditors’ and shareholders’ meeting, 1931.Old Gate Estates Ltd: transcript of the evidence of Kinross in the case against the valuers Topliss, Harding and Russell, 1939.Crown Flour Mills: Printed report and accounts, 1939, 1942.Public Benefit Boot Co: Printed note concerning the board, ca. 1940.Col W A Bristow, the inventor of coalite: Autographed copy...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...