Transcriptions. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written versions of oral language or music, or written copies made of other written documents, either in longhand or on a machine.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers., Undated, but probably ca. 1880-1925.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/21-31
Scope and Contents
Papers concerning Morrison's research into the diary of the Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness (1696-1763). The whereabouts of this diary, which covered the years 1737-1763 in eight octavo volumes, are not currently known, although a number of extracts were copied from it. MacDonald's position as minister of Rob Donn's parish during the poet's lifetime makes his diary a valuable document that links to many references in Rob Donn's poetry.According to Morrison's account...
Dates:
Undated, but probably ca. 1880-1925.
Extracts from the diary concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746., ca. 1880s.
File
Identifier: Acc.14317/30
Scope and Contents
Transcription of passages from the diary that concern the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746, handwritten by Morrison and in a typescript version which is headed "Rebellion of '45 in Sutherlandshire". With a photocopy of the handwritten transcription.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary concerning the Rev. Walter Ross, minister of Tongue (d. 1762). , ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/27
Scope and Contents
Pink exercise book, headed inside "The Minister of Tongue (Mr Walter Ross)". The extracts are of various dates. The Rev. Walter Ross (died 1762), minister of Tongue from 1730, was Murdoch MacDonald's uncle.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for January to May 1761., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/28
Scope and Contents
Pink exercise book, headed inside "Mr. McDonald's diary 3d Jany 1761 to 31st May 1761." The extracts concern on a variety of subjects.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for the year 1740., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/26
Scope and Contents
Blue exercise book, unheaded, containing extracts from the diary for the year 1740.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
/
Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
/
Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for the years 1761-1762., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/29
Scope and Contents
Blue exercise book, headed "M. McDonald's diary" and containing extracts from the years 1761 and 1762.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
/
Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
/
Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald., probably 1880s.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/25-30
Scope and Contents
A set of five notebooks and one folder of loose sheets, containing transcriptions made of parts of the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Dates:
probably 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
/
Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.