Folk tales.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Timeless stories or legends in popular culture that are passed down over time, often orally.
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Additional material of John Francis Campbell on folklore, written in 1870, several years after the publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, and entitled `Oral mythology`., 1870.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.2
Scope and Contents
The work was apparently intended for publication but for various reasons this did not take place. A letter to Campbell from the publishers, Smith, Elder and Company, 1870, is pasted at the beginning, rejecting his manuscript.He discusses folklore in general, with particular reference to Gaelic and Indian mythology and includes examples of various tales from several different countries.The text is written partly in Campbell`s own hand and partly a more formal...
Dates:
1870.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Al-faraj ba‘d al-shiddah, a Turkish manuscript, probably of the eighteenth century, written in a current, fairly readable Naskhi hand, with Persian titles in red., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2753
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is a copy of the Turkish collection of tales which was based closely on a medieval Persian collection. The full complement of 42 tales is present, but not in the traditional order; there are four additional tales from other sources.The words 'Persian Tales in Turkish Translated by me into English' followed by an erased and now indecipherable signature, appear on folio 178 verso.A fuller description, by C S Mundy of the School of Oriental and African...
Dates:
18th century.
‘Ancient Scottish Tales, traditionary, romantic, and legendary, hitherto unpublished, from the recitation of the aged Sybils in the North Countrie. By Peter Buchan’, with an engraved portrait of Buchan and a holograph letter of Robert Pitcairn, regarding the need for skilful editing. , 1838.
File
Identifier: MS.207
Dates:
1838.
Early plays of Robert McLellan., 1934-1950.
File
Identifier: MS.26331
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Corrected typescript and page-proofs of ‘Jeddart Justice: a Border comedy’ (Glasgow, 1934) (folio l); (ii) Corrected typescript of 'The Flight of Graidhne: a Celtic folk-tale in one act', ?1934 (folio 25); (iii) Typescripts, ?1935 and 1950, of ‘The Changeling’ (folio 49). This was first published in ‘Scottish one-act plays’, edited J M Reid (Edinburgh, 1935).
Dates:
1934-1950.
Interleaved copies of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volumes 1 and 2, by John Francis Campbell (Edinburgh, 1860), with manuscript notes relating to the text, 1860-1873., 1860-1873.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.51.2.6-51.2.7
Dates:
1860-1873.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860).
Interleaved copy of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1, by John Francis Campbell (Edinburgh, 1860), with manuscript notes relating to the text, 1860-1873., 1860-1873.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.6
Dates:
1860-1873.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860).
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Interleaved copies of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volumes 1 and 2, by John Francis Campbell (Edinburgh, 1860), with manuscript notes relating to the text, 1860-1873.
Interleaved copy of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, by John Francis Campbell (Edinburgh, 1860), with manuscript notes relating to the text, 1860-1873., 1860-1873.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.7
Dates:
1860-1873.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860).
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Interleaved copies of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volumes 1 and 2, by John Francis Campbell (Edinburgh, 1860), with manuscript notes relating to the text, 1860-1873.
Journal of John Francis Campbell, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.2.2, containing Highland tales, poems and songs collected from various sources in the west of Scotland, particularly from Skye, most of them in English., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.4
Scope and Contents
Several letters to Campbell have been included all enclosing contributions to the collection of Highland Literature. Also included are notes on ‘The Story of Art MacCuinn, King of Ireland’ (folio 111-137).
Dates:
1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Journal of John Francis Campbell written while he was travelling in the West of Scotland collecting Gaelic folklore., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.2
Scope and Contents
The volume contains many Highland tales which Campbell has taken down in English in note-form. There are only one or two he has written in Gaelic.Campbell has illustrated the journal with a few watercolour sketches of Scottish Scenes (folios 10-12, 85, 87 verso, 117 verso, 158 verso-159, 166 verso, 169 verso, 283) and some miscellaneous insertions have been made throughout the volume:(i) A printed pamphlet ‘On Prehistoric Remains in the Neighbourhood of the Crinan...
Dates:
1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.3294
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The writer set out to follow the route taken by Dr Johnson and to write a similar narrative to his ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. He describes Scotland and its people, noting particularly what is strange to an Englishman, relates his personal experiences, and tells many historical anecdotes and legends, some of which he declares to be new to him. The journal is illustrated with images copied from Adam De Cardonnel’s "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland".
Dates:
1787.
'Journey in Scotland, with sketches of some picturesque ruins in that interesting country', being an account of a tour made by James Bailey, Otley, Yorkshire., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.3295
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The writer set out to follow the route taken by Dr Johnson and to write a similar narrative to his ‘Journey to the Western Islands’. He describes Scotland and its people, noting particularly what is strange to an Englishman, relates his personal experiences, and tells many historical anecdotes and legends, some of which he declares to be new to him. The journal is illustrated with images copied from Adam De Cardonnel’s "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland".
Dates:
1787.
Miscellaneous documents apparently from the library of the Reverend A J Macdonald, Minister of Killearnan., 17th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3784
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Gaelic texts of a tale and two songs (folio 1);(ii) Letters, notes, and texts of Gaelic poems from the Lochaber area, sent by the Reverend John Walker Macintyre, Minister of Kilmonivaig, to the Reverend A J Macdonald in 1911 (folio 6);(iii) Copies, made in 1897, of seventeenth-century papers belonging to the Earls of Antrim (folio 29);(iv) A letter and two documents relating to the Macdonalds of Sleat,...
Dates:
17th century-early 20th century.
Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860)., 1858-1884.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.51.2.3-51.2.7
Dates:
1858-1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
‘Morah or, the Witch of Holborn Head. A tale of the sixteenth century, collected from the traditions still handed down in Caithness', by A Stewart, 1824., 1823-[circa 1846], undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.2073
Scope and Contents
Also included are a letter of the author, 1824 (page 115), and poems, 1823, 1829, undated (page 119). From page 28, the manuscript is in the hand of a copyist, 'J.S.'. 'Some remarks on the Second Advent', signed 'W.C.', circa 1846, are inserted at page 131.
Dates:
1823-[circa 1846], undated.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Righ og Easaidh ruagh`, the manuscript of the Gaelic tale transcribed by Hector MacLean, schoolmaster at Ballygrant, Islay, and Campbell`s principal collector and collaborator, from the recitation of James Wilson, a blind fiddler on the island, 1859. Printed in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 12-18. (Folio 3.)(ii) A version of `Righ og Easaidh ruagh` as transcribed by Hector Urquhart, gamekeeper on...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xvi) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.1(1). `Sgeulachd Chonnil`, English version from original by Kenneth MacLennan, Turnaig, Poolewe, 1859. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 143-148. (Folio 206.)(xvii) Gaelic text of `Sgeulachd Chonnil`, as transcribed by Hector Urquhart from Kenneth MacLennan. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ , 1, pages 148-152. (Folio 210.)(xviii) Corrected proofs of the Connal...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding.
`M.S. West Highland Tales. Vol. I. Aug.1860`; with original binding., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.1(1-2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xxvii) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.2(1). English version of, and notes for `Conall`. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 137-155. For the Gaelic, see section (xv), above, and (xxx), below. (Folio 197.)(xxviii) English version of, and notes for `Maghach Colgar`, ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 168-179, 186-188. For the Gaelic, see section (xxx), below. (Folio 202.)(xxix) `The...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(1-2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, excepting the continuation of one tale from Volume 1 (folios 1-7)., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.2(1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Maol a Chliobain`, the Gaelic version as transcribed by Hector MacLean from Ann MacGilvray, 1859. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 256-259. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘The Chest’, English version of a tale as told by Catherine MacGeachy, née Milloy, Islay, to Hector MacLean, 1859; with corrected English and Gaelic proofs, and notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 1-15. (Folio 8.)(iii)...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. II’, consisting almost entirely of original materials and proofs for Volume 2 of the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1-Part 2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Tale of the Soldier/The Old Soldier` or ‘Sgeulachd an t-Saighdear/An Saighdear`, English (folio 2) and Gaelic (folio 10) versions, the latter as transcribed by Hector Urquhart from John MacDonald, Inveraray, 1860. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 276-285. With a corrected proof of the Gaelic text (folio 9 verso), and a covering letter (folio 14) of Urquhart to John Francis Campbell, 23 January 1860. (Folio...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xvi) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.3(Part 1). `The Fair Gruagach, Son of the King of Eirinn`, English version and notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 410-425, 434-435. For other scripts, see section (xxv), below. (Folio 240.)(xvii) `The Slim Swarthy Champion` or `An Ceathairneach Caol Riabhach`: English version with extensive internal notes on the text (folio 251), and Gaelic version by Hector MacLean from...
Dates:
1859-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. III`, mostly containing material for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.1.2, but also including scripts, notes or proofs for tales bound out of series and published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 1 and the earlier part of volume 2.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. IV`, containing material for or relating to ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3., 1860-1861.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.4(Part 1-Part 3)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1860-1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. IV`, containing material for or relating to ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3., 1860-1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.4(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) “The Rider [or Knight] of Grianag and Iain [`John` deleted] the Soldier`s Son”: English version and notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3, pages 1-23. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Am Buideal Ime` or ‘The Keg of Butter’ (folio 29); “Am Madadh ruadh `s am Bonnach beag” or ‘The Fox and the Little Bannock’ (folio 32); “Mar a thug am Madhadh ruadh an car as a` Gobhair” or ‘How the Fox took a turn out of the Goat (folio 35);...
Dates:
1860-1861.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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‘M.S. West Highland Tales, Vol. IV`, containing material for or relating to ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.