Microfilms.
Found in 1088 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of the notebook of the storekeeper on David Livingston’s Zambesi Expedition.
The notebook was chiefly kept by Thomas Baines and contains accounts of stores taken, notes on their issue, and records of provisions. Baines, better known as an artist, was dismissed by David Livingstone for alleged irregularities in the use of the stores, and an account of the enquiry is included.
Microfilm of the observation book of David Livingstone.
Microfilm of the original manuscript, from the Scots College in Paris, of the memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone.
Microfilm of the Panmure music book containing 'Arie diverse per il violino Preludij Alemande Sarabande Correnti Gighe Fantasie Sminuite ed altre Toccate a due corde composizione Di Nicola Matteis napolitano', being 110 pieces of music for violin and figured bass.
Microfilm of ‘The Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies (Darien Company) from the National Library of Scotland (1694-1709)’ (Wakefield: Microform Academic Publishers, 2007).
Microfilm of 'The pedegree of the house of Ferniherst, the cheife family of the name of Carre; with a tree therof and some other its branches. Writine by P. Hume de Polwart baronnet' (later 1st Earl of Marchmont).
Microfilm of the Regiam Maiestatem, [circa 1500], mid 16th century; and, Book of Hours, fifteenth- to sixteenth-century, according to the use of Sarum.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [circa 1500], mid 16th century, of the Regiam Maiestatem, Quoniam attachimenta, burgh and guild laws, forest laws, De judicibus, statutes, and other legal texts, one in Scots, written by David Baldovy, vicar of Guthrie (MS.16497);
Book of Hours, fifteenth-sixteenth century, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin; written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.16499).
Microfilm of the scrap books of the National Library of Scotland.
Microfilm of "The Ship o' the Fiend" and a setting of James Hyslop’s poem “The Cameronian's dream”, by Hamish MacCunn.
Microfilm of 'The Tragic Greek Campaign of 1941', a typescript account, compiled by Arthur Murray apparently in 1955, of the expedition under Wavell organised in 1941 by Winston Churchill to relieve Greece.
Microfilm of theological works of Saints Jerome, Augustine, and others, written in the 12th century.
Microfilm of thirty two letters of Thomas Carlyle to Robert Mitchell, 1814-1822, and one each to his mother and father, 1821-1822.
Microfilm of three fragmentary manuscripts bound together.
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, 17th-18th century, of bardic fragments, containing a strong element of MacMhuirich poetry (Adv.MS.72.2.2);
Donald Smith’s Irish miscellany, [circa 1798] (Adv.MS.72.3.2);
Part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, 17th century, (written in the traditional character) giving the paradigms of a number of nouns and verbs.(MS.1745).
Microfilm of three Gaelic manuscripts of religious and medical texts.
The contents are as follows:
‘1467 MS.’ written by Dubhghall Albanach mac mhic Cathail and the Reverend John Beaton’s ‘Broad Book’, written by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín, [circa 1425, circa 1467], (Adv.MS.72.1.1);
Manuscript, 16th century-17th century, containing a medical compendium, in Gaelic, asembled by the Mull Beatons (Adv.MS.72.1.2);
‘Materia medica’, 15th century, formerly belonging to the Beaton family of physicians (Adv.MS.72.1.3).
Microfilm of three manuscripts of piobaireachd.
The contents are as follows:
'Select collection of the ancient music of Caledonia, called Piobaireachd, set to music as performed on the Great Highland Bagpipe, by Donald MacDonald, Pipemaker to the Highland Society of London, etc., Edinburgh : 1826.' (MS.1680), 152 frames;
Manuscript, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing piobaireachd (MS.3753), 135 frames;
Manuscript, [?1826-?1840], of Angus Mackay containing piobaireachd (MS.3754), 70 frames.
Microfilm of three minute books, 1833-1975, of the Langholm Library, and of a minute book, 1838-1853, of the New Library, Langholm.
Microfilm of three notebooks, undated, of William Motherwell, the first containing 'The crust of comfort being a short treatise expressly written for the instruction and edification of Old Maids by Jacob Ebenezer Jogtrot B.A. of Brazen Nose College Oxford', the other two miscellaneous poems, copies of ballads, and other notes.
Microfilm of 'Tome I' and 'Tome II' of the diaries of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick.
The contents are as follows:
Tome I, memoir et notice genealogique de la famille de Bannerman de Elsick....1769-1830' (MS.1685);
Tome II, contenant traits characteristiques et biographicales de M M les contemporaries jusque à 1830' (MS.1686).
Microfilm of topographical surveys, 1793-1801; ‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century; and, account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine.
The contents are as follows:
Topographical surveys, 1793-1801 (Adv.MS.16.1.13);
‘Some remarks on the Highland clans and methods proposed for civilising them’, early 18th century (Adv.MS.16.1.14);
Account book, 1750-1754, of James Erskine, Lord Alva, Senator of the College of Justice (Adv.MS.16.1.15).