Microfilms.
Found in 2420 Collections and/or Records:
Letters, to Richard Oswald, of his wife, from various places in North Germany., 1761-1763.
Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection., 14th century-19th century.
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Microfilm and partial photocopy of transcripts of letters of Marie de Rabutin Chantal to her daughter.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Microfilm and photographic slide copies of the correspondence, papers and drawings of James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Microfilm, chiefly of correspondence of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Microfilm chiefly of letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott., [1792-1831.]
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1792-1817, chiefly of Sir Walter Scott (MS.2525);
Letters, 1818-1823, chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, and a fragment in Scott's hand of an article which was published in the ‘Edinburgh Weekly Journal’, 7 February 1821, over the signature 'A Modest Whig'. (MS.2526);
Letters chiefly of Sir Walter Scott, 1823-1831, undated (MS.2527).
Microfilm chiefly of photographs and prints of works of Phoebe Anna Traquair.
The contents are as follows:
Photographs of and printed articles concerning murals of Phoebe Anna Traquair, [1890-1948] (MS.8123);
Illuminated manuscript, 1895-1897, by Phoebe Anna Traquair of ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (MS.8127);
Collotype prints of an illuminated manuscript, 1890-1892, by Phoebe Anna Traquair of ‘In Memoriam’ by Alfred Tennyson (MS.8128).
Microfilm comprising a copy of the surviving portion of the journal, 1799, of Agnes Ranken, kept during her voyage to India; a copy of MSS.8832-8863: Journal, 1801-1811, of Jessy Harden; and the Register of Documents compiled by Arundel S Clay., 1799-[20th century].
Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.