The contents are as follows. (i) 'Miscellaneous correspondence', 1914-1924, relating to National Library proposals with Sir James M Dodds and Sir John Lamb, successively Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the Scottish Office, and others (folio 1); (ii) Papers, 1914-1924, concerning the management, finance, staffing and accommodation of the Advocates' Library and the proposed National Library (folio 55); (iii) Letters and papers, 1923, concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan's purchase of the manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's 'Redgauntlet' and its presentation by him to the Advocates' Library (folio 114).