Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellany (perhaps a part of a larger collection of papers), 1714, 1728, 1736, and undated, mostly relating to James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, and his ‘Diplomata Scotiæ’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.19
Scope and Contents
The largest groups consist of lists of abbreviations used in mediaeval documents (folios 64, 71-111) and copies of various forms of letters (folios 65-69); most of the remaining papers consist of notes on various subjects and transcripts of unrelated documents. An engraved facsimile, 1771, of a charter of William the Lion has been added to the papers (folio 9).
Dates:
1714-1736.
Modern settings of traditional street cries, chiefly of London, and of some ballads.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22135-22136
Dates:
1911-1918, undated.
Moral sentences, written as specimens of penmanship, by Esther Inglis., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2197
Scope and Contents
On folio 1 is a decorated G containing pictorial themes.
Dates:
17th century.
`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)
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)
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.
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. 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)
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. 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.
‘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 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xii) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.4(Part 1). `An s[g]eulachd aig Conall Guilbeannach mac Righ Eirinn`: John Dewar`s Gaelic version 1 from John MacNair as described in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3, page 186; interleaved with the dismembered text of another Gaelic version transcribed by Hector MacLean, probably version 2, told by Alexander MacNeill, Barra. Not published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, at the request...
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.
‘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 3)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xvi) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.4(Part 2). `The Story of Conall Gulban`: English version incorporating Campbell`s introductory and textual notes. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3, pages 185-281. (Folio 262.)(xvii) `Am maighistir agus an gille` (The Master and his Man): Gaelic version by John Dewar. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3 pages 291-292. For the English version, see Adv.MS.5.1.5. (Folio 348.)...
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.
‘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)
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. IX. Versions of Stories in Vol. II`, being mostly alternative Gaelic texts not published in, or possibly intended for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 2., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) “Nighean Iarl a` Ghliocais”, transcribed by Hector MacLean, July 1859, from Alexander MacNeill, Kentangaval, Barra; received after the version from Catherine MacGeachy, née Milloy, Islay, published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 2, pages 8-13. (Folio 1.)(ii) ‘Righ na ceist`, told by Roderick MacNeill, Kentangaval, to Hector MacLean, July 1859. The published version of this tale, `Ridere nan Ceist’, is in...
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. V`, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3., 1860-1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Laoidh Dhiarmaid`: Gaelic version, not published in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 3, transcribed by Hector MacLean from Janet Currie, South Uist, 1860. On folio 1 verso are notes by MacLean of remarks about ‘Ossianic’ poetry by Alphonse de Lamartine and Wilhelm von Humboldt. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Dan an Deirg`: Gaelic words of the first stanza and music, as received from Mrs MacTavish, Islay, 1861. ‘Popular Tales...
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. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) The manuscript, much amended, of parts of the Ossian essay extending from ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 68-81 (folios 1-18); pages 99-113 (folios 19-44); pages 117-123 (folios 45-57). Some mis-arrangement in the order of folios in the original binding has been corrected. (Folio 1.)(ii) Page proofs and (from folio 68) some earlier proofs interspersed with extensive manuscript additions, of `Postscript`...
Dates:
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. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(viii) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1). A long series of manuscript sections, mingled with sections and leaves of corrected and amended proofs representing together a text corresponding closely to the final version of the Ossian essays. ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 23-37, 40-42, 45-46, 50-56, 59-83, 92-113, 115-122, 128-151, 155-160. (Folio 202.)(ix) Much corrected and amended proofs, with...
Dates:
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. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4., 1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 3)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xii) A manuscript entitled ‘Rough draught: Postscript’, considerably longer than the piece of that title in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 4, pages 1-4, and containing material re-worked for later essays; dated at end (folio 466 verso), 25 June [18]61. (Folio 411.)(xiii) Corrected proofs, many cut and pasted and marked by John Francis Campbell with the instruction for the printer ‘correct and make up’ or ‘make...
Dates:
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. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean.
`M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VI`, consisting entirely of material, in considerable disorder, for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 4, which contains John Francis Campbell`s `Postscript` and his articles on the Ossianic controversy, Welsh traditions, the theory of mythology, a `Plea for Gaelic`, and Highland dress, art and music, with letters from his collectors and an essay on Gaelic poetry largely by Hector MacLean., 1861.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.6(Part 1-Part 3)
Scope and Contents
The original manuscripts of Campbell and his collaborators have been cut up, revised and amended by Campbell in the course of production of his final text.
Dates:
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. VII`, consisting of unpublished notes compiled by John Francis Campbell in connexion with the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project., 1859-1861.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.7
Scope and Contents
On the front flyleaf Campbell noted, 1869: `This volume contains a lot of notes that may yet be used’.The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) A note, 1859, on `The two Thieves`, a story recalled by Campbell. (Folio 1.)(ii) “Extracts from Remarks in the ‘Stirling Journal’, 5 September 1856, on Lord Neaves` Dissertation on the Ossianic Controversy”. (Folio 3.)(iii) Brief notes on the Kilbride, Lismore and other Gaelic manuscripts, 1859....
Dates:
1859-1861.
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. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”., 1859-1860.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.8(Part 1)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘An t-Urraisgeach mor’, told to Hector Maclean by Donald McPhie, Iochdar, South Uist, June 1860. ‘More West Highland Tales’, 1, pages 24, 28-46. There is a note of Campbell on this version in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 21-22. (Folio 1.)(ii) `Sgeulach Mac na Banntrich`, told to Hector Urquhart by John Campbell, Strath Gairloch, June 1859. There is a summary of this version in ‘Popular Tales of 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. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”.
‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”., 1859-1860.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.1.8(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(xv) Continued from Adv.MS.50.1.8(Part 1). ‘An gille glas’, another version told to Hector MacLean by John Smith, Polochar, South Uist, who learnt it, circa 1840, from Angus MacDonald, Balnish. It is briefly summarized in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1, pages 100-101. (Folio 180.)(xvi) ‘An Sgeulachd aig an darna mac aig Righ Eirinn`, told to John Dewar by John McNair, Clachaig. (Folio 193.)(xvii) `An...
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. VIII`, containing mostly original Gaelic scripts produced by John Francis Campbell`s collectors of “Versions of Stories in [‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’] Vol. 1”.