Microfilms.
Found in 2421 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of so-called 'Clandestine Correspondence'; five tiny letters designed to be possibly 'hidden in the curl of a wig or in the hollow of a riding whip'.
Microfilm of Solemn League and Covenant, 1643; and, copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas conferring titles and Baronetcies, 1554-1707.
The contents are as follows:
Solemn League and Covenant, printed by Evan Tyler (Edinburgh, 1643), and subscribed in West St. Giles’s, Edinburgh, in October 1643. It has some 750 names, of which two-thirds are actual signatures (Adv.MS.23.3.16);
Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas conferring titles and Baronetcies, 1554-1707, most of the material being late 17th and early 18th century. Also included are copies of material concerning the Order of the Thistle (Adv.MS.34.6.2).
Microfilm of song book belonging at one time to Robert Ker of Ferniehurst (later 4th Lord Jedburgh).
Microfilm of Sonnet, 1927, written by W W Peploe on the flyleaf of his ‘Memories and illusions’ (Edinburgh, 1906).
Microfilm of sonnet, 1927, written by W W Peploe on the flyleaf of his ‘Memories and illusions’ (Edinburgh, 1906).
Microfilm of South African diary of C Forsyth.
Microfilm of 'Specimens of Canntareachd' by Angus Mackay.
Microfilm of ‘Speculum peccatoris’ by an unknown author.
Microfilm of state papers, being copies, 17th century, of correspondence.
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 21. Letters and papers mostly concerning the accession of James VI to the English throne., [1578-1603.]
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 22: letters and papers, mostly addressed to James VI.
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 28. Letters and papers, mostly addressed to Sir William Stewart of Houston, Commendator of Pittenweem., [1560-1618.]
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-2, letters and papers., [1560-1610.]
The contents are as follows:
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 1, letters and papers, 1560-1610 (chiefly1603-1606), on various topics (Adv.MS.33.1.1(i));
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 2, letters and papers, 1603-1608 (chiefly 1607-1608), on various topics (Adv.MS.33.1.1(ii)).
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-9, letters and papers.
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 3-7, letters and papers., [?1608-1622.]
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 7-9, letters and papers., [1594-1624.]
The contents are as follows:
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 7, letters and papers, 1615-1616, 1622 (chiefly 1616) (Adv.MS.33.1.1[vii]);
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 8, letters and papers, [1599-1622] (chiefly 1617-1618) (Adv.MS.33.1.1[viii]);
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 9, letters and papers, [1594-1624] (chiefly 1619-1620) (Adv.MS.33.1.1[ix]).
Microfilm of state papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 21 and 28.
Microfilm of Stewart genealogies: papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers.
Microfilm of subscription book of the Darien Company, Glasgow lists.
Microfilm of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson; photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family; and, an account, 1783, of East Indies caves.
The contents are as follows:
Typescripts of talks, [?1965-?1969], of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia (Acc.9426);
Photographs, 19th century-[before 1987], of and concerning John MacArthur Russell and his family (Acc.9483);
'Account of the Caves of Kennery, Ambola, and Elephanta in the East Indies; in a letter from a gentleman in Bombay to his friend in England, 1783' (MS.3966).