Scope and Contents This is the fifth volume of Adam White’s set of eight scrapbook albums, containing 289 items mounted on 202 pages.The volume covers south-west Scotland, encompassing the historical counties of Bute, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire. Beginning with the islands of Arran and Bute, the volume takes in the landscape, castles and landed estates of the Firth of Clyde and inland Ayrshire, the towns of Ayr and Dumfries, the shores of the Solway, and the marches of...

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Ayr. Line engraving. 1843. Banks, William, -1866, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by W.H. Lizars, Edinr.

Published in: Lizars' Views of the Principal Cities and Towns in Scotland (1843).

Note: Three views in an ornamental frame: centre, Ayr; to left Burns Monument; to right, Wallace Tower.

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Burn's [sic] Mausoleum, Dumfries. Line engraving. 2 June 1817. Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: For the Scots Mage. & Edinr. Literary Misy. Pubd. by A. Constable & Co.

Published in: Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, May 1817.

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Grey-friars Churchyard, Dumfries. (The burial place of Burns). Line engraving. 1838. Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, Artist; Roberts, Edward John, 1797-1865, Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: Allan Cunningham, The Poems, Letters, and Land of Robert Burns [1838-40], vol. I.

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Interior of the Birth Place of Burns. Line engraving. 1838. Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, Artist; Carter, J., Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: Allan Cunningham, The Poems, Letters, and Land of Robert Burns [1838-40], vol. II.

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Mausoleum of Burns, Dumfries. Line engraving. 1838. Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, Artist; Griffiths, Henry, Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: W. Beattie, Scotland illustrated in a series of views (1838), vol. I.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous music. Several Marjory Kennedy-Fraser songs, Hebridean and others, mainly manuscripts, some printed sheets, some transposed versions of published songs, manuscripts, several arrangements for harp accompaniment, manuscripts. ‘A Parting Toast’, ‘M.K.F.’s [Marjory Kennedy Fraser] Key or for general use’, and ‘Loom Blessing’, manuscript. ...

Scope and Contents This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s observations, queries, and discussions whilst he is travelling around Scotland in late 1848. This notebook covers thoughts on key religious, political, educational, and geological topics of the time, covering issues in Kinnordy, Glen Isla (Angus), London, and America - New Orleans. This notebook primarily focuses on the geology of Angus, Scotland, with many sketches of the hills and topography of the area around Lyell’s Scottish home...

Scope and Contents Sheet music: Logan & Co.'s Inverness Collection of Popular Gaelic Songs, various music. Logan & Co.'s Inverness Collection of Popular Gaelic Songs: 'An Ribhinn Donn'/'The Highland Maid', plain cover, [1880s], Gaelic words by A. Macintyre, translated by H. Whyte, arranged by W. S. Roddie, 'Ealaidh Chaoil'/'Melody of Love', multi-coloured cover,...

Scope and Contents ‘Songs of the Hebrides, manuscript, including “Original copies of Notes & Tunes Hebridean”’. ‘Songs of the Hebrides, ms. [manuscript], incl. [including] “Original copies of Notes & Tunes Hebridean”’. ‘Original copies of Notes & Tunes Hebridean’: several sheets with fragments of songs, noted by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser in Barra, August 1927, from Bean Shomhairle bhìg, Mrs...