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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Genealogical notes on the Livingstone family including a story from the Battle of Culloden, October 1892
Geological Survey notebook 'Q Q', 1893-1894
Drawings and notes on the geology of parts of Scotland (including Edinburgh, Arran, Mull and Islay) of parts of England and also of Pomeroy, Ireland. References are made to Plymouth limestone, Skye granite, toadstones in Derbyshire and papers on raised beaches at Loch Carron.
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Geological Survey notebook 'V V', 1896-1899
Drawings and notes on the geology, particularly of parts of Ireland (including Dundalk, Wicklow) and Wales (including Anglesey, Glamorgan) and to a lesser extent Scotland and England. Reference is made to igneous rock at Kildare, carboniferous volcanoes in west Somerset and raised beaches at Jura.
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Historical notes relating to the marriages and offspring of Clan Donald and accompanying archaeological notes about chapels, 1894
Historical notes relating to the marriages and offspring of Clan Donald Godfrey of Siol Gorrie [Sìol Goraidh] and Donald first Earl of Ross, John Earl of Antrim and Alexander of Lochaber. Accompanying archaeological notes relate to chapels built close to each other.
Lecture on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', 1886
Notes for 4 lectures on the 'Volcanic History of Britain', given to the Royal Institution in 1886. Sir Archibald Geikie looked at the emergence of types of geological formations against a geological timeframe and how they have been affected by various processes, especially the action of volcanoes and materials produced by them, within the natural world. He used examples from numerous locations from different parts of the British Isles.
Note about Fear Achnacrois, August 1883
A note probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire that Fear Achnacrois brought Irish workers over from Ireland to work lint on Lismore [Lios Mòr] and that this man was a relation of Alexander Carmichael's.
Note about Iona and Saint Columba, 1886
Note which reads "Hebraice dictur Iona" Adam[nan] Saint Columba left Ireland of his own accord - Scotia is not Scot[land] even tho[ugh] of old Ireland so Ui is now island'.
Note about the first men on Lismore to own a vessel, August 1883
Note probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire that the first two men on Lismore [Lios Mòr] to have a vessel used to trade to Ireland. They married there and had children which came to Lismore and Glasgow [Glaschu].
Note about the partridge, June 1887
Note probably collected from Donald Currie, crofter, Ìle/Islay about the partridge which reads 'Partri[d]ge Can quite run the peopl[e] Reachlain Iris' [Reachlainn/Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland]. The meaning of the note is unclear.