Condition - Generally fair. Some small pieces of paper (music) are pinned onto the larger sheets. No need for conservation, except for possible removal of pins. In folder ‘Hebridean Airs, Piano’, the two arrs. for piano contain numerous pins. In folder ‘Various music collections’, 300 National Melodies of the British Isles, vol. 2: 100 Scotch Airs is badly decayed and needs conservation – there is only one other copy available in UK libraries [cf. WorldCat]; cover of Scots Tunes, arr. by MKF, is damaged and needs conservation; Edward Land’s Fantasia’s for the PianoForte. Recollections of Burns, Scotia’s Bard – in fair condition – may be the only existing copy of the publication in the public domain [cf. WorldCat].

Work Done - All items dusted with brush and put into new archive envelopes. Several pins removed and replaced with plastic clips; positions of all remaining pins marked with acid free markers. Fragile or loose items protected and supported with acid free sheets and plastic clips, some fragile printed collections put into separate transparent archive folders for protection. In folder ‘Hebridean Airs, Piano’, the two arrangements for piano by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, containing numerous pins, wrapped in acid free tissue paper for protection. In folder ‘Various music collections’, damaged cover of Scots Tunes, arranged by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, wrapped in acid free tissue paper and item put into separate transparent archive folder for protection. Boxed in new archive box. General inventory created. Published items listed individually. All pieces in Marjory Kennedy-Fraser’s published volumes listed individually.