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The Duncan and James Strang Collection
The Harris Transcript of old Scottish Ballads - bound volume with manuscript transcript of Scottish ballads
‘The historie of the Kirk of Scotland’ by John Row (1568-1646), minister of Carnock, Fife
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‘The historie of the Reformation’ by John Knox (c.1514-1572) and museum catalogue for John Knox’s House
The Laing Collection
After the death of David Laing, his private library was sold in an auction occupying thirty-one days. His collection of charters and other papers is of national importance and the most distinguished of its kind in any Scottish university. It is an essential source for the 18th century, and a much used one for all periods of Scottish history from the earliest times. The Laing Collection falls into five sections, designated as La.I., La.II., La.III., La.IV., and La.V.
The National Covenant
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
‘The religious history of Lewis for the last sixty years’
Handwritten notebook titled, 'The religious history of Lewis for the last sixty years'. Author is unknown.
There is a note on the first page from 1941 that says, ' Written at least 60 years ago by some friend of N.E.Macfarlane at their debating society in Stornoway (1941. This note was made by A.F.M.M.)'.
The Rhyming Record; sermon by Henry David Hill; address by James Drummond MacGregor; and notes on the Church Union Committee by Norman MacLeod, D.D.
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The Royall Cedar, by Frederic van Bossen
Unbound copy of a manuscript, Edinburgh 1688, with original stitching. Commences with an elaborate title page with allegorical figures, with shield and decorated borders. There follows a list of authorities used in the writing of the work and a dedication. Van Bossen states that he has made use of an ancient manuscript by John Tulloch, Bishop of Orkney. The work forms a substantial history of Scottish nobility and follows the structure of that laid out in other copies.