Note about the origins of the Carmichael families that Carmichael's own clan came from Leireag near Oban while the Cloichl[e]a Carmichaels came from Clachan Saoileach [Lerags, An t-Òban, Cloichlea, Lios Mòr/Lismore, Clachan Sound, all Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Note about the sister of Tormod mac Uilleam Buidhe which reads '[-] Macdonald sist[er] of Torm[od] mac Uilleam Buidhe [Barra find] her out + [write] Donald Macrae Oban.' [Barraigh/Isle of Barra, Inverness-shrie and An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Note on the word 'spagada-glig' [spagda-gliog] collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that it was 'App[lied] to Macleans as spagada-glig Chlann an Leathain'.

Note which reads 'Tha ainmnean Chlann illeain Eachann! Lachann! Each! Lach! (Lapping up!)' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Poem beginning 'Is mithich domhsa dusga[dh]' composed by Seumas Shaw [James Shaw], 'bard Lochnaneala' [Bàrd Thighearna Loch nan Eala] when he saw the Duke of Argyll in Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Postcard, 1 September 1908, Oban, Donald Tovey to Edward Speyer. Notice of arrival. Holograph signed, L169 - L176 sewn together.

Postcard, 3 November 1908, Oban, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Informing Miss. Weisse of Tovey's completion of the first act of the opera and of progress with the rest of the work. Typescript copy.

Postcard, 24 August 1908, Oban, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. A word play on Oban and two lines of music. Typescript copy.

Proverb which reads 'Chan innis an t iasg[air] a shealg gu ceann bliadhna' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Saying beginning 'Cha toir thu i mhac tuathanaich' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].