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Scotland -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Literature: The mission of Columbanus and its influence on Celtic literature, Late 19th or early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/29
Scope and Contents

A lecture delivered by Mackinnon, with no indication of dates as to when the lecture may have been delivered.

Dates: Late 19th or early 20th century

MacLullich and Smith [History of Dr Smith of Campbeltown], Late 19th or early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/34
Scope and Contents

Script of a lecture, probably by Mackinnon, although the handwriting does not appear to be Mackinnon's.

Dates: Late 19th or early 20th century

MS 186: Composite manuscript containing the Scotichronicon and various genealogical texts, 1510

 Item
Identifier: MS 186
Contents MS 186 is a composite volume, containing the Scotichronicon by Walter Bower and a number of short genealogical texts, all by the same hand.Ff. 1r-332v: Scotichronicon, by Walter BowerFf. 332v-333r: 'Epistola bernardi'Ff. 333v-336r: 'brevis recapitulatio' [A short summary] of Bower's Scotichronicon,...
Dates: 1510

Notebook. Untitled, 1889

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Identifier: Coll-98/3/3/7
Scope and Contents

This notebook contains multiple articles published by Mackinnon removed from their original sources, and glued onto the pages in this notebook. Most articles are about literature and manuscripts in Gaelic history. Some pages are accompanied by Mackinnon's handwritten notes.

Dates: 1889

Notebooks containing notes on the translators of the Gaelic Bible, 1895

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Identifier: Coll-98/3/3/1
Scope and Contents

Marked 'Mackinnon A9' and noted thus in previous historical records. These appear to be notes on the lives and motivations of various translators of the Bible to Gaelic. Not all the subjects have been found in the historical record. As well as those listed as agents on this record, there is mention of Alex Stewart (Alexander Stuart of Dingwall?), John Smith of Campbeltown, and Thjomas Ross of Lochbroom.

Dates: 1895

Notes on the life of Rev. James Mitchell, Mid to late 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-98/4/4/4
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains notes on the life of Rev. James Mitchell, who once tutored Sir Walter Scott. The author is anonymous, but the notebook may have been compiled by multiple authors, especially given that there are two distinct handwriting styles in the document.

Dates: Mid to late 19th century

Papers of Ailsa Giles Maxwell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-892
Scope and Contents The collection is composed partly of notes from the following lecture courses taken by Macdonald: Political Economy II, 1945-1946; Political Economy, 1946-1947; Political Economy, Honours, 1946-1947; undated Economics, Honours; undated European Economic History; and, undated Political Economy (Dr. Rankin). Another part of the collection is composed of Maxwell's lecture notes, being: English Literature, First Ordinary, and Scottish History, 1938-1939; British History, Honours,...
Dates: 1938-1948

Papers of William Saunders, 1900s-1940s

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/WS
Scope and Contents The papers consist of: Correspondence; Lecture notes (from Saunders' time as an Edinburgh University Student); Notebooks covering a variety of musical, literary, and historical subjects; Typescripts of two dramas by Gordon Roberts (submitted to Saunders for review); Typescripts of 8 articles on musical subjects by Janet, Baroness...
Dates: 1900s-1940s
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Scotichronicon, by Walter Bower, 1510

 Part
Identifier: MS 186/ ff. 1r-332v; 333v-336r
Contents The bulk of MS 186 contains the 'Scotichronicon', by Walter Bower. Bower was a 15th-century abbot of the abbey of Inchcolm, on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth. He compiled an extensive history of Scotland, called the 'Scotichronicon'. In this narrative, Bower added some elements of his own and extended the account chronologically, but he declared in the text that his aim was to build upon the earlier work of Scottish history by John of Fordun, the 'Chronica Gentis Scotorum',...
Dates: 1510

Sermons in English, 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-98/4/4/6
Scope and Contents

Sermons written in English. Anonymous author.

Dates: 19th century