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Kinloch, George Ritchie, 1796?-1877. George Ritchie Kinloch papers for Ancient Scottish ballads, 1820-1883.

Title: George Ritchie Kinloch papers for Ancient Scottish ballads, 1820-1883.

Includes ballad text transcripts, notes, letters, annotated printed copy, clippings, and manuscripts for publication for Kinloch's Ancient Scottish ballads : recovered from tradition and never before published; with notes, historical and explanatory ; and an appendix containing the airs of several of the ballads, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1827. Includes notes and annotations made after Kinloch's death, by Scottish ballad collector William Macmath. Also includes ballad text in the hands of James Beattie, John Hill Burton, Robert Chambers, Joseph Robertson, and others, and letters to Harvard professor Francis James Child.

ArchivalResource: 7 volumes in 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Balcarres, Colin Lindsay, Earl of, 1652-1722. Account of the affairs of Scotland, 1688 91 : Autograph ms. about 1692 / Balcarres.

Title: Account of the affairs of Scotland, 1688 91 : Autograph ms. about 1692 / Balcarres. ca. 1692.

Early manuscript copy of Balcarres' Account of the affairs of Scotland, which circulated widely in manuscript copies until its 1714 publication. This is apparently a copy made by or for Balcarres from his original autograph manuscript. The former owners of this particular volume form a list of respected Scottish scholars and local historians.

ArchivalResource: [14], 124 p., bound ; 20 cm.

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Child, Francis James, 1825-1896. English and Scottish popular ballad research materials, 1849-1914.

Title: English and Scottish popular ballad research materials, 1849-1914.

The materials included in these volumes are primarily concerned with Francis James Child's study of English and Scottish ballad text, though there are also materials relating to ballads of other geographical regions, and also to his other research interests such as Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower. There are also materials concerning his early studies in Germany. The volumes here are primarily organized to reflect the order of his published edition: The English and Scottish popular ballads (1882-1898). These collected supporting materials include autograph manuscripts of Francis James Child and George Lyman Kittredge and many others, bibliographies, clippings, letters, lists, musical notation for ballads, notes, reviews, indexes, postcards, printed materials, scrapbooks, subscription and mailing lists, transcriptions of ballad text, and translations. Some of the prominent names associated with this collection are: Peter Buchan, Frederick James Furnivall, Sven Grundtvig, Jan Kartowicz, William Macmath, William Motherwell, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, and many others.

ArchivalResource: 33 v. (7 linear ft.)

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Macmath, William, 1844-1922,. Ballads from the Abbotsford library : manuscript transcript, 18--.

Title: Ballads from the Abbotsford library : manuscript transcript, 18--.

Divided into four sections: (1) Newcastle ballads from the collections of John Bell; (2) North Country ballads in Abbotsford catalogue as "Miscellanea curiosa," and some ballads from other collections with letters between Sir Walter Scott and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe; (3) Miscellaneous copied pieces; and (4) Letters to Sir Walter Scott containing Scotch ballads with reference to others, written by James Hogg, Joseph Ritson, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Laidlaw, and others.

ArchivalResource: 299f. (344p.) in 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612838613 View

William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896.

Title: William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896.

Autograph manuscripts and transcripts of Scottish ballads collected by William Macmath.

ArchivalResource: 8 volumes (.75 linear ft.)

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Macmath, William, 1844-1922,. Robyn Hode & the munke ; Robin Hood and the potter ; Scottish songs : manuscript, 1875, 1892.

Title: Robyn Hode & the munke ; Robin Hood and the potter ; Scottish songs : manuscript, 1875, 1892.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (89 leaves) : music ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612772906 View

Macmath, William, 1844-1922. William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896.

Title: William Macmath Scottish ballad transcripts, 1873-1896.

Collection includes transcripts of texts of Scottish ballads collected by William Macmath, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, William Findlay, James Skene, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Pitcairn, and Mrs. Maxwell Scott. Transcripts have been annotated by Francis James Child and George Lyman Kittredge.

ArchivalResource: 8 volumes (.75 linear ft.)

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Macmath, William, 1844-1922. Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's "Second collection" of ballads : manuscript transcript, 1893.

Title: Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's "Second collection" of ballads : manuscript transcript, 1893.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612210886 View