In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW150

Date

c1868 to 16 June 1876

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW116

Date

15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW108

Date

1874, 1877 and 1891

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/15

Date

14 September 1828 - 9 October 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook, with marbled brown covers, documents Lyell's trip from Verona to Florence, Italy. …