In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW106

Date

2 September 1870 to 7 October 1875

Creator

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

Description

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Written on the inside front cover is '2/9 1870. Oban' and on the flyleaf is '[deleted: Twas] Friday 2 Sep[tember]. 1870. 12 noon from Ob[an]'. …

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. …