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Notes, journals and papers relating to local history, culture and traditions

551 146/1/3/2

Description Notes, journals and papers relating to local history, culture and traditions

Collection Papers of John Nicolson, antiquarian, Keiss, Caithness, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 146/1/3/2

Category All Other

Accession Number 2005/182

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1312685

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
All Other MS 2753/65 Handwritten and typed documents entitled 'Yule in John O'Groats House'. Typed version was stapled to card and is likely to have been a caption for an illustration in the Auckengill Museum. Batch Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/67 Advertising leaflet for Macivor and Allan, woodcarvers and carpenters, Castletown, Thurso. Dates to post World War I. c. 1919 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/78 Printed accounts 'Abstract state of the affairs of the Royal Burgh of Wick, as at 15th October 1840' 1840 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/33 Notes on making butter Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/34 Notes on Bucholie Castle (2 sheets) by John Nicolson. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/35 Extract from the 'Lay of the Last Minstrel' copied by John Nicolson. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/37 Gravestone inscription commemorating the members of the Groat family in the handwriting of John Nicolson. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/38 Notes about the Groat family. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/39 Notebook titled ' The Antiquarian in Caithness. An Old Norse Temple' by John Nicolson. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/41 'The Christian Household' in the hand of John Nicolson. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/5 Typescript in red ink providing information about Zachary Pont, Minister at Bower from 1608-1618/19. Possibly related to an exhibit in the Northlands Viking Centre. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/8 Gravestone text. 'In Memory of ? Dummer Died 25 Nov 1899 Aged 77yrs. Also his Wife Williamina Maclean Died 11th January 1922 Aged 72 years'. Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/20 Handwritten gravestone inscription ' Peter Steven Died 27th Feb 1901 Aged 15 Years. M Banks his Wife Died 20 Jan1915 Aged 19 Years. Donald Steven Died 8th March 1905 Aged 46. Annie B Coghill his Wife who died in Edinburgh and buried in Mountros Cemetery Died 23rd July 1899 Aged 35 years' Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/24 Notes on the spelling of Keiss written on the reverse of an election card for 'The Asylum of Idiots, Earlswood, Red Hill, Surrey' Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/132 Handwritten dated list of the Kennedys of Kermuck and Stroma Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/143 Copy of petition of Murdo Kennedy of Stoma to the Sheriff of Caithness Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/142 Handwritten essay on the pre-history of Caithness Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2753/144 Handwritten note containing dates of historical ages Item Level
Photographs and Off-line Digital Images PPD 47B Photographic copy of a hand-written text, which is a continuation of a description entitled: 'Ogams. NEHTET RI. Nehtet King or Ruler'. See PPD 47A. Item Level

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