| Description | ff. 1-5 Miscellaneous notes on the Rickart family 1690-1748; (see MS 2305).
ff. 6v-8v. Transcription of manuscript September 1699 - August 1702.
ff. 9-11r. Not used.
ff. 11v.-18 Notes on "Greig & Duncan's Ballads as prepared for Vol. I; additions in red ink indicate existence of music.
ff. 19-38 Notes by William Walker on manuscripts of Greig's 5 volumes of "Traditional Ballads" (MS 766-780); later transferred into "Ballad Index".
f. 39 Biographical notes on Bell Robertson (1841-1922, folk-singer) from letters of 21 November and 8 December 1921, see also ff. 58-65 infra.
ff. 40-46 Notes by William Walker on ballads collected by Gavin Greig and James Bruce Duncan made when going through texts prepared by James Bruce Duncan for the press.
ff. 47-51r. Not used.
ff. 51v.-54v. Notes by William Walker on "Ballad Airs & Variations of Airs" gathered by Gavin Greig. and James Bruce Duncan from singers; gives number of ballad and name in Child's Ballads, by whom collected and number of tunes found.
ff. 55-58 Notes by William Walker on "Mr Duncan's finished texts, etc."
21 November 1921 ff. 58v-62v. Letter, copy, Bell Robertson, 7 High St., New Pitsligo (Aberdeen) to William Walker. Gives biographical details of herself and her family; born Denhead of Boyndie, 1 February 1841, the eldest of five children and the only girl.
8 December 1921 ff.63-65v. Letter, copy, as above. Further biographical information respecting her family and background. Pasted on to last page of text is a cutting from the Aberdeen Free Press for 22 August 1922 containing notice of her death, aged 81, on 19 August 1922.
ff. 66-66v. Uncompleted manuscript of preface or introduction by William Walker to "Last-leaves of Traditional Balladry gleaned in N.E. Aberdeenshire by Gavin Greig & J.B. Duncan, 1907-1911"
ff.67-86r. Not used.
10 March 1921, f. 86v. Note by P.J.A. [P.J. Anderson, Librarian, Aberdeen University] of items in words and music in Gavin Greig and J.B.D. manuscripts
ff. 87-95 Notes by William Walker on the "Folk-song and music collections of Gavin Greig and J.B. Duncan and the selection of ballads partly prepared by Mr Duncan for printing by the New Spalding Club, compiled for report to the club in September 1919; gives details of William Walker's connection with the manuscripts, meetings with Greig and Duncan, deposition of manuscripts in University Library, negotiations with Miss Duncan and her wish to remove certain of her father's manuscripts to her own keeping, etc.; all Greig's manuscripts and William Walker's working indices and some other minor collections by Greig belong, by gift, to the University Library and not the Spalding Club.
ff.99-116 Not used
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