| Description | Large volume used by W.D. Simpson and his father H.F. Morland Simpson to contain translations, cuttings and manuscripts; as the manuscripts have been paginated separately (and occasionally incorrectly) the used portion of the volume has been foliated and loose pages inserted beside the appropriate folio; manuscripts by W.D. Simpson are heavily annotated on the verso of the previous folio for the facing recto. Contents:
ff. 1-12 (undated): Translations by H.F.M. Simpson from Latin into English
ff. 13-15: blank
ff. 16-29 (undated): 'The story of Conwy', incomplete manuscript by W.D. Simpson
ff. 30-53: blank
ff. 54-78 (1897-1920): Collection of newspaper cuttings, articles by or concerning H.F. Morland Simpson, father of W.D. Simpson and rector of Aberdeen Grammar School, including monthly articles on local historical events contributed to Aberdeen Daily Journal 1911-1912, tributes of various dates and obituaries of 1920.
ff. 27-240 (to 1942): 'A short history of Conwy', by W.D. Simpson; in sections, some separately paged, heavily corrected; completed by June 1942
ff. 241-425 (May 1944 - October 1944) 'The Earldom of Mar', manuscript by W.D. Simpson; heavily annotated with several loose pages of additions; author's pagination is slightly incorrect
ff. 426-671: blank |