Letter from Mary Ann Crichton to Alexander Keith Letter from Mary Ann Crichton, 57 Castlegate, Jedburgh to Alexander Keith. Is glad to learn that she had undertaken to edit ballad manuscripts of late Gavin Greig; is willing to assist in anyway; lack of uniformity in spelling was due to the ballads and songs having been copied by her exactly as given by contributors; gives account of ways in which material was collected, by recitation or singing from illiterates taken down by Gavin Greig and herself, words being transcribed by her later; other versions were written down to grandparents' dictation by children, contributed by post, sometimes in very bad handwriting; comments on methods of Gavin Greig and James Bruce Duncan; all her own work had been influenced by her close association with the former during the last 12 years of his life. 20 October 1923