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NORTH AMERICAN
STUDIES GROUP
RESOURCES
FOR AMERICAN AND CANADIAN STUDIES IN SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH
LIBRARIES
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Aberdeen University Library
Manuscripts
& archives
- Ogilvie Forbes
of Boyndlie [see also A. Durie: Material relating to America from the Ogilvie-Forbes
of Boyndlie papers in the Aberdeen University Library (East Ardsley: EP Microfilm,
1981)]
- Duff of Meldrum
House papers
- Seton of Mounie
[includes a letter to George Washington from Dr James Anderson]
- Duff House/Montcoffer
papers
- Fraser of Philorth
papers
- Patrick Bell,
"Journal of travels between GB and the province of Upper Canada, 1833-37
- Aberdeen Trust
Ltd, incorporating North of Scotland Canadian Mortgage Co. Ltd
- Amalgamated
Union of Building Trade Workers [reports from emigrant granite workers]
Microform &
audiovisual collections
- Bourgoujian,
Lisa (Director): Ellis Island (s.l.: A & E Home Video, 1997) [3 VHS videocassettes
in box 50 min each sd colour]
- Ellis Island
interviews (s.l.: s.n.,1997?) [20 audiocassettes]
- Duganne, A.J.H.:
Camps and prisons: twenty months in the Department of the Gulf (2nd ed. New
York: Robens, 1865) [Microfilm. 1 reel. 35 mm]
- Dowling, Morgan
E.: Southern prisons Josie, the heroine of Florence: four years of battle
and imprisonment, Richmond, Atlanta, Belle Isle, Andersonville and Florence
(Detroit: Graham, 1870) [Microfilm. 1 reel. 35mm.]
- Davidson, Henry
M.: Fourteen months in Southern prisons (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms,
1978 [Microfilm. 1 reel. 35mm.]
- Dunkle, John
J.: Prison life during the rebellion (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1978)
[Microfilm. 1 reel. 35mm]
- Ely, Alfred:
Journal of Alfred Ely: a prisoner of war in Richmond (Ann Arbor: University
Microfilms, 1978) [Microfilm. 1 reel. 35mm.]
Official publications
- Compilation
of the messages and papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, 10 v. (Washington,
1900)
- The debates
in the several state conventions on the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
... with the Journal of the Federal Convention etc., 5 v. (Philadelphia, 1937)
- Documents relating
to (sic) constitutional history of Canada, 1759-91, 3v. (Ottawa, 1907-35)
- Journals of
the Continental Congress 1774-1789, 34 v. (Washington: GPO, 1905-37)
- Letters of
members of the Continental Congress, 1774-1784, 8 v. (Washington: GPO, 1921-36)
- Publications
of the Canadian archives: index to reports, 1872-1978 (Ottawa, 1909-1979)
- War of the
Rebellion: official records of the Union and Confederate armies, Ser.1 -53
v.; ser.2 - 8 v.; ser.3 - 4 v.; ser.4 - 3 v., + index v. compiled in 1901
(Washington: GPO, 1880-1900)
- War of the
Rebellion: official records of the Union and Confederate navies, Ser.1 - 27
v.; Ser.2 - 3 v., +index v. compiled in 1961 (Washington: GPO, 1894-1922)
Maps and visual
resources
The Inuit collections
at the Marischal Museum have at their core a donation by Sir William MacGregor
(Governor of Newfoundland in the early years of the 20th century), which includes
archaeological material from Labrador as well as 19th century ethnographic items.
Subsequent donations by W.R. Mitchell, Mary Livingston and John McPherson include
material from other parts of Arctic Canada and Alaska and include over 100 ivory
carvings ranging from harpoon heads to amulets. Also particularly noteworthy
is the Greenland kayak that was found off the coast of Aberdeen c.1700, while
there is another Greenland kayak dating to c.1800. The museum also holds one
of the best groups of mid 19th century argillite carvings, largely donated by
Captain W. Mitchell (1802-1876) of the Hudson's Bay Company along with other
North-West Coast items. These have been augmented by a number of smaller donations
through the 20th century.
The other Native
American collections are dominated by lithic tools, but there are a number of
other important items, such as a small group of late 18th century South-East
items including wampum belts, a chief's cap and moccasins, and a mid 19th century
Northern Plains chief's head-dress.
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