Manuscripts

The John Levy Archive is a primary ethnomusicological resource of international importance, consisting of nearly 700 original field recordings of music from various parts of the world, several thousand photographs, and about 20 cine films.

The Scottish Place-Name Survey was established as part of the remit of the School of Scottish Studies when it was set up in 1951. It was to include the collection of place-names from both documentary and oral sources and the organisation of a place-name archive.

The small Manuscript Archive was built up for research purposes.

An important collection of folklore, customs and beliefs collected between 1893 and 1902.

The Linguistic Survey of Scotland contains material on dialects of Scots and Gaelic collected through questionnaires and audio recordings.