Orkney Miscellany : Vol 1-5

Orkney Record and Antiquarian Society papers

Volume 1: 1953
Early records of the Free Church in Deerness by Rev. Harald L Mooney
The Orkneymen of Red River by Ernest W Marwick
Some Notes on an Old Orkney Family - The Scollays
Description of Shetland, Orkney and the Highlands of Scotland by Richard James
Identification of Saga Placenames by Alex B Taylor
The Parliamentary Representation of Orkney and Shetland, 1754-1900 by P N Sutherland Graeme

(Illustrations: Outline map of Canada, showing The Selkirk Grant; Homestead of the Red River Settlement; Parishes of Red River Settlement in 1870; John Norquoy - Premier of Manitoba; Red River Farm of Orkney-Indian Descent; Scollay Armorials.)

Volume 2: 1954
The Wreck of the "Crown" and the Covenanters in Orkney by Rev. Harald L Mooney
Holm Farm Diary, 1849-1868 by W S Hewison
Church Life in Orphir 200 years ago by Rev. Victor C Pogue
Health and Healing in 17th and 18th century Orkney by P N Sutherland Graeme
Orkney Shell Names and Shell Games by Robert Rendall
Masons' marks in St Magnus Cathedral by Albert Thomson
Northern History in Scottish Records by Gordon Donaldson

(Illustrations: David Petrie; Table: Times of sowing and harvesting; Shells bearing animal names; Masons' marks based on letters; Masons' marks based on runes; Plan: St Magnus Cathedral showing the three periods of building; Some masons' marks of St Magnus Cathedral; Six-foil flower near Paplay tomb; Greek Cross in St Magnus Cathedral; Masons' marks from St Magnus Cathedral and Graveyard.)

Volune 3: 1956
Smuggling in 18th century Orkney by W S Hewison
Separations and Unions in the Church of Scotland by Archibald Maewhirter
Sherrif [Sheriff] Patrick Graeme and his substitute in Shetland by P N Sutherland Graeme
Schools in the Cairston Presbytery in the 18th century by Rev. Victor C Pogue
Letters of Thomas Balfour to William Watt, 1784-1787 edited by Evan MacGillivray

(Illustrations: none)

Volume 4: 1957
George Eunson - Orkney's 18th century firebrand by P N Sutherland Graeme (re smuggling)
The Case of the Rev. James Tyrie by by Rev. Victor C Pogue
The Baikies of Tankerness by Hugh Marwick
Two Orkney Letters of AD 1329 by Hugh Marwick
Scapa Flow in 1812 by Graeme Spence. Transcribed and edited by P N Sutherland Graeme

(Illustrations: Norse letters written in Orkney in 1329. Fasimile of Letter 1 and Letter 2)

Volume 5: 1973 : Published by Orkney County Library
Orkney and the King Hakon Conference by Dag Stromback
Norwegian Consolidation and Expansion during the Reign of King Hakon Hakonsson by Knut Helle
Norwegian Court Literature in the Middle Ages by E F Halvorsen
King Hakon the Old before the Bar of History by Per Sveaas Andersen
The Battle of Largs by Eric Linklater
Hakonair Saga - Portrait of a King by Hermann Palsson

(Illustrations: Interior of Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall; Round Church of Orphir; St Magnus Church of Egilsay)