Manuscript magazines issued under the auspices of the Barony Mutual Improvement Society, later the Barony Young Men's Association. Subjects include religion, local history, natural history, travel, natural philosophy, mechanics. The editors were Thomas Martin, Archibald Campbell, John Goldie, Edward Railton Catterns, George Smeaton Rodger, W. Ferrie Anderson and James Meek. The contributions were bound on the premises of Robert Nelson, Princes Court, Buchanan Street. All volumes carry the bookplate of the Barony Association's Library.
Includes minutes and papers of committee meetings and annual general meetings of Scottish Branch of Institute of Food Science and Technology.
Consists primarily of verse written by Patrick Geddes, though also includes some poems by other writers. This series also includes galley proofs etc. for booklets produced in 1930 to commemorate the visit of the French branch of the Franco-Scottish Society to Edinburgh, the 'Centenaire de Jeanne d'Arc', and the folk song collector Marjory Kennedy Fraser.