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Image	Title	Item Description
JSS0263	Mrs Walford Bodie	Skinner has written this melody on poor quality brown paper, and the left hand side has been torn off. Descriptive messages at various points show that the melody was meant to depict a train journey: 'Leaving the Village lights', 'A sterile glen', 'steam's up', 'hame again'. 'Mrs Walford Bodie' was the wife of Samuel Murphy Bodie, the dapper Scottish music-hall entertainer known as Dr Walford Bodie. 'The Electrical Wizard of the North', he used static electricity to astonish his audiences. A friend of the escapologist 'The Great (Harry) Houdini', he also performed as a hypnotist and ventriloquist. Skinner is impressed with his own work: 'A rare second strain & no poverty of invention.' He dedicates the melody to: 'My loved friend & Pupil Jim McPherson.'
JSS0264	Letter to James McPherson from J Scott Skinner	Undated letter, margins torn, made up of unrelated sections: 'Strathspeys: - great tunes, bluidy nigh 50 years to think out: - (learn) The (Kirrie) Kebbuck (and) Miller o' Hirn'. 'The £10 Fiddle (Spey in) Spate'. 'Did Murray play 'Kebbuck', if so bless his enterprise'. 'Jim, Aldridge, wisely says, 'The man who does not write... is lost. So you will observe that my work is fast co(ming) to the forefront - Learn the Kebbuck Jim it's gre(at)... it's original & natural & you can fill in han'fu's (handfuls) o' 'bro(ken) (c)hords)....' Two small music examples are separated by: 'Mrs S. very poorly Y(ou)rs Ever J. Scott Skinner -'.
JSS0265	Pencil drawing for badge for James Scott Skinner	This drawing, possibly intended as a badge for Skinner, was influenced by his most important collection of music: The Harp & Claymore.
JSS0266	Boghall	This strathspey was dedicated to Skinner by its composer, James MacMillan of Springburn.
JSS0267	Photogravure of James Scott Skinner	This mass-produced photogravure image of Skinner in informal Highland costume was commonly dispersed as part of the Harp & Claymore collection. Skinner often handed out signed portraits to friends and acquaintances.
JSS0268	Page 1 of 3 Lettercard addressed to D Waterson, Brechin	This is one of many lettercards which Skinner sent to the Brechin artist David Waterson between 1921 and 1923. Waterson painted a portrait of Skinner and created the original image of Skinner in a fiddle.
JSS0269	Page 2 of 3 Letter to David Waterson	This letter from Skinner to the artist David Waterson reads: 'The Garden of Roses' A Reverie on my own Garden 50 class Roses!!! My dear Artist Friend, Look into Michie's & see my latest creation. I am bring out a new Piano & VIolin book 2/6. The Aberdeen Collection 100 Old & new tunes right back 150 years not quantity but quality. I feel 30 but I shall be 81 on Aug: 5 thine ever J.Scott Skinner. [He was 77 when he wrote this.]
JSS0270	Page 3 of 3, Letter to David Waterson	Skinner notes on the back of the letter to David Waterson: 25 Victoria St: Aberdeen The Gouse & Garden is my ain! How that face of 'Wallace' haunts me, depicting Veneration & War'. 25 Victoria Street was the Skinner's last residence and the only property he ever owned.
JSS0271	Postcard image of James Scott Skinner	Head and shoulders, three quarter profile publicity photograph of James Scott Skinner. He is wearing a bonnet, tweed jacket and waistcoat, tartan bow tie and collar. The image was possibly made after 1910 and is stamped Milne, Turriff.
JSS0272	Postcard to David Waterson	This message was written on the rear of a publicity photo of Skinner. He writes: My Dear Friend, My 'Life' comes forth in 'People's Journal' as Xmas I trust you are well and prosperous. Ever Thine, J. Scott Skinner. The 'Life' he refers to is a serialisation of his autobiography, which was not serialised until Spring 1923.

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