Catalogue of important books donated to Edinburgh University library between the 16th and 20th centuries, annotated by Forbes.
Historical notes made on Thomas Arnold from mss sources at Rugby school. Included with these notes are correspondence between Forbes and the headmaster of Rugby, Hugh Lyon, concerning the Thomas Arnold mss.
The mss from Rugby school that Forbes made some notes from are titled "1829, fragment of a preface to a proposal", "1831, on the present state of the question of Christian evidence", "Theological 2" and "English Politics, written in 1835 but never published".
Copies of exam papers Forbes was responsible for setting. With associated notes on setting of exam questions.
Correspondence with Jan Clark and with part copies of some of Clark's work on the Scottish Enlightenment.
Correspondence between Forbes and Tanaka concerning Tanaka's book on the Scottish Enlightenment.
Correspondence between Forbes and Waszek. Correspondence was kept up between Waszek and Mrs Forbes after Duncan Forbes' death. For this correspondence please see CCPP/FOR/4.
Correspondence between Goldie and Forbes and copies of articles by Goldie personally sent to Forbes.
Miscellaneous personal correspondence including thank you letters for accommodation, notes from family friends of Forbes and correspondence from the Scottish Piping Society of London.
Notes on the Homer mss held at Princeton University.