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Papers and photographs of or owned by Christopher Kenneth Mylne relating to wildlife and landscapes of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14534/1-13

Scope and Contents

Christopher Kenneth Mylne was a writer, photographer, film-maker and naturalist. The papers and photographs here reflect his career. As well as a diary kept whilst watching the ospreys at Loch Garten, there are many typescripts for various articles published across his lifetime. There are also items relating to his acitivies making films, largely comprised of scripts.

Included in the archive are both photographic prints and slides. Most of the images here are of Scottish wildlife and landscapes, with a particular foucs on birds.

There are also three boxes of glass slides that were not created by Mylne, but owned by him. Again, most of the images relate to birds.

Dates

  • Creation: 1946-1995, undated.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

5 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 2023, by Andrew Mylne, Edinburgh.

Related Materials

The webiste, ' CHRIS MYLNE: Film-maker, photographer, naturalist' (chrismylne.com) contains many films, images and writings of Mylne. Much of the biogrpahical information on this record was gathered from this source. Accessed June 2023.

Some films of Mylne are held at the Moving Image Archive.

Separated Materials

Acc.14548: Photographic slides of Christopher Kenneth Mylne.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700