Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833.
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
Journal of Lucy Elizabeth Sherwood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8679
Scope and Contents
During a visit to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and a long stay at Seggieden.
Dates:
1826-1827.
Legal papers, maps and prospectuses, largely concerning a Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh canal, and the Slamannan Railway, Stirlingshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5855
Dates:
circa 1835-circa 1856.
Letter of William Blackwood to John Bradfute.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10814
Scope and Contents
Concerns bookselling in Glasgow.
Dates:
1797.
Letter recounting a tour through Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13633
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mr Haddon, 28 September, 1839 of a tour through Scotland. The tour goes through Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Culloden, and back through Ayr to view the Eglinton Tournament of 1839.
Dates:
1839
Letters, memoranda and press cuttings relating mainly to Janie Allan and the work of the Women's Social and Political Union in Glasgow.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4498/1-6
Dates:
Circa 1900-1914.
Lithographed copy of part of map of the roads and tollbars in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, by David Smith., 1818.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/471 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1818.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Maps and plans of civil engineering works and projects of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Surveys, plans and sketches of roads and bridges.
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Maps and plans of roads and bridges in Glasgow.
Longitudinal section from Glasgow Bridge to Hutcheson Bridge., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/480 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Maps and plans of civil engineering works and projects of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Surveys, plans and sketches of roads and bridges.
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Maps and plans of roads and bridges in Glasgow.
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Designs, plans and sections of Hutcheson Bridge, Glasgow.
Magazine in manuscript, 'The Gael', created by Marjory Bonar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14198
Scope and Contents
17 issues of 'The Gael: A magazine for mutual improvement' compiled between 1874 and 1887 by Marjorie Bonar of Glasgow from contributions from family members. The magazine (later bound together in a volume) contains articles, poems and illustrations. It includes descriptions of their excursions in Scotland, including a holiday in Oban, an account of ascending Ben Cruachan and an excursion to Iona and Staffa, and even some comic sketches about a journey to America in 1881. There was a...
Dates:
1874-1887.
Minute book of the Glasgow Theological Academy
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13194
Scope and Contents
Minute book, 1811-1842, of the Glasgow Theological Academy, and transcription by Dr William D. McNaughton, 2009.Robert Haldane's Theological Seminary had foundered by 1808, but highlighted the need for the young Congregational churches to facilitate ministerial education. The circulation of Greville Ewing's paper, 'A Memorial on Education for the Ministry of the Gospel', served to further increase interest in the subject, and church meetings in Perth and Dundee urged the need to...
Dates:
1811-1842.
"Notices and Documents Illustrative of the Literary History of Glasgow..." (Maitland Club, 1831), with annotations by G P Johnston.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9665
Dates:
1831.
Papers concerning "Writing Together: an International Festival of Writing", Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10391
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, memoranda, committee minutes and letters from among others, Sorley MacLean, Naomi Mitchison and Edwin Morgan.
Dates:
1990.
Papers of Adam Elder, emigrant to Australia.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13214
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1902–1927, of Adam Elder (1879-1961), emigrant to Australia. Adam Elder was born in Hawick, Scotland, in 1879. After serving an apprenticeship to the joiner trade, he moved to Glasgow where he acquired significant knowledge of building construction and trained in sanitary science. In 1903 he was appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector of the Burgh of Port Glasgow and in 1906 he became Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Cleansing of the same authority. Adam Elder emigrated to...
Dates:
1902-1927.
Papers of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, relating to his conscientious objection during the First World War, and subsequent imprisonment in Dartmoor.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13388
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the conscientious objection of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, Glasgow, 1916-1926. Included are papers relating to his tribunal hearings and subsequent imprisonment, including a letter written from HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, a letter detailing his removal to Dartmoor prison, programmes relating to concert productions by inmates at Dartmoor, postcards sent from the prison to Hannan’s family, and his military discharge certificate. Particularly poignant are the letters between...
Dates:
1916-1926.
Photocopy of a transcript of a journal describing a voyage from Glasgow to Queensland, Australia, by Margaret Hinshelwood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12149
Dates:
1883.
Plans and section of the Edinburgh, Leith and Glasgow Railway, by Robert Stevenson., 1835.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/424 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Maps and plans of civil engineering works and projects of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Plans and sections of railways.
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Plans and sections of Edinburgh railways.
Printed plan and sections of Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Railway terminus, by William Gale., 1845.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/437 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1845.
Reduced plan and section of the proposed railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow and branches, surveyed under the direction of James Jardine., 1826.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/420 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Maps and plans of civil engineering works and projects of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Plans and sections of railways.
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Plans and sections of Edinburgh railways.
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Plans, sections and surveys of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Sermons, 1961-1983, of the Very Rev. Dr John R. Gray, minister of Dunblane Cathedral.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13581
Scope and Contents
Sermons, 1961-1983, of Very Rev. Dr John R. Gray, minister of Dunblane Cathedral. The sermons and preparatory notes were created by Gray during his ministry at St Stephen`s Blythswood Parish Church, Glasgow, and later at Dunblane Cathedral. John Rodger Gray (1913-1984) was born and educated in Coatbridge. He was a pupil of the High School, Glasgow, before attending Glasgow University, from which he graduated with an honours degree in economics in 1934. After a three-year divinity...
Dates:
1961-1983
Sketchbook of `Pencil sketches to commemorate my journey to Scotland in the summer and autumn of 1846.`
Item
Identifier: Acc.13646
Scope and Contents
Julius Jacob the Elder (1811-1882) was a German Jewish artist born in Berlin who lived in London between 1844 and 1855. He is known both for his landscapes and society portraits.The sketchbook contains more than 150 pencil sketches of a tour in Scotland from August 1846 to February 1847. Almost all the sketches are dated and identifed. The earliest sketch is of the Isle of Arran. He then moved on to Greenock, Loch Long, Loch Lomond, Inverary, Loch Awe, Fingal`s Cave and Staffa,...
Dates:
1846-1847
Sketchbook of Thomas Henry Graham of views recording a tour in Scotland and northern England
Item
Identifier: Acc.13510
Scope and Contents
Thomas Henry Graham`s sketchbook provides a visual record of a tour in Scotland of 1812. The sketchbook opens with several drawings of views of and near to his home Edmond Castle, in Cumbria. Graham travelled to Scotland via Northumberland and there are drawings of Newcastle, Alnwick, Belford Castle, Bamburgh Castle and the Farne Islands. Drawings in Scotland include views of Dunbar, Edinburgh, the firth of Forth, Holyrood House, Leith Harbour, Glasgow, Dumbarton Castle, the Cairndow Inn at...
Dates:
1812
Survey of a proposed line of railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow, by Robert Stevenson., 1825, 1826, 1830, 1831.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/422 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1825, 1826, 1830, 1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
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Maps and plans of civil engineering works and projects of Robert Stevenson and Sons.
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Plans and sections of railways.
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Plans and sections of Edinburgh railways.
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Plans, sections and surveys of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow., 1589-1627.
File
Identifier: Acc.8100/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates:
1589-1627.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
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Papers, mostly financial and property records, of and relating to the Carntyne estate, including papers relating to interests of the Gray family in the coal industry.
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Title deeds and related papers, mostly concerning property in Glasgow.
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Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow.
Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow., 1631-1688.
File
Identifier: Acc.8100/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates:
1631-1688.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
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Papers, mostly financial and property records, of and relating to the Carntyne estate, including papers relating to interests of the Gray family in the coal industry.
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Title deeds and related papers, mostly concerning property in Glasgow.
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Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow.
Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow., 1699-1801.
File
Identifier: Acc.8100/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates:
1699-1801.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
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Papers, mostly financial and property records, of and relating to the Carntyne estate, including papers relating to interests of the Gray family in the coal industry.
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Title deeds and related papers, mostly concerning property in Glasgow.
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Title deeds to property in Shettleston, Glasgow.