Japan. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 138.0000. Latitude: 36.0000.
Subject
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Account of travels of W Fordyce Brown.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9773
Scope and Contents
Concerns visits to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the East Indies, China and Japan.
Dates:
1882-1884.
Album, ?1890, containing photographs of lighthouses in Japan; with a sketch map, 1871, showing the position of Japan lights., 1871, ?1890.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/654
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:
1871, ?1890.
Journal and sketches of Japan., 1875.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/246
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1875.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Letters of Isabella Bishop to Henrietta Bird from the Far East : Japan; Hong Kong; Canton; Singapore; Malacca and the Malay Peninsula., 1878-January 1879.
File
Identifier: MS.42021
Scope and Contents
[1878] November 5th Japan. Folios 1-12.
November 19th Japan. 13-18.
December 29th Hong Kong. 19-33.
1879 January 3rd Hong Kong and Canton. 34-45.
January 5th Canton. 46-61.
January 8th Hong Kong. 62-73.
January 15th Singapore. 74-75.
January 19th Malacca. 76-93.
[1879] January 22nd Malay Peninsula. 94-122.
Dates:
1878-January 1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Isabella Bishop.
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Letters of Isabella Bishop.
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Letters of Isabella Bishop to her sister, Henrietta Bird.
Newspaper cuttings concerning Japan., 1938.
File
Identifier: Acc.3721/68/545
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of files was placed in R E Muirhead's room in the Scottish Secretariat Office.
Dates:
1938.
Photograph album containing scenes of Japan., 4th quarter of 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/410
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family Photograph Albums.
Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, photographs and proofs of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13681
Scope and Contents
1). Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, press-cuttings and proofs, 1896-ca.1960, undated.i. Postcards, 1896-1903, undated.ii. Christmas card, early 20th century.iii. Typescript verse of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, undated.iv. Press-cuttings, 1949, undated.v. Proofs, 1956, of `Literary Landmarks of Scotland`, articles by Isobel Wylie Hutchison for the `National Geographic` magazine.2. Photographs, ca.1900-1962,...
Dates:
1896-1962, undated.
Travel journal of Robert Cochrane, with accounts of travels in Europe and a round the world tour.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14386
Scope and Contents
The volume includes a narrative entitled 'Journey of a Tour Round the World via Suez', recounting a tour through Liverpool, Malta, Port Said, Aden, Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York City, and back to Glasgow in 1871. Also included are narratives of separate tours in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden in 1865 and Spain and France in 1866. The accounts appear to have been copied into the volume retrospectively. They include detailed descriptions of...
Dates:
1865-1871.
Typescript edition of "Letters from Iwakuni" being the correspondence of Frank Reeves with his mother.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11701
Scope and Contents
Reeves describes his post-war service in the Royal Air Force stationed in Japan.
Dates:
1998.