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Perth. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Perth and Kinross. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.4333. Latitude: 56.4000.

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Album of topographical views and figure studies of a tour in Scotland and England, of Revd. George Ernest Howman. Places visited in Scotland include Bridge of Fyers, Blair Atholl, Killicrankie, Dunkeld, Killin, Callendar, the Trossachs, Stirling, Dunblane, Scone Palace, Perth, Castle Huntly, Dundee, Leuchars, St Andrews, Loch Leven, Linlithgow, Craigmillar Castle, Roslin Chapel and Melrose.

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Identifier: Acc.13197
Scope and Contents Single volume with 16 drawings loosely enclosed.ff.1-58 Tour of Scotland and return through England, 1820f.1 Bridge of Fyers from above the Upper Fall, Augt. 17 f.2 Lower Fall of the Bruar near Blair Athol, Augt. 21f.3 In the Pass of Killiekrankie, Augt. 22f.4 Cottage near Fascalie Augt. 22 f.5 Vale of the Tay. Looking towards Dunkeld. Birnham Hill in ye distance Augt. 22f.6 The two Parent Larches. Dunkeld....
Dates: 1820-1826.

Correspondence concerning propaganda for Perth., Summer 1927.

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Identifier: Acc.3721/184/5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Summer 1927.

Correspondence of the Scottish Home Rule Association with local secretaries in Perth., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.3721/171/3
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Undated.

Edinburgh and Perth Railway with branches and connections, by John Miller., 1847.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/433 [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: 1847.

Illustrated typescript journal of `A Camping Holiday in Scotland` by Allan George Nicholson.

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Identifier: Acc.13040
Scope and Contents Allan George Nicholson, his wife Peggie, and their son Michael, travelled by road from Cresham in Buckinghamshire to London where they took the Car Sleeper train to Perth. From there they toured Scotland for over weeks covering covering more than a thousand miles in a circular route to Scourie in the north, returning via the Great Glen and Oban. Places visited include Balmoral Castle, Portsoy, Culloden, Inverness, Lairg, Scourie, Lochinver, Oban, Fingal`s Cave, Iona and Glencoe. ...
Dates: 1959.

Journal of `A Month in Scotland by M`, Rev. J.J. Twist, Rector of Holy Innocents Church, Manchester.

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Identifier: Acc.13571
Scope and Contents John James Twist and his travelling companion, C.P. Purton, travelled by rail from Wolverhampton for a month`s holiday in Scotland. In Scotland they took the coach and and steamer, but lalso walked, visiting Lanark, Edinburgh, Burntisland, Loch Leven, Perth, Oban, Inverary, Tarbet, Loch Lomond, Dunkeld, Aberfeldy, Loch Tay, Killin, Glencoe, Loch Katrine, Callendar, Stirling and Alloa.John James Twist comments, often humorously, on places visited, their lodgings and people they...
Dates: 1858

Journal of an extended visit to Scotland and Ireland by an anonymous female Swiss teacher.

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Identifier: Acc.13318
Scope and Contents This journal was written by a Swiss female teacher on an extended visit to Scotland and Ireland during the First World War. There are descriptions of time spent in Edinburgh, particularly Greyfriars Church, Caroline Park and Granton, also visits to Rosslyn Chapel, Perth, and Craigo House near Montrose. While in Montrose she worked in a factory manufacturing hospital supplies. There is a detailed account of the events of Armistice Day, 1918. At the back are a number of recipes for cakes and...
Dates: 1917-1919

Journal of an un-named law apprentice (later a member of the Faculty of Advocates).

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Identifier: Acc.11721
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Details his life in Perth and Edinburgh, holidays in the Highlands and Skye, a trip to the Great Exhibition, London, and travels in the south of England.

Dates: 1850-1852.

Letter recounting a tour through Scotland.

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Identifier: Acc.13633
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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

Plans and sections from Burntisland via Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Dysart to Perth, by Grainger and Miller., 1844.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/429 [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: 1844.

Plans and sections of Dundee and Perth Railway, north side, by John Miller., 1844.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/403 [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: 1844.

Printed and manuscript plans of Dundee and Perth Railway., 1844-1845.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/404 [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: 1844-1845.

Printed plan of the County of Perth showing railway lines; sheet no 4., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/448 [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.

Scroll plan and sections of proposed railway line from Perth to Crieff, by Robert Stevenson., 1835.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/450 [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.

Sections of railway between Perth and Aberdeen through Strathmore., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/449 [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.

Six letters of Robert Hamilton and three of Richard Wilson, managers of theatrical companies.

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Identifier: Acc.7510
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Concerning applications for licences to perform at Perth.

With two associated manuscript petitions, a printed proposal, and two playbills.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Sketchbook of `Pencil sketches to commemorate my journey to Scotland in the summer and autumn of 1846.`

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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