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Mountaineering.

 Subject
Subject Source: Ukat

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Climbing and photographic notebooks of Archibald Eneas Robertson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14606/1-10
Scope and Contents Rev. Archibald Eneas Robertson was a keen mountaineer and is credited with being the first person to complete all of the Munros. On his climbs, Robertson often took his camera and to record images of his climbs.The notebooks here fall into two series. The first are climbing notebooks that record information relating to climbs undertaken by Robertson. The second series relate to the photographs he took on climbs, being entitled either 'Photographic Exposure Record' or...
Dates: 1898-1930.

Climbing notebooks of Archibald Eneas Robertson., 1898-1906.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14606/1-4
Scope and Contents

The notebooks in this series concern details relating to climbs undertaken by Robertson. The notebooks have been numbered prior to their arrival in the Library as notebooks 1 and 3-5, suggesting that there was originally a volume that is not present here numbered 2.

Dates: 1898-1906.

Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13398
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.

Dates: circa 1999-2013.

Mountaineering diaries and notebooks of William Douglas Nicoll

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13874/1-5
Content Description

Four volumes recording the author's climbing activities in Scotland with an annotated copy of Munro's Tables

Dates: 1955-1991.

Mountaineering papers of Janet Adam Smith., 1909-1999.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/120-134
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: 1909-1999.

Notebooks of Graham Brown, containing notes on various mountaineering topics., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/145-152
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: Undated.

Notes of a lecture given by Dr William Hunter Workman on 'From Srinagar to the source of the Chogo Lungma Glacier’, 1904.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13773/2
Content Description From the Collection:

Lectures, articles, photographs, miscellaneous papers relating to cycling and mountaineering activities. With trunks and articles of clothing.

Dates: 1904.

Papers of and relating to Ben Humble

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13846

Papers of Donald McIntyre

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13760

Papers of Graham Brown, containing notes concerning Library., 1928-1962, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/207(1)-209(4)
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: 1928-1962, undated.

Papers of Hamish Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13518

Papers of Hamish Macmillan Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13940

Papers of Janet Buchanan Adam Smith.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/1-134
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: 1919-1999, undated.

Papers of Peter Hodgkiss and the Ernest Press.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13445/1-109
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, climbing journals, and working papers of Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher; including papers of the Ernest Press.

The journals provide a record of the climbing activities of a keen mountaineer. The correspondence files contain both personal and business letters of Hodgkiss. The book files concern publications of the Ernest Press.

Dates: 1965-2009, undated

Papers of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and the Glasgow branch of the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11538
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, registers, climbing books and photographs.

Also includes mountaineering papers of prominent members of the Club, including Sir Hugh Munro, the Rev Archibald A Robertson, Joseph Gibson Stott and William Naismith.

Dates: 1889-2018.

Papers relating to various mountaineering clubs, lectures and articles., 1928-1962.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/209(1-4)
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) papers concerning Alpine Club, Alpine Journal and Everest Committee 1932-55

(2) papers concerning other mountaineering clubs 1952-62

(3) papers for mountaineering lectures and articles 1930-49

(4) various papers, including lists of equipment and notes of climbs, 1928-52

Dates: 1928-1962.

Photographic record notebook of Archibald Eneas Robertson, mountaineer., 1906-1930.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14606/5-10
Scope and Contents

These notebooks record details such as the date, place and exposures of photographic images taken by Robertson.

Dates: 1906-1930.