Scrapbooks
Subject
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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world., 1841-1880.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.3.14-50.5.6
Scope and Contents
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.
Dates:
1841-1880.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Journal and scrapbook of John Francis Campbell combined, kept mainly during his visit to Paris at the time of the Siege in 1871, and while travelling round the west coast of Scotland which is described in letters to his family in August and September 1871., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.6
Scope and Contents
Other items of interest in the volume include material regarding the marriage of Lord Lorne and Princess Louise on 21 March 1871, and on traction engines.
There are two printed pamphlets by Campbell, ‘On Current British Mythology and Oral Traditions’ and ‘Notes on Glacial Phenomena of the Hebrides’.
Dates:
1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Journal and scrapbook of John Francis Campbell in which he mainly describes his travels in Ireland from July to October 1872., 1872.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.7
Scope and Contents
The journal is illustrated with watercolour and pencil sketches, photographs and rock-rubbings. Throughout, Campbell stresses the geological aspects of the places visited, particularly with regard to glaciation, and at the end of the volume his printed pamphlet ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ is inserted. There are also several letters to Campbell from various correspondents, 1872, and at the beginning of the volume several press cuttings relating to Gaelic literature and the Ossianic...
Dates:
1872.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Newspaper cuttings and ephemera relating to W.B. Paton., 1926-1937.
File
Identifier: Acc.13656/107
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Newspaper cuttings, cartoons, and speeches collected by W. B. Paton between 1926 and 1991.
Dates:
1926-1937.
Newspapers cuttings and ephemera relating to W.B. Paton., 1951-1967.
File
Identifier: Acc.13656/108
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Newspaper cuttings, cartoons, and speeches collected by W. B. Paton between 1926 and 1991.
Dates:
1951-1967.
Newspapers cuttings and ephemera relating to W.B. Paton., 1964-1978.
File
Identifier: Acc.13656/109
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Newspaper cuttings, cartoons, and speeches collected by W. B. Paton between 1926 and 1991.
Dates:
1964-1978.
Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography., 1848-1885.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.5.7-50.7.8
Dates:
1848-1885.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
`Remembrances of Woodhouselee`., 1812, 1894-1914.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11737/8
Scope and Contents
The volume, 1812, contains descriptions of Woodhouselee and surrounding area. Includes sketches and engravings of the estate, poems, songs and music written by those who visited. A series of letters and poems, 1894-1914, have been added by family members at the end.
Dates:
1812, 1894-1914.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing ‘372 Solar Thermographs of various sizes’, the results of his experiments with asbestos, from May to December 1882., 1882.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.17
Scope and Contents
There are several letters bound in at the beginning of the volume including one from William Ellis and one from William Spottiswoode, the mathematician and physicist, 1882, and some press cuttings relating to meteorology and astronomy.
Dates:
1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing a collection of reviews of his ‘My Circular Notes’ and of press cuttings and correspondence relating to Gaelic literature., 1876.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.
Dates:
1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing experiments in solar physics., 1882-1885.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.8
Scope and Contents
In particular Campbell records his study of sun-spots and their effect on weather. The small pamphlet he published on the subject, ‘Sun Spots and World`s Weather’, being two letters he sent to the editor of the ‘Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society’ in 1884, is included in this volume (folio 69).There is also a little related correspondence inserted here and there throughout the volume.Apart from notes and press cuttings on astronomy and meteorology,...
Dates:
1882-1885.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing experiments with the sun`s rays in Cannes, particularly relating to sun-spots., 1883.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.18
Dates:
1883.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, containing material relating to his interests and activities., 1877-1878.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Watercolour and pencil sketches made on a sailing trip round the west coast of Scotland in 1877, accompanied by notes of a mainly geological nature (folios 1-39).(ii) Watercolour sketches, photographs and notes recording his visit to Egypt and Syria from January to April 1878 (folios 47-142).(iii) Press cuttings and notes on the Argyllshire Election of 1878 in which Lord Colin Campbell participated (folios...
Dates:
1877-1878.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing results of experiments in solar physics while he was in Egypt in 1880-1881 and in Cannes in 1882., 1880-1882.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.15
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes, detailed diagrams, photographs and samples of materials used in the experiments.
Dates:
1880-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing the continuation of experiments to register solar images, mainly while he was in Cannes, and which he describes in Chapter 5 of ‘Thermography’., 1881-1882.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.16
Scope and Contents
Towards the end of the volume are notes on, and diagrams and photographs of sun-spots.
Dates:
1881-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, mostly containing notes and records of experiments he made in solar physics., 1880-1882.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.7
Scope and Contents
The volume takes the form of a diary. Diagrams accompany the daily record of experiments and their results.
A small amount of correspondence and press cuttings on various other subjects, particularly meteorology, is inserted throughout the volume.
Dates:
1880-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook, vol. 1, 1910 - 1929
Item
Identifier: Acc.13931/1
Scope and Contents
Newspaper cuttings documenting the activities and public engagements of Pipe Major William Ross, covering the years of ca. 1910-1929. With photographs of family members and friends, partly annotated.
Dates:
1910 - 1929
Scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to Lex McLean., 1959-1980.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13700/8-14
Speeches, Toasts and Tributes of, and to, W.B. Paton., 1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.13656/105
Scope and Contents
Presented by W. B. Paton to the SLA.
Dates:
1987.
William B. Paton Archive held by the SLA., 1926-1991.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13656/105-109
Scope and Contents
Newspaper cuttings, cartoons, and speeches collected by W. B. Paton between 1926 and 1991.
Dates:
1926-1991.