Medals.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Small pieces of metal, usually gold, silver, or bronze, bearing a relief design on one or both sides and having a commemorative purpose; not used as a medium of exchange.
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
1 medal for the Kincardineshire Farmers Club awarded to Lord Clinton for the Best Aberdeen Angus., 1922.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/1102
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:
1922.
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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Printed Works of, or belonging to, the Forbes, Stuart Forbes, and Trefusis Families.
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Miscellaneous artefacts from Fettercairn House.
4 medals for the Bath & West & Southern Counties Society awarded to Lord Clinton., 1936.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/1103
Scope and Contents
Medals awarded were for: Coniferous Foliage; Field Gate; Forestry Exhibits; Hunting Gate.
Dates:
1936.
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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Printed Works of, or belonging to, the Forbes, Stuart Forbes, and Trefusis Families.
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Miscellaneous artefacts from Fettercairn House.
Assorted other papers of and concerning Patrick Leigh Fermor., 1913-2011, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/540-549
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1913-2011, undated.
Championship medal of the Moscow Football League, won by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, when playing with the team Morozovtsi., [1912].
Item
Identifier: Acc.11970/2
Copy of Charles Horne, "The Kingdom of Forgue", with associated photograph and medallion.
File
Identifier: Acc.6422
Dates:
1905.
Gold medal and accompanying certificate awarded to Edward Arthur Walton at the Ninth International Art Exhibition in Munich., 1905.
File
Identifier: MS.19247
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.
Dates:
1905.
Letters and 5 medals of Angus Morrison., 1941-1945
File
Identifier: Acc.14288/3
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
File
Identifier: MS.6297
Scope and Contents
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Dates:
1875-1949.
Military papers of Thomas Huxley., 1799-1822.
File
Identifier: Acc.11407/8
Scope and Contents
(a) Two certificates of Promotion issued to Thomas Huxley for the positions of Ensign, 1799, and Major, 1819.
(b) Award of Fleur de Lys, 1815, with medal.
(c) Authorization of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Major General, for Thomas Huxley and Jessie Scott to marry.
(d) confirmation of marriage by Army Chaplin, 1822.
Dates:
1799-1822.
Miscellaneous artefacts from Fettercairn House., 4th quarter of 18th century - 1936.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/1096-1103
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 18th century - 1936.
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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Printed Works of, or belonging to, the Forbes, Stuart Forbes, and Trefusis Families.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, mostly of John Buchan, with some concerning other Buchan family members, mainly relating to the First World War., 1863-1977.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11627/35-55
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to engineering, much of it addressed to Robert Stevenson or his family, and apparently at one time part of the Stevenson family papers.
File
Identifier: MS.19988
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letter of John Smeaton to William Hall of Whitehall concerning Eyemouth harbour, 1769 (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1787-1874, undated, and other papers, 1768-1853, undated, addressed to the Stevenson family on engineering matters (folio 3);
(iii) Two letters of Robert Stevenson, 1808, from the Bell Rock Light; a certificate signed by Stevenson with an accompanying medallion giving George Milne, a seaman in the service of the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners,...
Dates:
1769-1874.
Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).
Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents
A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.
Dates:
1891-1925.
Papers of Robert di Falco, St Andrews.
File
Identifier: Acc.12028
Scope and Contents
Includes field diary, memoirs and photographs concerning di Falco`s service in the Italian Army, 1918-1921. Also includes Italian war service medals (framed) and material concerning Gabriele d`Annunzio`s seizure of Fiume, 1919.
Dates:
1918-1947
Papers, photographs and medals of John Stewart Morrison and Angus Morrison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14288/1-4
Dates:
Circa 1914-1922, 1941.
Papers, photographs and medals relating to the military service of John Stewart Morrison., Circa 1914-1922
Series
Identifier: Acc.14288/1-2
Dates:
Circa 1914-1922
Printed letters and memorandum concerning Afghan medals, 1892, 1901, acquired as curiosities by the British Agent in Kabul for the interest of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1908., 1892, 1901, 1908.
File
Identifier: MS.12649
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1892, 1901, 1908.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Foreign Department.
Record, 1923-1924, of Benny Dearness
File
Identifier: Acc.8519
Scope and Contents
With his RSPCA Special Service Medal and citation, 1953.
Dates:
1923-1924 and 1953.
Various framed, mounted and other special items., 1752-2002, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12235/469-494
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
WGML Objects., circa 1930s-2000s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/14
Scope and Contents
Objects within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but are summaried below for ease of access. Researchers and visitors are welcome to consult these items upon request.
Dates:
circa 1930s-2000s.