Picture postcards.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Postcards having a pictorial image on one side.
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Album of postcards addressed to A E Borthwick, his wife and daughters., [Circa 1904]-1964.
Item
Identifier: MS.10478
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
[Circa 1904]-1964.
Assorted letters concerning William Gladstone, including letters of members of Gladstone`s family., 1841-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.42265
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The letters in the sequence are largely of William Ewart Gladstone to John Murray [III], but there are others to John Murray [II] and John Murray [IV]. There are also assorted letters concerning Gladstone, including some of members of his family, including his wife, Catherine.
Dates:
1841-1927.
Correspondence concerning the circulation of offprints, reprints and other publications by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1936-1953.
File
Identifier: MS.50104
Scope and Contents
The papers have been arranged alphabetically by theme: ‘art’, ‘communism’, ‘object relations’.Correspondence, 1937-1953, concerning papers and publications by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn on art, in particular: ‘Prolegomena to a Psychology of Art’; ‘Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’; and, “Critical Notice – ‘Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art’, by Ernst Kris”. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each...
Dates:
1936-1953.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Dates:
1884-1936, undated.
Ephemera, postcards and objects retained by James Johnston., ?1960s-1990s?
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/568-569
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
?1960s-1990s?
Journal of a Continental tour of France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium. , 1840-1841.
Item
Identifier: MS.6340
Scope and Contents
The unidentified writer describes local industries such as the working of Gobelins tapestry and the manufacture of glass beads at Venice, and Alpine glaciers and waterfalls. The volume is illustrated throughout by engravings, coloured postcards, and pencil sketches.
Dates:
1840-1841.
Journal of Cecile F L Douglas, daughter of Sir Philip D Trotter, recording travels in England and on the Continent by her and her husband William Sholto Douglas, and other events, including the wedding of her brother Philip C Trotter., 1928.
Item
Identifier: MS.20305
Scope and Contents
Snapshots and postcards depicting places visited and people recorded in the narrative are pasted in at the appropriate places.
Dates:
1928.
Journals of Ernest James Harris, Bank Manager, Haddington, consisting largely of accounts of caravanning holidays in Scotland, England, Wales, and Europe but also of a motoring tour in North America.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13360
Scope and Contents
Ernest James Harris spent his working life as a banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was a branch manager in Leith and later for many years in Haddington. In the early 1970s, he represented the Bank in New York. The journals provide a detailed record of family holidays, generally by caravan, over more than thirty years. They are illustrated with pasted in specifications of caravans owned by the family, leaflets and plans of caravan sites visited, photographs, postcards,...
Dates:
1960-1985
Letters and postcards of William Soutar to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1934-1943, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19327
Scope and Contents
The subject matter is primarily contemporary poetry and literature, but William Soutar also mentions Mairi Campbell Ireland's own writing and broadcasting, and includes verses and riddles.
Dates:
1934-1943, undated.
Letters of, to or concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: correspondents with surnames from Balint to Guntrip., 1927-1974.
File
Identifier: MS.50100
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and by date under each name.Balint, Michael.Correspondence, 1955, including copies of letters, between Michael Balint and William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Also included is a copy of a letter, 1955 (folios 2-5), of Fairbairn to John Sutherland. Folios 1-12. Begg, Norman D.Letter, 1952, of Norman D Begg, Director, European Regional Office of the World Health Organisation, to William Ronald...
Dates:
1927-1974.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Davidson, J to Davidson, W., 1852-1926 and undated.
File
Identifier: MS.40317
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Davidson, James Bridge.Letter, 1852, of James Bridge Davidson to John Murray III. Folios 1-3.Davidson, James Leigh Strachan-.Letters, 1897 and 1909, of James Leigh Strachan-Davidson to John Murray IV. Folios 4-8.Davidson, James Mackenzie.Letter, 1901, of Sir James Mackenzie Davidson to John Murray IV. Folio 9.Davidson,...
Dates:
1852-1926 and undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Faber to Fairman and company names beginning with initial F., 1815-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40390
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.F A Brockhaus.Letters, 1836, 1864, 1866-1868, 1871-1874, 1877, 1880, 1884-1885, 1889-1893, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of F A Brockhaus to John Murray II, John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-66.Folios 4-5. Letter, 1836, of Heinrich Brockhaus to John Murray II.Folios 50-53 and 59-65. Letters, 1892, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of Albert Brockhaus to John...
Dates:
1815-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Gore, G. to Goschen, B., 1825-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40468
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Gore, Georgiana Isabella Susan.Letters and picture postcards, 1904-1905, 1907, 1909-1911 and 1926, of Georgiana Isabella Susan Gore to John Murray IV. Folios 1-21.Gore, John.Letters, 1825 and 1836, of Sir John Gore to John Murray II. Folios 22-23a.Gore, John Francis.Letters, 1927, of John Francis Gore to John Murray IV. Folios...
Dates:
1825-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Greenidge to Greever., 1817-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40481
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Greenidge, Abel Hendy Jones.Letters and postcards, 1895-1899, of Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-49.Folio 13v. Draft, 1896, of a letter of John Murray IV to Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge. Continues on to folio 12r.Folio 48-49. Letter, 1899, of Sir John Linton Myres to Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge. Sent...
Dates:
1817-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Falbe to Fallon., 1825-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40391
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Falbe, Amy Rhona de.Letter, 1928, of Amy Rhona de Flabe to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Folio 2. Letter, 1928, of R M Harrison to John Murray IV.Folio 3. Copy of a letter, 1928, of John Murray IV to R M Harrison.Folios 4 and 6. Letter and postcard, 1928, of Fanny Louise Ghey to John Murray IV.Folio 5. Letter, 1928, of Julian Margaret...
Dates:
1825-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hamilton, C. to Hamilton, I., 1816-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40513
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Hamilton, Charles John Baillie-.Letter, 1852, of Charles John Baillie-Hamilton to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Hamilton, Claud Lorn Campbell.Letters, 1925, of Claud Lorn Campbell to John Murray IV. Folios 3-7.Hamilton, Edward.Letter, 1851, 1891 and 1900, of Edward...
Dates:
1816-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hardman to Hardy., 1824-1922.
File
Identifier: MS.40522
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes two letters, 1899 and 1917, of Thomas Hardy, and one letter, 1922, of his wife, Florence, to John Murray IV.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Some of the letters include replies.Hardman, John, 1831: folios 1-2;Hardwick, Dorothy, 1903: folios 3-5;Hardwick, Helen, 1888: folios 6-7;Hardwick, John, 1824: folios 8-9;Hardwick, Julia, 1848-1864 and...
Dates:
1824-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1905-1911.
File
Identifier: MS.40979
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and mostly concern Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review”. They are arranged chronologically.1905-1911: folios 1-209.[Note 1] Folios 38-39. Letter, 6 February 1907, of Francis Darwin to George Prothero in answer to a letter of Prothero suggesting that Darwin might like to consider producing annotated editions of the works of his father, Charles Darwin. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV...
Dates:
1905-1911.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Louisa Lowe., 1911-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40716
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1911-1928, of Louisa Lowe to John Murray IV. They concern her reading, family, friends and the Gosfield estate, and politics. There is much on the personal and wider impact of World War I. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1911-1913: folios 1-28; (1)1914-1915: folios 29-56;1916-1918: folios 57-72;1919-1922: folios 73-88;1923-1926: folios 89-115; (2)1928: folios 116-119.1. Includes...
Dates:
1911-1928.
Miscellaneous items relating to William Soutar, including academic certificates and class cards, unused picture postcards, greetings cards, bookplates and photographic prints., [1943, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.8764(I)
Scope and Contents
The photographic prints would appear to be of family relations of William Soutar.
Dates:
[1943, or before.]
Miscellaneous papers concerning David Livingstone., 1863-1982.
File
Identifier: MS.42442
Scope and Contents
Folio 1 : picture postcard of the tombstone of David Livingstone in Westminster Abbey;folio 2-3 : prospectus issued by John Murray, publishers, advertising works by or concerning Livingstone;folio 4 : cutting from "The [?Standard]", no. 326 : “Last letter of Dr. Livingstone”;folio 5 : cutting, supplied through Durrant’s Press Cuttings, from ‘The Standard’, 21st October 1912 : "A Livingstone relic. An inkless letter. Written on a copy of ‘The...
Dates:
1863-1982.
Miscellaneous papers including a typescript copy of Farquhar Macrae's transcript of the 'Genealogical Account of the MacRas'., [Before 1705], 1786-1906, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15929
Scope and Contents
The manuscript from which the typescript was made is probably the copy described by Alexander Macrae in ‘History of the Clan Macrae’, page 13, as belonging to Horatio Ross Macrae of Clunes.
Dates:
[Before 1705], 1786-1906, undated.
Miscellany, chiefly undated, of snapshots, portrait photographs, picture postcards and photographic copies of graphs and other work., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.20533
Scope and Contents
Some items have dates or may be dated between 1911 and 1929, but most are undated, of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Notes of Nancy Brysson Morrison, taken from published works, on the Brontës and other characters in their story., [1969, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27333
Scope and Contents
Includes postcards depicting the Brontë sisters and Haworth.
Dates:
[1969, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notes for and manuscript of 'Haworth harvest: the lives of the Brontës' by Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notes of Nancy Brysson Morrison, taken from published works, on the Brontës and other characters in their story, and on Haworth.
Papers of John A. Douglas, private in the Black Watch during the First World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14143/1-6
Dates:
1917-1919.