Albums.
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
Four albums of letters and documents, largely of Scottish interest, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1514-1904.
Hymns, with tunes, in an album, apparently of the late eighteenth century., Late 18th century.
Imitations of Ossian by Baron Edmund von Harold, in German and English, followed by 'Britania, a poem', in English, in an album dedicated to Queen Charlotte., 18th century.
"Ladies’ Album" (Edinburgh, undated), in which are pasted caricatures of persons, some of which are probably by John Gibson Lockhart., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
Letters and papers on various subjects., 1575-1824, undated.
Microfilm of album of sketches of figures and scenes in the Peninsula and France, by Mrs Mary Graham., ?1780-?1782.
Microfilm of sketches, maps, and various other papers of, or concerning, James Augustus Grant., 1850-[1872, or after].
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart. Reel 17., [?1758-?1854.]
Minutes of the Bannatyne Club, and an album containing impressions of copper plates and woodcuts., 1823-1861.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Miscellaneous papers of Florence Marian McNeill., 1842-1961, undated.
Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.
Newspaper cuttings on James Augustus Grant's death, funeral, etc., pasted into an album., 1892.
The album is signed on folio i, 'Margaret Mary Mackintosh 1892’.
Papers concerning Richard Haldane's visit in 1913 to America and Canada at the invitation of the American Bar Association., 1913.
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane., 1879-1937, undated.
Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane., 1875-[?1936], undated.
The papers consist of notebooks containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly on philosophy (MSS.20213-20219), a quantity of writings on various topics (many incomplete) written on loose sheets (MSS.20220-20222) and press cuttings concerning the death and funeral of Richard B Haldane (MS.20223).
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., [Circa 1745]-1777, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family., 1791-1888, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Photographs of Charles Murray., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Press cutting album containing letters, 1927-1930, undated, to W B Moonie tipped in, and press cuttings concerning Moonie pasted in., 1907, 1919-1950, undated.
Apart from a fragment of a printed programme, 1907, pasted inside the front cover the items appear to date from 1919 to 1950, but many of the press cuttings are undated and the sources unidentified (though presumably from Edinburgh newspapers). Almost half of the volume is unused.
Press cutting album containing reviews of 'Shakespeare - and that crush' and 'The hilarious universe' by Richard Dark., 1931-1932.
Press cuttings collected by John Purves., 1899-1960, undated.
Press cuttings concerning Richard B Haldane (later Viscount Haldane)., 1885-1912, 1924, undated.
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Press-cuttings relating to Sir Walter Scott, in an album., 1920-1937.
Saltire Society presscutting albums and loose presscuttings., 1937-1980s.
Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.
Scottish album containing 36 illustrations of artists on Robert Burns and his works., 1914.
Songs (some with words) and other compositions, bound with engraved music in an album bearing on a label 'Anna Eliza Scott'., 1822.
Anna Eliza Scott’s name also occurs with the date 1822 on the first piece in the volume.