Albums.
Found in 276 Collections and/or Records:
Album of newspaper cuttings collected by Alexander Hutcheson concerning the haunted tower of St Andrews, the cathedral, the castle, and the abbey wall.
Also pasted into the album are two pamphlets by David Henry about the cathedral and the castle, 1910, and three letters, 1894, 1911, of David Hay Fleming.
Album of newspaper cuttings concerning 'The miracle at Cardenrigg' by Tom Hanlin., 1949.
Tom Hanlin worked as a coalminer at Armadale, West Lothian, until 1946 and much of his fiction is set in Scottish mining communities.
Album of obituary notices of Patrick Geddes, 1932, with several typescripts of memorials., 1932.
Album of occasional verse, verse epistles, etc., apparently by Lady Frances Scott, afterwards Baroness Douglas.
Album of original letters, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1637-1904.
Album of original letters, compiled by Sir Hew Dalrymple., 1667-1823.
Album of pencil and water-colour sketches, titled, ‘Sketches on the East Coast of Scotland by Edward Duncan’.
The sketches are chiefly undated but where dated range in year from 1863 to 1876. Although most of the sketches are of St Abb's Head, the Bass Rock, Tantallon, Holy Island, etc., there are some views of Perthshire, Jedburgh, Roxburgh, and other places inland. The collection also contains an unfinished drawing of Fernilee, subscribed 'The house were (sic) the "Flowers of the Forest" was written'.
Album of photographs and cuttings relating to the John Buchan memorial near Magobaskloof, northern Transvaal, South Africa., 1987-1988.
Album of photographs, autographs, press cuttings and other memorabilia concerning the Edinburgh Society of Musicians., [Circa 1896]-1950.
Album of photographs of Highland Railway locomotives, compiled and annotated circa 1950., 19th century, 1920-1929.
Album of photographs of Highland Railway locomotives, compiled and annotated circa 1950., 19th century, 1920-1929.
Album of poetry compiled by Isabella Farquharson Will.
Containing lithographs of Frederick Schenck, Edinburgh.
Album of portraits, consisting chiefly of heads only, drawn by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe in pencil, ink and watercolours., [Circa 1813.]
The portraits have been cut out of larger sheets or sketchbooks and mounted in albums. Most of the sitters are unidentified. In accordance with Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's practice (see ‘Letters from and to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’, volume i, pages 21, 40) the heads are completed in watercolours but the rest of the figure and any background are usually only sketched in pencil.
Album of postcards addressed to A E Borthwick, his wife and daughters., [Circa 1904]-1964.
Album of press cuttings collected by John Purves chiefly concerning the poet Rupert Brooke., 1915.
Album of press cuttings collected by John Purves on literary topics., 1913-1914.
Album of press cuttings concerning Richard B Haldane and in particular his successful candidature as Liberal M.P. for Haddingtonshire in 1885., 1885-1888.
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.
Album of press cuttings concerning Richard Haldane’s visit to America and Canada, taken chiefly from Canadian newspapers., 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.
Album of press cuttings concerning the Scottish Sharpshooters in South Africa., 1900-1902.
Album of press cuttings from Labour and other newspapers, largely relating to socialism, compiled by Alexander Dalrymple, Kingseathill, Fife.
Album of press-cuttings from the ‘Berwickshire Advertiser’ of 1867 or earlier, giving the extracts from the Kirk Session Records of Stow from 12 November 1626 to 8 March 1667., 1626-1667, 1867.
James Simson's name is on the fly-leaf. A letter, 1867, of the Reverend Charles Rogers to Simson, thanking him for the loan of the album, is inserted (folio 11).
Album of press cuttings, undated, collected by John Purves chiefly on Italian literature, with a series of articles concerning lectures on 'The nature of the physical world' by Professor A S Eddington at Edinburgh University., [?1927.]
Album of press cuttings, undated, collected by John Purves chiefly on literary topics., [?1913-?1960.]
The cuttings include reviews of a series of six lectures which John Purves gave to the Helensburgh Lecture Association, an article by Purves on Italian contemporary writers and a group of articles on Thomas Hardy.
Album of reels, minuets, hornpipes, marches, and other dances, with a list of reels (incomplete) at the beginning and notes of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe., 1st half of 19th century.
Inside the end cover is a note, "Mr. Stenhouse's Vol. X. MSS".
Album of sketches, chiefly watercolour, some pencil or pen and ink, and lithographs of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke., 1860-1863.
The sketches include scenes, portraits, objects, and incidents. Some are the source of woodcuts in John Hanning Speke’s ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ 1863, and some of these have notes in Speke’s hand.