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Scrapbooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Albums containing a variety of items, especially when those items serve as memorabilia.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook, vol. 2, 1929 - 1935

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13931/2
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings documenting Pipe Major William Ross's activities, or of bagpiping interest, ca. 1928-1935. With a large section of photographs of family members and friends and some scenery.

Dates: 1929 - 1935

Scrapbooks of Pipe Major William Ross.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13931
Content Description

Two scrapbook volumes containing newspaper cuttings and photographs of Pipe Major William Ross and his family. The volumes were compiled by Ross's wife Edith Mary, née McGregor (d. 1942). They illustrate Ross's activities and public appearances, for example at Highland games and society weddings, but also follow reports on piping more generally. Photographs of family and friends are found in both volumes, especially the second.

Dates: Ca. 1910-ca. 1935