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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:

Notebook IV, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes, 1910-1914

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14025/7
Scope and Contents

A notebook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "IV Notes + Comments" on the front cover, containing press-cuttings of humorous anecdotes concerning mostly Highland Scotland. They are pasted in chronological order, with each one dated. Possibly, like the next volume in the sequence, a record of notes and anecdotes submitted by Tolmie to the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. 59 numbered pages, followed by 35 blank pages.

Dates: 1910-1914

Notebook V, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes , 1915-1919

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14025/8
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "V Notes + Comments" on the cover. An inscription inside the front cover describes it as "Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. Book of notes and comments contributed by John Tolmie". The entries bear dates from 6 November 1915 to 25 August 1919. 56 numbered pages, followed by 46 blank pages blank.

Dates: 1915-1919