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Slides. Photographs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Positive transparencies in mounts suitable for projection, usually 35mm film in a mount of 2 by 2 inches. An image on film or glass, usually positive, intended to be viewed by means of light passing through the image and base using a viewer or projector.

Found in 215 Collections and/or Records:

Negatives, [1963-1980], mostly of cats at Kardamyli; and glass slides, 1946, of Patrick Leigh Fermor in Cretan dress., 1946, [1963-1980].

 File
Identifier: Acc.13338/663
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1946, [1963-1980].

Outreach and collaborative production files of 'Glasgow generations'., 1994, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/174-176
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1994, undated.

Papers of Prof George Chrystal.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10070
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets, maps and glass slides concerning his work on saiches.

Dates: 1879-1910 and undated.

Papers of the Waldensian Missions Aid Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13298
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1865-1975, of the Waldensian Missions Aid Society, including annual reports, minutes, financial papers and glass slides.

Dates: 1865-1975.

Papers relating to James Johnston as a student at Staff College, Camberley., 1969-1972

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/56-66
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: 1969-1972

Papers relating to military exercise lessons taught by James Johnston., 1976-1979

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/100-103
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: 1976-1979

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Personal papers of James Johnston., 1939-2006

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/384-569
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: 1939-2006

Photographc plates and slides concerning Church of Scotland missionary activity in India and Pakistan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10590/1-100
Scope and Contents

Some of the slides are accompanied by scripts and where this is the case the information is recorded in the relevant record.

Dates: 1953-1973, undated.

Photographic material including albums, slides, contact sheets, and negatives documenting Edith Simon's artworks, circa 1973-2003

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14390 Box 10-46
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains additional papers relating to Edith Simon's career as an artist and writer, as well as some early juvenilia, embracing her illustration and creative writing. The collection also contains a series of papers relating to her husband, the noted geneticist, Dr. Eric Reeve, documenting his university studies at the University of Oxford, his subsequent war service, and his later career at the University of Edinburgh. The broad scope of the collection may be...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1973-2003

Photographic slide case containing slide photographs by Marshall Anderson of works of art created by various artists., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 46
Scope and Contents

The artists featured include: Rob Fairley; George Wyllie; David Bellingham; Louise Crawford; Robert Callander; Elizabeth Ogilvie; Lotte Glob and Marshall Anderson.

Dates: Undated.

Photographic slides from military exercises taken by James Johnston., Circa.1976-1979

 File
Identifier: Acc.13818/103
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: Circa.1976-1979

Photographic slides of a Liberal dinner and dance., February 1981.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13477/258
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: February 1981.

Photographic slides of Christopher Kenneth Mylne.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14548
Scope and Contents

The photographic slides here consist of 8 boxes of 35mm slides, 1 box of mendium format slides and one folder of slides. The images are mostly of birds, with some of landscapes.

Dates: 20th century.

Photographic slides of Elizabeth Mantell, missionary in Malawi.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13435
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth worked as a Church of Scotland missionary nurse in Mlanje Mission, Malawi 1966-1971, then as a sister tutor in Ekwendeni Mission, Malawi 1983-1996. Elizabeth used this set of annotated slides to illustrate talks on her work in Malawi which she gave when home on furlough. Subjects covered include schools, nurses, the church and visits to Zomba. `Grace sufficient` by Rev. David J. Randall, published in 2009, tells the story of Elizabeth`s life.

Dates: 1966-1971

Photographic slides of Tom Weir., 1960-1994.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13059/471-481
Scope and Contents There are here a number of slides taken by Tom Weir, including some glass slides. Many of the slides have been rehoused for preservation reasons. They were originally in boxes, some of which contained annotations of Weir. This information has been retained in the scope and contents note for each record. Please note: i. the description in the scope and content note is taken from Tom Weir’s labelling (sometimes incorrect) ii. square bracketed text was added by Robin Campbell of...
Dates: 1960-1994.

Photographs and slides., 1904-c. 1980

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13629/13-16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, research papers, photographs and audio tapes, 1904-1994, of Dr. Alice Gilmore Vines (1923-2009) relating to her PhD thesis on Margaret Ethel Gladstone MacDonald (1870-1911) and Ishbel MacDonald (1903-1982), James Ramsay MacDonald’s wife and daughter.Dr. Vines collected this material in the course of her research for an intended biography of the two women. Over a number of summers she visited Ishbel in Lossiemouth and corresponded with her. Unfortunately, she had...
Dates: 1904-c. 1980