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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 226 Collections and/or Records:

Financial and legal papers and correspondence relating to the works and literary estate of James Leslie Mitchell, sometimes writing as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, including some personal papers.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10966/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes personal documents, publishing agreements, royalty statements and related correspondence. These papers are mostly concerned with the administration of James Leslie Mitchell's (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) literary estate following his death in 1935, firstly by his wife, Ray Mitchell, and subsequently by his daughter, Rhea Martin.

Dates: 1901-1986.

Formal photographs of the intake of James Johnston at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, with other photographs of parades, portraits of Johnston and an RMCS Artic camping trip., c.1957-1960

 File
Identifier: Acc.13818/16
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: c.1957-1960

Fujifilm box, annotated 'Murals', containing slides, transparencies and photographs of murals by Alasdair Gray., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13950 Box 2(1)
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Includes slides, transparencies and photographs of artworks of Alasdair Gray and some of his friends and contemporaries, as well as audiovisual and digital material. The photo albums of images of Hillhead and the west end of Glasgow were likely collected to act as source materials for the Hillhead SPT subway mural.Many of the slides, transparencies and photographs found here were collated for use in 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009), and some were previously deposited with...
Dates: Undated.

Further professional and personal papers of Edith Simon and Dr Eric Reeve, including photographic and audiovisual materials.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14390
Scope and Contents 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: Circa 1925-2014.

Glass slides previously owned by Christopher K Mylne., c 1946- c 1948, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14534/11-13
Scope and Contents

Three boxes containing glass slides that were given to Christopher K Mylne. Mostly images of birds and other wildlife.

Dates: c 1946- c 1948, undated.

Index cards of digitised images for use in 'A life in pictures', by Alasdair Gray, with one 35mm slide., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13416/22
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Literary papers of Alasdair Gray, including ledgers and notebooks used for journal entries, drafts of letters and poems, working notes and illustrations. Literary papers and correspondence include material relating to 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2010) and 'Every short story' (Canongate, 2012). The collection of CDs and DVDs includes scans and drafts for these works as well as 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009).There is also a small collection of printed material, mostly...
Dates: Undated.