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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:

Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates: 1885-2019, undated.

Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

Medium format slides of Christopher K Mylne., 1974-1978, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14534/8
Scope and Contents

Subjects here include birds, Scottish landscapes, Linlithgow, Forth Bridges, Mull, and various lochs.

Dates: 1974-1978, undated.

Miscellaneous negatives, slides and contact sheets., [1950-2003].

 File
Identifier: Acc.13338/664
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous negatives, including Patrick Leigh Fermor in Hydra, [1954-1955]; and 'Spain', [1950-1975]. For related photographs of Hydra, see Acc.13338/631.Photographic slides of Kardamyli, circa 1991.Photographic slides, 1991, from the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Crete. For related photographs see Acc.13338/628.'Stereo realist' slides, [1960-1975], of Patrick Leigh Fermor and others, locations unknown.Contact...
Dates: [1950-2003].

Miscellaneous photographs and slides., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9533/295
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...
Dates: Undated.

Miscellaneous photographs, slides and negatives of George Waterston and Sons., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12235/267
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates: Undated.

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.