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Photographs relating to the Cook family.

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Identifier: Acc.14393

Scope and Contents

Collection of 44 photographs and prints relating to the Cook family - a prominent Edinburgh and Fife family of lawyers and churchmen.

The photographs include images of various members of the family at St. Anne's in North Berwick, Mossfennan House near Biggar, St. Andrews, Edinburgh and London.

Also included are photographs of staff and the (Rugby) Football team of Ardvreck School, staff and pupils at Sedbergh School, Cumbria, and staff and students of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Although these are largely photographs, there are some silhouettes, cartes-de-viste and copies of portraits.

Also included is a family tree, a copy of a newspaper article about the death of Sir Henry Cook, and a list of the photographs. The family tree and the listing are the work of Diana Cook. Other notes of Diana Cook are housed with related photographs giving more detailed information.

Dates

  • Creation: 1860s-1930s.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

1 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 2022, by Walter G Ambler, North Berwick.

Bibliography

Cook, Diana 'Change and Transition in a Professional Scots Family 1650-1900', MPhil dissertation on the Cook family is available at https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/2425201/Cook_mphil_2013.pdf. Accessed September 2023.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700