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Correspondence and papers concerning Richard M D Grange, "A Short History of the Scottish Dress" (1967).
File
Identifier: Acc.9822
Scope and Contents
With typescript and illustrations, 1970, for Grange`s unpublished, "What to see on Mull".
Dates:
1967-1970.
Illustrated log books of the yachts ‘Norma’ and ‘Coquette’, of cruises off the West Coast of Scotland, and also to Brittany and the Channel Islands. Both yachts were owned by Sir Thomas Newnham Deane (1828-1899), an Irish architect. The logs were probably written by his friend, Joseph Manley Todd. They are illustrated with delightful, often humorous, pen and wash drawings by Deane of the party and places they visited.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13216
Dates:
1868-1880.
Notebook containing a tour of Scotland by an unidentified tourist.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14071
Scope and Contents
Tour of the highlands including a visit to Mull and Staffa. Contains pen sketches including a Roman bridge near Glasgow, a druidical circle near Kenmore, rock strata at Oban, and a map showing the location of a lake at Aviemore where nuphar minima water lillies can be found.
Dates:
[?1835.]
Photocopy, with transcription, of journal of Nathaniel Phillips of Slebech, describing a tour through the Scottish Highlands.
File
Identifier: MS.50271
Scope and Contents
Descriptions concerning Phillips’ journey through the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Northumbria (folios 1-4).Details concerning Phillips’ time in East Lothian and Edinburgh, with lists of English and Scottish country seats and castles visited throughout the duration of his entire journey (folios 4-7).Account concerning Phillips’ travels through Glasgow, Argyle and Oban followed by visits to the Inner Hebrides (folios 7-13).Narrative concerning Phillips’...
Dates:
1791.