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“A fortnight's cruise in the Ailsa from June 29 to July 13 1892”.
An account of a voyage in an RNYC yacht round the Western Islands, by an unidentified author, illustrated with photographs, water-colour drawings, and pen sketches of the party, crew and scenery.
The party includes Jessie, Rae, Fred and cousin A. Rintoul and others.
The crew were Captain Peter MacNichol, Jack MacMillan, John MacAllister, Ronald MacDonald, Malcolm Wilkie and Dugald MacGillivray.
Album of Draycott House, Derbyshire.
Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.
Circa 500 letters of Florence M Russell to Norman McLaren.
With cards, drawings and photographs.
Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, etc., chiefly by James Nasmyth, the engineer, with several by his father Alexander Nasmyth and his brother and sister Patrick and Jane, and some collected by him.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Diaries, albums and photographs of the Campbell, Login and Maitland Mackgill Crichton familes.
Douglas of Cavers papers.
Drawings and photographs relating to the work and professional interests of David Beeton, costume designer.
A collection of drawings and photographs, circa 1950-1990, relating to the work and professional interests of David Beeton, costume designer (d. 2013). As well as Beeton’s own drawings, and photographs of many of his costumes for the BBC, the accession includes his collection of theatrical costume design drawings by earlier designers such as Anthony Holland (1912-2001), R St John Roper (1913-1977) and Beverley Sutcliffe (fl. circa 1960s).
Drawings, photographs, maps, plans and prints, largely from the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition devised by Sir Patrick Geddes.
Family magazine 'The Blue Bell', written by various members of the Gibb family of Carnwath.
The twelve issues cover intermittently the period October 1855-December 1856, and are written in various hands. The contents include stories, local news, a few photographs and drawings, and other 'newspaper' features.
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Letters of W S Graham and his wife Nessie to Sylvia Thompson; with photographs and artwork.
Sylvia Thompson became friendly with the Grahams in the 1980s. From a nursing background, she became a great source of practical help to the couple during W S Graham`s last years, which were dogged by ill-health. The great affection in which she was held by the Grahams is evident in the letters, and in the various gifts of photographs and drawings.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Microfilm and photographic slide copies of the correspondence, papers and drawings of James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Microfilm of photographs of the leaves of the Glenquoich visitors' book containing the names of friends and relatives who visited the Ellices' estates at Invergarry during the late summer and autumn of each year from 1846 to 1863.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Nine letters of John Brown.
With two drawings by Brown, four letters from his sister, and associated photographs.
Papers concerning the lands of Kermuck and Ellon, and the family of Gordon of Ellon.
Papers of and concerning Norman Douglas.
Includes letters, 1917-1951 and undated, and photographs, 1943-1971 and undated, of Norman Douglas, and papers, 1954-1957, of John Davenport concerning a proposed biography of Douglas. These papers formerly formed part of the collection of John Sanderson.
Papers of Dr Harold John Taylor, Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University, India.
Includes letters, drawings and photographs.