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Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates:
1893-1938
Correspondence and papers concerning Maclean families, collected by Dr James Maclean of Glensanda, Younger.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14454
Content Description
Correspondence and papers brought together by Dr. James Maclean of Glensanda, Yr., concerning the history and diaspora of the Clan Maclean, on which he published several books. The papers contain his correspondence with representatives of Maclean families; a collection of papers concerning the Macleans of Kilarrow and Shuna brought together by Alexander Hugh Maclean (d. 1916); a collection of Maclean papers dating from the 18th century; and papers of Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere...
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates:
1841-1885.
Douglas of Cavers papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7488
Scope and Contents
1. Scrapbook inscribed `James Malcolm Palmer Douglas. This book started by his father and continued by his mother, 1948`, with pasted in letters, household accounts and bills for garden seeds, genealogical charts, invitations, menu cards, press cuttings and photographs, 1712-1948, undated.2. Plan of the Cavers Estate the property of James Douglas Esq., 19th century.3. Plan of the Cavers Estate, 19th century.4. Cavers Estate Woods, record of plantations,...
Dates:
18th century to 20th century.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, mostly relating to his historical research.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12488
Dates:
1933-2003.
Papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, speeches, literary and political manuscripts and scrapbooks, of Walter Elliot.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6721 Box 1(1)-48
Dates:
1920-1957, undated.
Papers, including journals, scrapbooks, press cutting books, photographs and other items of Sir Robert Heatlie Scott and Lady Rosamond Aeliz Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8181 Box 1(1)-Box 2(20)
Scope and Contents
The collection relates particularly to Sir Robert Scott's wartime imprisonment in Singapore (1942-1945), and to his period as Commissioner-General in South East Asia.
Dates:
1923-1982, undated.
Papers of and concerning Lex McLean, mostly relating to his career in entertainment.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13700/1-19
Dates:
Circa 1940-1980.
Papers of John Maxwell Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14147
Content Description
John Maxwell Geddes, composer, was born in Glasgow on 26 May 1941, the son of John ('Jack') Drummond Geddes and Thomasina Geddes, née Maxwell. He grew up in the Maryhill area of Glasgow and attended Woodside Secondary School and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He also studied with the Danish pianist and composer Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000) in Copenhagen.Geddes was awarded the fellowship of the RSAMD, the Creative...
Dates:
1951-2018.
Papers of the Edinburgh International Festival Society, containing press cuttings and scrap books.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11518/1-152
Dates:
1967-1997.
Scrap-book containing correspondence of and related printed items concerning William Sulzer, counselor at law and sometime Governor of New York.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.2
Scope and Contents
The correspondence, which consists mostly of incoming letters dated 1920-1922, together with a few dated 1916-1917, relates to the aftermath of his political career, which was virtually terminated by his impeachment and removal from office as Governor of New York in October 1913, after less than a year in office; to his investments (mostly in mining shares), and to matters of personal interest.The printed items, which consist of contemporary press-cuttings and small pamphlets,...
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Scrap-book entitled "Scott Appropriatily [sic] Embellished" compiled by a Mrs Stephens.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12379
Scope and Contents
Scrap-book consists of cartoons and caricatures from periodicals matched with quotations from Walter Scott`s works.
Dates:
circa 1885.
Scrapbook concerning plans to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14089
Content Description
A scrapbook documenting Lord Leven's proposal to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, and his bequest of a large sum of money assigned to this purpose. According to the terms of the will, the work depended on the approval of two executors, who in 1906 decided not to let it go ahead. The scrapbooks contains press cuttings of obituaries and death notices of the Earl of Leven, some printed documents and reports, and newspaper articles and letters to the editors. With a...
Dates:
ca. 1908
Scrapbook concerning the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8438
Scope and Contents
Containing reports, press cuttings, programmes and correspondence.
Dates:
Undated
Scrapbook of press-cuttings concerning Scottish rugby, compiled by William Simpson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10114
Dates:
1924-1946.
Scrapbook of Ralph Richardson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8253
Scope and Contents
Concerning the South African War.
Including correspondence from his brother, Mervyn, press cuttings and pamphlets.
Dates:
1899-1902.
Scrapbook, photograph album and typescript magazines of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison and her siblings.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13412
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, photograph album and typescript magazines, ca.1894 – 1900, of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison and her siblings, the children of Thomas Hutchison, Merchant, Edinburgh [b.1841]. The typescript magazines and many of the photographs relate to the Hutchison children’s childhood at Carlowrie.
Dates:
ca.1894-1900
Scrapbooks and files of press cuttings on Scottish football compiled by John Weir, with related notes and programmes.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14087/1-23
Dates:
1991-2015.
Scrapbooks of Arthur Maurice Roth, schoolboy in Callander, containing daily observations on the progress of the Second World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14009/1-36
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks cover the period from December 1943 to August 1945. They consist of 36 notebooks in which Roth has written short notes on the progress of the war, illustrated with press cuttings he had collected.
Although it is not clear why Roth began to keep a daily record of events occurring during the war, he had an interest in military history, and keeping a record of the war on a daily basis helped to develop his knowledge of geography.
Dates:
1942-1945.
Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13587
Scope and Contents
Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...
Dates:
1878-ca. 1925
Scrapbooks of Lord MacGregor Mitchell.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13603
Scope and Contents
Eleven scrapbooks, 1899-1935, concerning Lord Robert MacGregor Mitchell (1875-1938), Scottish lawyer and judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University Rector.
The scrapbooks contain newspaper cuttings, letters, photographs and miscellaneous ephemera mostly documenting Lord Mitchell’s legal and political career, as well as his personal interests in golf and cricket.
Dates:
1899-1935
Scrapbooks of press cuttings on Scottish football and politics compiled by John Weir
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10122
Scope and Contents
With one scrapbook of cuttings from Catholic newspapers.
Dates:
1986-1989.
Typescript history of Cumbernauld by the Reverend John Ogilvie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4405
Scope and Contents
With a scrapbook, circa 1940, containing press cuttings of articles of Ogilvie.
Dates:
circa 1940.