Shetland. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Unitary Authority. Longitude: -1.2500. Latitude: 60.5000.
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Commission of William Jamieson., 1811.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 60-61
Scope and Contents
Concerning Jamieson’s appointment as a herring fishery officer at Lerwick.
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Deed of assumption of William Jamieson., 1848.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 62-67
Scope and Contents
Concerning the estate of the late Robert Scollay.
Dates:
1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Diaries of James Willliam Drummond.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5701
Scope and Contents
Describing a visit to Shetland, 1874, a walking tour in Norway, 1875, climbs in the Alps, 1899-1903, and a yacht cruise off the west coast of Scotland, undated.
With diary, 1880-1881, of Williamina McPhee Drummond, of a cruise in the Mediterranean.
Dates:
1874-1903 and undated.
Drawing - Chart referred to in report on Post Office Packet Station - Zetland - surveyed by R Stevenson., ?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5864 (12)
Dates:
?19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with W-Z.
Envelopes containing photographs, mostly of the Inner Hebrides and Shetland Islands., 1937.
File
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 22(3)
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1937.
Envelopes containing photographs of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides., 1950.
File
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 22(10)
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1950.
Genealogical papers, mainly concerning Shetland, compiled by John S Mouat.
File
Identifier: Acc.11630
Dates:
20th century.
Itinerary and printed ephemera relating to a visit by James Wordie to Shetland., 1957.
File
Identifier: Acc.12559/95
Scope and Contents
Printed material includes: Programme for the Zetland Inter-Club Yachting Association Regatta. 'Shetland. The official guide', 1957. 'Delightful holiday sailings to Orkney and Shetland', by Robert Mackie, 1957.
Dates:
1957.
Journal of expeditions to castles and other locations mostly on the coast of Caithness and in Shetland, illustrated with sketches and with calligraphic flourishes, by Mary Russell.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12858
Dates:
1852-1853.
Legal document of Barbara Jamieson and William Jamieson., 1819.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 58-59
Scope and Contents
Concerning Barbara Jamieson’s entitlement to a share of her uncle James Innes’ estate.
Dates:
1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Archibald Anderson to Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt., 1803
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 24-25
Scope and Contents
Concerning James Innes’ passage to Scotland.
Dates:
1803
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of James Innes to Robert Scollay., 1793.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 42-43
Scope and Contents
Concerning the death of his mother, his purchase of enslaved people and the rebellion in St Domingo.
Dates:
1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of John Scollay to Robert Scollay., 1814.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 52-53
Scope and Contents
Concerning a request for information on the Scollay family.
Dates:
1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Letter of Robert Stevenson discussing engineering projects and his itinerary in Shetland and on the North West coast of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12403
Dates:
1821.
List of rents and assessment on the heritors of the united parishes of Lerwick and Gulberwick., 1862.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 75-76
Scope and Contents
Concerning the salary of the schoolmaster at the parochial school.
Dates:
1862.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Packages of negatives bundled together under a label 'Orkney Shetland'., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 24(22)
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
Undated.
Photographs arranged by Seton Gordon, mostly of birds, but also of landscapes and places including scenes in Shetland and St Kilda., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9990/4-11
Printed circular letter of John MacDiarmid to William Jamieson., 1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.50277 folios 77-78
Scope and Contents
Concerning Articles of Plate presented to James Dunsmure upon his retirement from the Board of British Fisheries.
Dates:
1840.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and other documents concerning Scots and the West Indies.
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Letters and documents of, to and concerning Archibald Anderson, James Innes, and others, in Jamaica, and Robert Scollay and Thomas Bolt, in the Shetland Islands.
Speeches on Shetland., 1994-1995.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/1116
Scope and Contents
For SNH.
Dates:
1994-1995.
Three series of notes of Captain Edward Henry Columbine, Royal Navy, devoted to Orkney and Shetland, Bergen, Norway and to the mackerel fishery of North Yarmouth.
File
Identifier: Acc.11611
Dates:
1793-1794.