Christmas cards.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Greeting cards that are sent or given as expressions of goodwill at Christmastime. The first Christmas cards were made in the 1840s in England. The tradition is followed in all English-speaking countries and the practice is growing in many others.
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers of Sir Joseph Nöel Paton, containing photographs, programme, prize list, comedy, poems, and Christmas cards, 1874-1885, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9133/47-52
Dates:
1874-1885, undated.
Papers of George Mackay Brown, including letters, postcards, and Christmas cards.
File
Identifier: Acc.14439
Dates:
1961-1968.
Papers of James Ramsay Macdonald and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13461
Scope and Contents
The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...
Dates:
1895-1970s.
Playscripts of Charles Gairdner and Ada F Kay.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11617
Scope and Contents
Includes related papers.
Dates:
1955-1962.
Poems of George Mackay Brown, including acrostic poems, and other poems included in Christmas cards.
File
Identifier: Acc.14441
Dates:
1977-1986.
Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, photographs and proofs of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13681
Scope and Contents
1). Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, press-cuttings and proofs, 1896-ca.1960, undated.i. Postcards, 1896-1903, undated.ii. Christmas card, early 20th century.iii. Typescript verse of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, undated.iv. Press-cuttings, 1949, undated.v. Proofs, 1956, of `Literary Landmarks of Scotland`, articles by Isobel Wylie Hutchison for the `National Geographic` magazine.2. Photographs, ca.1900-1962,...
Dates:
1896-1962, undated.
Printed items (including Christmas cards, 1933)., 1933 and undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.1669/30
Dates:
1933 and undated.
Scrap-book of John A Hipkin., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2929
Scope and Contents
The scrap-book includes: Bewick prints; illustrations of the work of Charles Keene, including frontispieces and title-pages drawn by him for Mr Punch's Pocket-book, 1864-1874; and Christmas cards painted by Frank Maguire.
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Scrapbook of Rose Ethel Bassin, containing Christmas cards and photographs., 1948-1961.
Item
Identifier: MS.14942
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rose Ethel Bassin was born in Edinburgh of Ukrainian extraction, and studied music under Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and others. She taught in schools in England (1907-1911, 1919-1920), Edinburgh (1915), Newton Stewart (1916-1919), Stornoway (1920-1924) and Skye (1924-1927). During 1927-1934 she lectured in the University of British Columbia. After some time in London she spent the war years teaching in Harris, the Uist and Barra. She moved to Dingwall Academy in 1945, finally becoming Music...
Dates:
1948-1961.
Scrapbooks of Katy Horseman, containing Christmas cards and material relating to ceramics and people., 1960s, or after, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11787/15-16
‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21248-21249
Dates:
1719, 1929-1933, undated.