Labels. Identifying artifacts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of paper, leather, fabric, or small tablets inscribed and affixed to something for identification or description. In the context of bookbinding, refers specifically to paper or other material separate from that used to cover a book, on which the author's name and the title are printed or engraved and glued to the spine or front board.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Exhibits, photographs and caption descriptions from an historical exhibition of the Scottish Labour History Society based on the life and times of William Gallacher.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5659/1-3
Scope and Contents
William Gallacher socialist agitator, chairman of Clyde Workers Committee 1914- 1918, leading member of communist Party and communist M.P. for West Fife 1935- 1950. An exhibition based on his life and times and labour history in Scotland was arranged by the Scottish Labour History Society for the National Union of Mineworkers (Scottish Area) circa 1966. All photographs are monochrome and undated unless stated otherwise.
Dates:
1886-1979, undated.
File containing the labels for the boxes as received by the National Library of Scotland., [?1966-?2015].
File
Identifier: Acc.14097 [original box labels]
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames Davenport-Davies; including miscellaneous material concerning the life, letters and works of Scrope Berdmore Davies., 1810-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.43423
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically, with miscellaneous material ordered at the end of the sequence..Letter of Richard Alfred Davenport to Lord Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;Letters of Margaret Davidson to Lord Byron, 1812-1816: folios 3-6;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to Lord Byron, 1809-1818 and undated: folios 7-32;Letters of Scrope Berdmore Davies to John Murray II, 1836: folios...
Dates:
1810-2003.
Letters of, to or concerning Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Davy to Fleming., 1809-1974, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43424
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname and then chronologically. When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, 1823, of John Webb and Co. to Lord Byron. That letter is now housed in MS.43527.Letters of Jane Davy, Lady Davy, to Lord Byron, 1820 and undated: folios 1-4;Letters of Edward James Dawkins to Lord Byron, with copies of letters of Dawkins to Byron, in the hand of...
Dates:
1809-1974, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Faber to Fairman and company names beginning with initial F., 1815-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40390
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.F A Brockhaus.Letters, 1836, 1864, 1866-1868, 1871-1874, 1877, 1880, 1884-1885, 1889-1893, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of F A Brockhaus to John Murray II, John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-66.Folios 4-5. Letter, 1836, of Heinrich Brockhaus to John Murray II.Folios 50-53 and 59-65. Letters, 1892, 1900-1902, 1906 and 1908, of Albert Brockhaus to John...
Dates:
1815-1924.
Papers from the Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and National Library of Scotland, Collecting the Referendum open day.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13622/1-5
Scope and Contents
Materials, including luggage labels, promotional material and information about a workshop co-designed by Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and the National Library of Scotland (NLS), as part of NLS Referendum open day, 16 August 2014.
Dates:
June 2014
Papers of Major P I C Payne relating to material concerning the Skene family and Sir Walter Scott., 1960s-1990s.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/102-108
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates:
1960s-1990s.
Printed label reading 'A memento of the Secession Church found 1734 at Andrew's Fold Yetts of Muckhart dissolved 1925' and a photograph of the church, pasted to front endpapers of ‘Holy Bible’ (London and Glasgow, [1910])
File
Identifier: MS.20499
Scope and Contents
There is also a manuscript note on the label, 'married 1887', which refers to the Reverend William C Dickson, minister of the church and father of the donor.
Dates:
[?1925.]
Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and Citadel Youth Centre, Referendum creative weave.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13621
Scope and Contents
Material produced by the Citadel Youth Centre, Edinburgh, relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Includes photographs, promotional material and workshop content from a ‘Creative Weave’ event led by Dr Priscilla Chueng-Nainby, held on 18 July 2014, in conjunction with Edinburgh’s Active Citizens Group. Also includes a copy of 2013 Annual Report of the Citadel Youth Centre.
Dates:
2014.
Sticky labels of Lord Tweedsmuir with family crest., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/312
Dates:
Undated.
Working autograph of ‘Rob Roy’ by Sir Walter Scott, with some associated papers., 1817.
Item
Identifier: MS.50702
Scope and Contents
Complete working manuscript of 'Rob Roy'.Associated content.Letter, circa 1817, of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne on the completion of 'Rob Roy'. Folio i.Fragment of a sales catalogue, 4th quarter of 19th century. Folio ii.Card from Honresfield, Littleborough, marked 'Scott original manuscript of 'Rob Roy''. Folio iii.Newspaper clipping from 'The Times', 19 March 1901, on the effect of 'Rob Roy' on James Russell Lowell. Folio...
Dates:
1817.