Maps. Cartographic materials.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen.
Found in 141 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.17929-17948
Dates:
1765-1918, undated.
Papers of Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley relating to the 51st (Highland) Division in the First and Second World Wars.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7380/1-95
Scope and Contents
Maps, accounts, diaries, lectures and other papers, mainly concerning operations, 1942-1943, of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa and Sicily, together with a smaller quantity of associated post-war correspondence and some papers, 1918, concerning the Division in the First World War.
Dates:
1914-1976, undated.
Papers of Major General James Scott Elliot.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11499
Scope and Contents
Papers of Major General James Scott Elliot, 1920-1990Major General James Scott Elliot was born in 1902 into a military family, his father being Lt Colonel W. Scott Elliot DSO. Scott Elliot was educated at both Wellington College and Sandhurst and went on to have an impressive military career. This included service in Egypt, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and India. During the Second World War, Scott Elliot was sent to France where he contributed to battles in Lille and Le Havre. In 1942,...
Dates:
circa 1920-1990
Papers of Prof George Chrystal.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10070
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets, maps and glass slides concerning his work on saiches.
Dates:
1879-1910 and undated.
Papers of the bathymetrical survey of Loch Leven, Kinross, under the directorship of Dr R P Kirby, for the Nature Conservency.
File
Identifier: Acc.11618
Scope and Contents
Includes 13 unpublished map sheets.
Dates:
1968-1970.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-1924.
Papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, from Spottiswoode House.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2933-2953
Dates:
1540-1851.
Papers of the Sutherland Estates.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12173
Scope and Contents
Includes titles, minutes, rentals, maps and architectural drawings. Also includes Cromartie Estate correspondence, 1887-1894.
Dates:
1823-1894 and undated.
Pen and ink coloured map and six architectural drawings of Grant Lodge, Elgin.
File
Identifier: Acc.8167
Dates:
1850.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1818-2011, undated.
Photocopies of "A Book of Maps of Finlayston Estate", 1770, and plans, 18th century to 19th century, of Ayrshire estates.
File
Identifier: Acc.4229
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.
Photocopies of plans of Argyll estates in the Inveraray district.
File
Identifier: Acc.4225
Dates:
late 18th century.
Photocopies of plans of the Ladykirk estate.
File
Identifier: Acc.4186
Dates:
circa 1830-circa 1840.
Photocopy of Jeffrey C Stone`s work on the Pont and Gordon maps.
File
Identifier: Acc.6755
Dates:
1976.
Photocopy of plan of battle fought near Quebec by British and French, by Pat McKellar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6376
Dates:
28 April 1760.
Photograph of a 19th century copy of the estate plan of the Barony of Edgerston, property of John Rutherfurd of Edgerston.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7777
Dates:
1771.
Photograph of a map of David Livingstone.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9922
Scope and Contents
Details Livingstone`s explorations south and west of Lake Malawi, 1859-1863.
Dates:
circa 1859-1863.
Photographs, maps and watercolours, compiled by Nikolai Vasilievich Poggenpol.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8563
Scope and Contents
Concerning mountaineering expedition to Digoria, Balkaria, and Bezingi, in the Caucasus.
Dates:
1904.