Photograph albums.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Albums made up of mounted photographs, with or without identifying information.
Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:
Drawings, photographs, maps, plans and prints, largely from the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition devised by Sir Patrick Geddes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13319
Scope and Contents
The Cities and Town Planning Exhibition was originally conceived in conjunction with the first Town Planning Conference of 1910 organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, at Burlington House, London, to mark the passing of the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Patrick Geddes was asked to be its Director and used it to demonstrate his method of city survey. After the conference, Geddes toured the exhibition to cities interested in learning about the latest developments in...
Dates:
1649-1919, undated
Forbes Family Photograph Albums., 4th quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/409-412
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
Four albums of photographs by James Simson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3348
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Palestine, Syria, the Levant, Athens, Vienna and Strasbourg, and photocopies of 10 volumes of travel journals.
Dates:
1876.
Further papers of and relating to the Douglas of Cavers family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13843/1-13
Content Description
Family papers including correspondence, formal documents, commonplace book, genealogical notes, miscellaneous writings, photographs, and estate papers
Dates:
1712-1947, undated.
Further political and estate papers of the Anstruther-Gray family of Kilmany, Fife.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14335
Scope and Contents
Comprising the political, military, and personal papers of Lt. Col. William Anstruther-Gray [formerly Anstruther-Thomson] and William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, with family estate records, hunting and game books, and photographs.
Dates:
1791-1985.
Game Book compiled by William Lockett Agnew, recording shooting parties on the Altyre Estate, at Aldourie and elsewhere. With numerous illustrations of sporting activities and daily life
Item
Identifier: Acc.13541
Scope and Contents
As well as records of sporting parties and their `bags`, the Game Book provides detailed daily accounts of game seen and weather conditions. The album includes numerous photographs of shooting parties and daily activities, principally on the Altyre Estate and at Aldourie Castle and Fetteresso. Many of the photographs are of estate and household servants. There is a fine series of photographs of the interior of Altyre, several of cycling parties including Sir Luke Fildes, R.A., croquet...
Dates:
1887-1908
Garrison inspections and parades attended by James Johnston in his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, 4th armoured division., 1983-1985.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/169-173
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1983-1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating James Johnston on his posting as Deputy Chief of Staff at 4th Armoured Division, British Army of the Rhine.
Journal, 1941, and photograph album, c.1942-5, of James Gordon, serving with the British Army in India, Egypt and Burma during the Second World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13598
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1941, and photograph album, c.1942-1945, of James `Jimmy` Gordon, serving with the British Army in India, Egypt and Burma.James Gordon was born in 1916 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire. A gifted artist and art teacher, Gordon enlisted with the British Army during the Second World War. His journal begins on 10 November 1941, and records daily observations and his thoughts during his journey from the Clyde on board the troopship Aorangi. He describes Freetown, Sierra Leone, in...
Dates:
1941-1945
Letter, 11 diaries and six photograph albums of Arthur W Russell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12690
Dates:
1890-1930.
Letters and other documents, and a photograph and autograph album, formerly preserved at Yester House.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14829-14830
Dates:
1572-1964, undated.
Letters and photograph album of John Lawson Welch.
File
Identifier: Acc.8757
Scope and Contents
Written while in Pauper Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, concerning family and professional matters, and on philately.
Includes letters to his sister, son and brother, the Reverend Prof Adam C Welch.
Dates:
1888-1897.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13217
Scope and Contents
The archive contains the complete literary papers of Christopher Rush to date (2010), relating to all his creative writing, published and unpublished. This includes manuscript notebooks and drafts, typescripts, and literary correspondence relating to `Peace Comes Dropping Slow` (1983), `A Resurrection of a Kind` (1984), `A Twelvemonth and a Day` (1985), `Into the Ebb` (1989), `Last Lesson of the Afternoon: a satire` (1994), `To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold` (2005),...
Dates:
1962-2010.
Memoirs and photograph albums of Lieutenant Colonel William Burton Stewart, army officer and politician.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13934/1-10
Content Description
Four volumes containing the unpublished handwritten memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel William Burton Stewart, circa 1916-1936, along with three volumes of typescript copies of the memoirs, and two family photograph albums, circa 1898-1919. The memoirs cover Stewart’s life from his birth in Glasgow in 1872, his schooling at Loretto, Edinburgh, education at Brasenose, Oxford, and subsequent travels with Malcolm Pilkington. The friends travelled widely, including India, China, Japan and...
Dates:
1898-1936
Microfilm of album of photographs taken during 'A summer cruise in the Arctic Regions' by the ship ‘Erik’.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.818
Dates:
1876
Microfilm of photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1577
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Album, 1917, undated, of photographs of Blackpool, the voyage to South Africa with the RAMC, and wartime scenes in Cape Town and Durban (Acc.12016/1); Album, 1919-1922, of mission and family photographs taken in Tumutumu, Kenya, and in Britain (Acc.12016/5);Album entitled ‘Chogoria – the early days. The start to 12 October 1922’ (Acc.12016/6);Album entitled ‘Chogoria early days, 1922-1930’ (Acc.12016/7); Album...
Dates:
[1917-1996.]
Miscellaneous papers., 1760-1868, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15176-15180
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.
Dates:
1760-1868, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Miscellaneous papers of D C Parker., [Circa 1880]-1967.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21557-21561
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates:
[Circa 1880]-1967.
Miscellaneous papers of the Trotter family., 19th century-1911, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20307-20309
Dates:
19th century-1911, undated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph albums., 1983-1996.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14493/54-71
Scope and Contents
This series contains 18 annotated photograph albums, created by Hinde to record his teaching and training activities at Outward Bound Loch Eil. Consisting primarily of photographs, the volumes document staff training, course activities including mountaineering, sailing, hiking, camping, group work, and first aid and rescue training. They also contain photographs of an assortment of Scottish landscapes and items of topographical interest. A small number of later volumes include family...
Dates:
1983-1996.
Papers, 1936-1958, of William Oliver Petrie, missionary doctor and superintendent of hospitals, Malawi.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13582
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1936-1958, of William Oliver Petrie, missionary doctor and superintendent of hospitals, Malawi.William Oliver Petrie (1913-1998) was born at East Manse, Loanhead, Midlothian, the son of Rev. James Petrie and Mrs Cecilia Petrie. Rev. Petrie was the minister of the United Free Church at Loanhead. William was educated at Loanhead Primary School and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1936, and worked for a time at...
Dates:
1936-1958
Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21551-21561
Scope and Contents
D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates:
1902-1970.
Papers belonging to the wider Johnston family and were retained by James Johnston., 19th century, 1920, 1942-1945, 1955-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/570-624
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 19th century, 1920, 1942-1945, 1955-1986.
Papers of Alexander McLellan.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13409
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise a scrapbook containing statements of bank accounts and miscellaneous financial records, 1944-1946, concerning his service during WWII; two photographic albums, 1949, of a student debating tour in India with some news cuttings and other papers explaining the purpose of the visit; an auto-biography of Stanley Jenkins, one of McLellan’s fellow students during his Indian journey; Alexander McLellan`s curriculum vitae and obituary.
Dates:
1944-2012.
Papers of and concerning Charles McCall.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11494
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, art exhibition catalogues, press cuttings and photograph albums.
Dates:
circa 1936-1995.