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Photographs.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to still images produced from radiation-sensitive materials (sensitive to light, electron beams, or nuclear radiation), generally by means of the chemical action of light on a sensitive film, paper, glass, or metal. (AAT) This heading was used in the NLS typescript manuscripts catalogue for all types of photographs, and for documents relating to photography. (NLS).

Found in 2826 Collections and/or Records:

Album, including cuttings, photographs, printed papers and other papers relating to Sir George Buchanan., 1852-1894, undated.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9446/154
Scope and Contents

Album contains: Cuttings and obituaries about Sir George Buchanan. Two photographs, 1892. Photographs of public health service medal, 1894. Envelope with ticket for watching the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852. List of Society of Apothecaries stock. Sir George Buchanan's printings of 'Opinions', by John Selden, and 'De nicotina', by George Buchanan, humanist and historian.

Dates: 1852-1894, undated.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '8. The artist at different periods. Sketches from nature ...The wood-engravers ... My relations', etc., 1870-1932, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2926
Scope and Contents

Contains caricatures of colleagues of John A Hipkins at Harral's wood-engraving studio, his family, servants, friends, and unknown persons; preceded by portraits and photographs of the artist.

Dates: 1870-1932, undated.

Album of Draycott House, Derbyshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3009
Scope and Contents Hugh Scott of Draycott (Draycot, Draycote) House, a Captain in the East India Marine, was a son of Walter Scott of Raeburn (died 1830) and cousin of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford. The album, compiled by Hugh Scott's descendants, contains letters of Sir Walter Scott and members of his family, printed matter relating to the subscription raised to purchase Abbotsford for the Scott family, drawings and photographs of Draycott, notes on family history by William Scott of Raeburn (died 1855),...
Dates: Mid 19th century-1936.

Album of Euphemia Inglis, "Great Homes... Visited and Described by Innes Adair".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8493
Scope and Contents

Contains cuttings of articles on historic houses published by Inglis in the "Weekly Scotsman", photographs, notes and letters.

Dates: 1898-1902.

Album of photographs, annotated on the outer front cover 'Random memorise'., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 48(8)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates: Undated.

Album of photographs, autographs, press cuttings and other memorabilia concerning the Edinburgh Society of Musicians., [Circa 1896]-1950.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21617
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates: [Circa 1896]-1950.

Album of photographs by and of Joan Leigh Fermor and others., [1930-1945].

 File
Identifier: Acc.13338/621
Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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: [1930-1945].

Album of photographs, mostly showing staff outings and other social activities of George Waterston and Sons., 1903-1914.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12235/274
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates: 1903-1914.

Album of photographs of Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria., December 1973.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11884/314
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...
Dates: December 1973.

Album of photographs of Blantyre, Malawi., 1911.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7548/F/27
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1911.

Album of photographs of Blantyre, Malawi., Undated.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7548/F/28
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: Undated.

Album of photographs of Blantyre, Malawi., 1926-1927.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7548/F/29
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1926-1927.

Album of photographs of Blantyre, Malawi., Undated.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7548/F/30
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: Undated.