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 2092 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and photographs of Tyndale, containing other related papers., 1933-1948, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/215(1-2)
Scope and Contents
Containing:
(1) correspondence (consisting mostly of incoming letters 1948) of
Tyndale, 1933-48, n.d.
(2) photographs and other papers sent to Tyndale
Dates:
1933-1948, undated.
Correspondence between Alasdair Gray and Alexandra Gray, his granddaughter, with some photographs., 2005-2017, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.14602/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series represents the contents of two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray's study. The cabinets contained a vast array of material relating to his artistic and literary pursuits, as well his personal life, and correspondence, illustrations, drafts, financial papers, photographs and ephemera can be found throughout the files found here.
Dates:
2005-2017, undated.
Correspondence between Alasdair Gray and Bethsy Gray, mostly of Bethsy., 1983-1992.
File
Identifier: Acc.14602/104
Scope and Contents
A mixture of letters, postcards and greetings cards, with one polaroid photograph of Bethsy Gray. One letter, 1983, encloses a small rock. Includes a sealed, unsent letter of Alasdair Gray to Bethsy Gray.
Dates:
1983-1992.
Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and David Alan Robertson, containing photographs., 1936-1999.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/123-125
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Dates:
1936-1999.
Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith with correspondents with surnames beginning, M-S, containing some photographs., 1914-1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include:Cards from and memorial to Gavin Maxwell, 1914-1969;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Manette [Angele] and Nelly Thorens-Jacques, in French, 1948-1965;Letters to Janet Adam Smith and papers about the life of Elizabeth Neame, née Monroe, (1905-1986), 1961 -1986;Cards and papers relating to the Paget family, 1969-1985;Letters and cards to Janet Adam Smith from Anne and Elliot Richardson, 1972-1990;...
Dates:
1914-1999.
Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith with correspondents with surnames beginning, T-W, containing some photographs., 1929-1995.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include:Letters to Janet Adam Smith, papers and Memorial to Rosamund Estcourt Tosh, (1904-1995), 1929-1995;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Dame Janet Vaughan, (1899-1993) with Janet Adam Smith notes on Janet Vaughan’s retirement as Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, 1963-1990;Letters to Janet Adam Smith, papers and Memorial to Susan Charlotte Tweedsmuir (1882-1977), 1965-1977;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Cicely Wilson...
Dates:
1929-1995.
Correspondence, contracts, legal papers, financial information, portrait photograph and promotional literature relating to the publication of '313 days to Christmas', by Alan Mackay., 1998-2001, 2008.
File
Identifier: Acc.14049 Box 1(1)
Correspondence from or to George Adam Smith and Lilian Adam Smith in Syria, Palestine and Egypt., 1891.
File
Identifier: Acc.9446/18
Scope and Contents
Includes: A letter of George Adam Smith to aunts, April/June 1891. Letters to Lilian Adam Smith from people met in Palestine. Letters from travelling companions in Palestine (Minnie Smith, R A Scott, Carnegie Simpson) to Lilian Adam Smith. Letters from home (Buchanan brothers and sisters and John Kelman) to Lilian Adam Smith; with a photograph of her infant son, George Buchanan Smith.
Dates:
1891.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including sermons, lectures, diaries and photographs, of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian Adam Smith and their family.
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Correspondence and papers of George Adam Smith and Lilian Adam Smith.
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Letters and papers, mainly concerning travel and residences in Tubingen, 1876, Leipzig, 1878, Egypt, 1879-1880, and Palestine, 1891, 1901.
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Correspondence and papers of George Adam Smith and Lilian Adam Smith relating to their time in Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
Correspondence, legal papers, press and promotional materials relating to the publication of 'The big empty', by Des Dillon; with two photographs of a bottle of Buckfast, and an annotated table of contents for 'Short stories' by Des Dillon., 1996-1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.14049 Box 1(10)
Correspondence, notebooks, notes and papers of Helen Haldane, née Spurway, second wife of J B S Haldane., 1934-1976, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20641-20654
Correspondence of and to Buchan family, containing some photographs and other related papers., 1923-1976.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/1-12
Correspondence of Arthur Geddes., 1920-1948.
File
Identifier: MS.19264
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence is on miscellaneous subjects, notably the 1937 Parish Exhibition of Civilisation, the proposed sale of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition in 1946, financing the Outlook Tower, and the search for an editor for Patrick Geddes' manuscripts, 1947-1948.
Dates:
1920-1948.
Correspondence of Elemér von Klobusiczky and family with Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor., 1974-1986.
File
Identifier: Acc.13338/67
Scope and Contents
Approximately 40 letters, 1974-1984. Includes 5 letters from the family of Elemér von Klobusiczky, 1985-1986, with photographs.
Dates:
1974-1986.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
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Correspondence of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor and various personal and professional correspondents.
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Correspondence of various personal correspondents of Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor.
Correspondence of Esther Garke with Archie and Elizabeth Bevan, with some press cuttings and copies of articles., 1999-2007, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.14596/36
Scope and Contents
Mostly letters of Esther Garke, with some replies of the Bevans.
Dates:
1999-2007, undated.
Correspondence of friends, enemies and acquaintances of George Borrow, including John Murray publishers, Dawson Turner, John Bowring, George VIlliers and Richard Ford, with some related papers., 1809-1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.12091/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:1. Autograph letter, signed, 10 January 1809, from John Murray II to Elizabeth Inchbald, seeking to enlist her as a reviewer for the 'Quarterly review'. 2 pages and address panel.2. Autograph letter, signed, 20 July 1810, from John Murray II to the Revd T Francillon. 2 pages.3. Autograph letter, signed, 23 February 1833, from John Murray II to T Haviland Burke. 1 page.4. Autograph letter, signed, 26 September 1843, from John Murray III...
Dates:
1809-1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.
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Correspondence, manuscripts, drafts and other papers of George Borrow and related figures.
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Boxes of letters of George Borrow and his contemporaries, including notes and drafts of works of George Borrow.
Correspondence of George Mackay Brown with Tom Cotter, BBC producer, concerning four episodes of "Let's see: Orkney", a television programme for children, with scripts and related papers., 1978-1984.
File
Identifier: Acc.14596/58
Scope and Contents
Includes: rehearsal and shooting scripts, a location photograph, related correspondence correspondence concerning the filming of an adaptation of 'Greenvoe'.
Dates:
1978-1984.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
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Correspondence.
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Correspondence from organisations.
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Correspondence of the BBC to George Mackay Brown, with some related papers.
Correspondence of Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment., 1942-1946, 1950-1996.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/188-196
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1946, 1950-1996.
Correspondence of Hew Morrison, with papers concerning his edition of ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ by Rob Donn., 1882-1903, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14955
Scope and Contents
Material connected with Hew Morrison’s edition of Rob Donn’s ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ (folios 1-12), and general correspondence (folios 13-21), of which only Alexander MacKay’s letter concerns the poems.The contents are as follows.(i) Photographs and a map (folio 1);(ii) Farther copies of some of the press cuttings in MS.14954 (folio 4);(iii) The surname controversy: notes and a survey (folio 6);(iv) Letter to Hew...
Dates:
1882-1903, undated.
Correspondence of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray and of Miss Erhna Mycale Macgillivray, containing typescripts, photographs and various printed material., 1910, 1917, 1921-1935, 1951-1956.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.3501/31-34
Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith relating to a proposed second edition of the biography, entitled 'Robert Louis Stevenson', by Janet Adam Smith, containing newspaper cuttings, published articles and photographs., 1947-1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/96
Scope and Contents
Containing newspaper cuttings and published articles on books on the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson, and a copy of the Laureation Address on the award of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters to Ernest James Mehew by the University of Edinburgh, 11 July 1997, with seven colour photographs in three sleeves, 1947 -1997.
Dates:
1947-1997.
Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith with specific families, containing some photographs., 1914-1999.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/1-3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Dates:
1914-1999.
Correspondence of Janet Teissier du Cros, painist, with photographs., 1933-1991.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence includes:Letters of Janet Teissier du Cros in France to Janet Adam Smith, describing life in France under German occupation, 1944-1945;Correspondence of Janet Teissier du Cros to Janet Adam Smith, 1975-1990;Christmas and New Year cards, 1980s-1990;Correspondence following the death of Janet Teissier du Cros, with an obituary by Janet Adam Smith, 1990-1991;16 colour photographs [in 4 sleeves] of Janet and Francois...
Dates:
1933-1991.
Correspondence of John James Waterston with the Waterston family, 1847-1878, from India, 1847-1857, and subsequently from Edinburgh; with three carte de visite photographs, and notes concerning the correspondence., 1847-1878.
File
Identifier: Acc.12235/435
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:
1847-1878.
Correspondence of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1946-1996, mostly concerning the writings and literary estate of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir; also containing papers concerning the trust estate of uncle of John Norman Stuart Buchan, James Walter Buchan, 1964-1965; photo, (1925), of John Buchan and family; and copy of 'Illustrated London News', 1885., 1885, 1925, 1946-1996.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/286
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1885, 1925, 1946-1996.
Correspondence of Major Payne relating to a supposed miniature of Sir Walter Scott, with five photographs., 1972.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/105
Scope and Contents
Contains 10 items.
Dates:
1972.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of Major P I C Payne relating to material concerning the Skene family and Sir Walter Scott.