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 2085 Collections and/or Records:
Around 50 photographs of 'The Bruce' statue and of models of it, some being copies from the 'Bruce in progress' album., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8542/39
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
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Photographs and postcards of memorials, sculptures, statuettes and other works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson.
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Photographs relating to the sculpting and casting of the equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce, Bannockburn.
Around 50 photographs relating to the 'Silver' album, with some copies., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8542/31
Scope and Contents
Contains:1 Reliquary from City of Edinburgh to Dunedin (See Acc.7445/19/480).
2 Detail of above (See Acc.7445/19/480).
3 Sgian Duhb presented by British Legion (See Acc.7445/17/458).
4 Platter, cake knife and fork presented by British Legion (See Acc.7445/17/458).
5 Cigarette/comfit box presented by British legion (See Acc.7445/17/458).
6 Design for St Andrews University Medical School Mace (See Acc.7445/20/500).
7 Design for St Andrews University Medical School Mace (See...
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
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Photographs and postcards of memorials, sculptures, statuettes and other works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson.
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Photographs of trophies and presentation items.
Around 50 photographs relating to the 'Tablets' photograph album, with some copies., [1918-1963].
File
Identifier: Acc.8542/20
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs of:1 Clan Ay/Shaw of Tordarroch Memorial stone (See Acc.7445/31/662).
2 Clan Ay/Shaw of Tordarroch Memorial (detail) (See Acc.7445/31/662).
3 Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour Memorial hut and glen (See Acc.7445/10/254).
4 Frederick Balfour (See Acc.7445/17/451).
5 Robert Burns [?]
6 John Cumming (See Acc.7445/12/311).
7 Gordon, Dalyell of the Binns (See Acc.7445/19/493).
8 Alfred de Pass (See Acc.7445/18/472).
9 John Gibson (See Acc.7445/16/447).
10 Helena...
Dates:
[1918-1963].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
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Photographs and postcards of memorials, sculptures, statuettes and other works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson.
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Photographs of gravestones and tablets made by Pilkington Jackson.
Around 65 photographs of busts and memorial portraits in relief and figures, mainly copies from the 'Portraits' album at Acc.8542/35., 1907-1910, Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8542/37
Scope and Contents
Contains:1 L’amour Vainquer (M Blondat) postcard
[2– 15 in black folder – work done as a student at Edinburgh College of Art]
2 Design for fountain (1908)
3 Dr Basil Orr portrait bust (home study 1907)
4 Study from life (1907) male figure standing, arms on head
5 Study from life (1907) male figure standing, arms on head (rear view)
6 Study of male figure standing, hand on chin
7 Study of male figure standing, hand on chin (side view)
8 Study from life (bust) (1909)
9...
Dates:
1907-1910, Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
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Photographs and postcards of memorials, sculptures, statuettes and other works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson.
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Photographs of and relating to busts and portraits in relief and figures.
Around 100 copies of photographs of various military statuettes, including back views., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8542/24
Scope and Contents
Mainly photographs (in envelopes but also loose) of the military statuettes for the Scottish United Services Museum., but also includes:-
Envelope of photographs used for research purposes, including copies of images by D O Hill.
Photographs of shadows cast by a group of the military statuettes used for designing a poster and postcards to accompany the statuettes when exhibited.
Envelope with Atholl Piper (See Acc.7445/13/352).
HT Almond (See Acc.7445/13/357).
Loose 1 Royal Scots...
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
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Photographs and postcards of memorials, sculptures, statuettes and other works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson.
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Photographs of military statuettes, with some related correspondence and cuttings.
'Art of the black-and-white artist, and the wood-engraver, with some beautiful examples, collected by John A. Hipkins.', Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2931
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains specimens chiefly of the nineteenth century, including many illustrating the work of the deaf, preceded by a note by Miss Hipkins. Also two crayon portraits by John A Hipkins (pages 60-62); an address given by him on the achievements of the deaf in France (page 71); an original letter of Abbe Sicard (page 79 b); original studies of animals by Walter Geikie (page 84); and original paintings by Frank Maguire (page 90).
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Art work and photographs., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13445/58
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The book files include generally correspondence, accounts, photographs, art work and reviews.
Dates:
Undated.
Articles, addresses and printed papers concerning the United Nations; including photographs, letters and cuttings relating to a visit by United Nations women delegates to Washington, DC., 1961-1965.
File
Identifier: Acc.11884/122
Scope and Contents
Contains:A Conservative Parliamentary Foreign Affairs paper on ‘The United Nations’, 13 January 1961.‘Responsibilities of a Business in a Troubled World’, a copy of an address by David Rockefeller, president of Chase Manhattan Bank, 16 November 1961.‘The East-West struggle in the United Nations’, copy of an article by Lady Tweedsmuir, reprinted from Optima, June 1962.‘Ways Forward for United Nations Peace-Keeping’, a United Nations...
Dates:
1961-1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political and personal correspondence and papers of Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, including some papers of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
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Correspondence and papers relating to overseas appointments, including the Council of Europe and the United Nations, overseas trips and trade missions of Lady Tweedsmuir.
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Correspondence and papers of Lady Tweedsmuir as a member of the British Delegation to the United Nations in New York, including correspondence concerning refugees and the United Nations generally.
Articles, artwork, photographs and related letters of 'Cencrastus' magazine, issue 59, 1997., 1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.12644/9
Articles, memorials and reviews of the life and work of Ivor Armstrong Richards, containing seven photographs dated 1950, 1971 and 1979 of Ivor and Dorothea Richards., 1950, 1971, 1979.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/126
Scope and Contents
Photographs contain 6 black and white photographs and 1 colour photograph in 3 sleeves.
Dates:
1950, 1971, 1979.
Artwork and photographs of 'Cencrastus' magazine., 1992-1994, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12644/20-23
Dates:
1992-1994, undated.
Artwork of the predecessor bodies of Deaf Action., 1976-1995, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13643/127-129
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since 1835. The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in 1810.The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in...
Dates:
1976-1995, undated.
Assorted administrative papers relating to the establishment of Engender., 1992-1994.
File
Identifier: Acc.13806/26
Scope and Contents
The file contains the Engender Development Plan; draft business plan; financial statements for the year ending 31 December 1993; Engender leaflets; and a photograph of Esther Breitenbach, Leslie Hills, and Helen Adair at an early Engender board meeting, Scottish Women's Aid, Bank Street, Edinburgh.
Dates:
1992-1994.
Assorted images of landscapes and wildlife., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 23(8)
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
Undated.
Assorted loose papers, envelopes and photographs, regarding Room 13 and personal correspondence of Rob Fairley., 2000-2006.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(12)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.
Dates:
2000-2006.
Assorted loose papers including typed and handwritten correspondence, photographs, postcards and poetry booklet 'Spoken'., 1993-1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 35(3)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The box is covered in tartan.
Dates:
1993-1997.
Assorted photographs, including a board print of a photograph of George Mackay Brown., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.14596/235
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Photographs are also present in places throughout the correspondence, and have been identified there where possible.
Dates:
Undated.
Assorted photographs of Seton Gordon., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 23(14)
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
Undated.
Assorted photographs relating to Crete., 1975-1991.
File
Identifier: Acc.13338/628
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of:
Christening of Ioanna Tsangarakis, Crete, 1975.
The unveiling of the SOE Resistance Monument at Heraklion on the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, 1981.
Visit of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Manoli Paterakis to New York, 1983.
Celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, 1991. See also Acc.13338/664.
Dates:
1975-1991.
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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Photographs, sketches and other visual material.
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Photographs, slides and negatives.
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World War II photographs.
Assorted postcards and photographs containing material relating to Chris Crozier., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 31(1)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The box is covered in tartan.
Dates:
Undated.
Attic Archive file, annotated 'Photographs', containing photographic prints by Marshall Anderson., [?1991-?1996.]
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 12(7)
Scope and Contents
Some of the prints have a label on the back. People featured include Marshall Anderson, Lotte Glob, Rob MacKillop and Fred Bushe. Also included are images of works by William Gear.
Dates:
[?1991-?1996.]
Autograph album, with photographs and pictures., 1833-1877, undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7926/49
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of:Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, 1845.John Collingwood Bruce, 1857.William Buckland, 1835.Thomas Clarkson (engraving and note of), undated.Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts (letter and photogravure of), 1873, undated.Erasmus Alvey Darwin, 1877, to Edward Augustus Freeman.Joseph John Gurney, 1845.Dionysius Lardner, 1833.Helena Saville Martin, Lady, née...
Dates:
1833-1877, undated.
Biographical sketches and photographs., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12345/138
Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of shops on George Street, Edinburgh., Circa 1949-1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.12235/263
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:
Circa 1949-1998.
Black and white and colour photographs, colour negatives and slides of factory machinery and plant of George Waterston and Sons., 1970-late 1990s.
File
Identifier: Acc.12235/259
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:
1970-late 1990s.