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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 760 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1895-2012.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Dates: 1955-2014.

Correspondence, photographs and papers, circa 1920-1993, of and relating to Edwin and Willa Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13226
Scope and Contents This collection was given to the Library from one of Edwin Muir`s great-nephews and copyright-holders. The core of the collection is a substantial file of letters from both the Muirs to Edwin’s sister Lizzie, and later, to her daughters, dating from 1921-1970. This is family rather than literary correspondence, and gives an insight into the Muirs’ peripatetic lives - often financially difficult but always determinedly creative. The additional papers, including incoming correspondence and...
Dates: 1920-1993.

Correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the Clyde Workers` Committee.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13524
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs and papers, 1913-c 1920s, relating to John W. Muir (1879-1931), trade unionist and Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill, and his involvement in the Clyde Workers’ Committee (CWC). Some of the papers also relate to his wife Catherine Fraser and to other prominent members of the CWC.

Dates: 1913-c.1920s

Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents

Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates: 1914-1985.

Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1965, undated.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11021/1-223
Scope and Contents Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates: 1859-1993.

Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents

The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.

Dates: 1896-1977.

Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21072-21096
Scope and Contents

John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.

Dates: 1877-1928.

Diaries of Walter Robertson Cuthbert.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11914
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters to Cuthbert from his mother and two photographs from World War I.

Dates: 1912-1932.

Diary of a tour on the Continent by H W K.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11891
Scope and Contents

Illustrated with mounted postcards and photographs.

Dates: 1908.

Diary of Daniel Murray Smillie, officer in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps during WW1.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13748
Scope and Contents Papers of Daniel Murray Smillie, written whilst serving as an officer with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War. The son of Robert Smillie, trade unionist and politician, Daniel Murray Smillie appears to have enlisted in 1915. The papers include a diary, 30 August to 17 November 1916, which gives an insight into the work of the RAVC at the veterinary hospital at Bulford, covering such subjects as the treatment of horses. More general themes are also covered...
Dates: 1916-1919.