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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 126 Collections and/or Records:

Colour photographs with subject and place names of Islands, Loch Lomond and Majorca., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/464
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The photographs here are mostly taken by Weir and are organised into series relating to his mountaineering expeditions, a large series of photographs organised by place, a series of mono prints, then colour prints and finally negatives.

Papers found within each series have been placed at the end of their specific sequence.

Dates: Undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Large black and white prints of photographs taken by Tom Weir., circa 1960s-1970s, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/399
Scope and Contents

Photographs in this file were removed from the main series due to their large size. The photographs were originally placed with Edinburgh, Forestry, Forth Bridges, Foula, Gardensoun, Glencoe, Galloway-Ayrshire and Ploughing.

Dates: circa 1960s-1970s, undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of Loch Lomond and Trossachs., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/456
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of Loch Lomond and Trossachs., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/457
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of St Kilda., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/458
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of St Kilda., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/459
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of the Cairngorms., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/454
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large black and white prints taken by Tom Weir of the Cairngorms., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/455
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large prints of black and white photographs of Tom Weir, Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13059/454-461
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Large prints of photographs taken by Tom Weir overseas. , Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/453
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

There are here four series of black and white photographs - two series arranged alphabetically by place name or subject, a series of photographs taken overseas and finally a series of large black and white prints.

Dates: Undated.

Miscellaneous photographs of Tom Weir., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/467
Scope and Contents

There are here a mix of colour and black and white photographs. These were separated prior to arriving at the Library.

Dates: Undated.

Miscellaneous photographs of Tom Weir., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/353
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of young prize-winners, Gordon Sutherland at the gorge at Abriachan, and an upturned Landrover during the filming of an episode of ‘Weir’s Way’.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs of Tom Weir labelled ‘Snowy scenes’., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/350
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The photographs here are mostly taken by Weir and are organised into series relating to his mountaineering expeditions, a large series of photographs organised by place, a series of mono prints, then colour prints and finally negatives.

Papers found within each series have been placed at the end of their specific sequence.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs of Tom Weir labelled ‘Special friends’., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/351
Scope and Contents

Includes photos of Adam Watson, Hamish MacInnes, Seton Gordon, Eric Drew, Pat Sandeman, Ian McVicar, Sir Alex Douglas Hume, Douglas Scott, Sir Robert Grieve and Matt Forrester. Also included is a typescript article on Adam Watson.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs of Tom Weir relating to the Ordnance Survey., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/349
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The photographs here are mostly taken by Weir and are organised into series relating to his mountaineering expeditions, a large series of photographs organised by place, a series of mono prints, then colour prints and finally negatives.

Papers found within each series have been placed at the end of their specific sequence.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs of Tom Weir with various people., latter half of 20th century-early 21st century.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/497
Scope and Contents

The other people in the photographs are largely unidentified, but some prints have been annotated with names, probably by Rhona Weir.

Dates: latter half of 20th century-early 21st century.

Photographs of wildlife, including seven labelled ‘Glen Douglas, Lambs, Loch Lomond’., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/352
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The photographs here are mostly taken by Weir and are organised into series relating to his mountaineering expeditions, a large series of photographs organised by place, a series of mono prints, then colour prints and finally negatives.

Papers found within each series have been placed at the end of their specific sequence.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs selected as being of particular relevance to the Scottish Mountaineering Club., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13059/468-470
Scope and Contents

This sub-series contains photographs and related papers that had been selected prior to their arrival at the Library by a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club as being of particular relavance to the Club. Weir was President of the Club between 1984-1986.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs, slides and negatives of Tom Weir., 1950-1994, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13059/337-485
Scope and Contents

The photographs here are mostly taken by Weir and are organised into series relating to his mountaineering expeditions, a large series of photographs organised by place, a series of mono prints, then colour prints and finally negatives.

Papers found within each series have been placed at the end of their specific sequence.

Dates: 1950-1994, undated.

Photographs taken by Tom Weir largely of Scotland., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/468
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series contains photographs and related papers that had been selected prior to their arrival at the Library by a member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club as being of particular relavance to the Club. Weir was President of the Club between 1984-1986.

Dates: Undated.