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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 2843 Collections and/or Records:

Touring production files of 'The incredible Brechin beetle bug' by Matt McGinn., 1985-1986, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/4-6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1985-1986, undated.

Touring production files of 'The lament for Arthur Cleary' by Dermot Bolger., 1992, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/39-41
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1992, undated.

Touring production files of 'The resistible rise of Arturo Ui' by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim., 1991, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/29-31
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1991, undated.

Touring production files of 'The salt wound' by Stephen Greenhorn., 1994-1995, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/62-66
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1994-1995, undated.

Touring production files of 'The sash' by Hector MacMillan., 1989, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/15-16
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1989, undated.

Touring production files of 'There is a happy land' by John McGrath, from research by Ray Burnett., 1986, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/7-8
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1986, undated.

Touring production files of 'Twilight shift' by Jackie Kay., 1993, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/50-56
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1993, undated.

Touring production files of 'Valley song' by Athol Fugard., 1998, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/82-84
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1998, undated.

Transcript, circa 2007, of a diary kept by Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Gavin R V Hume-Gore, 1st Gordon Highlanders, 1914.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12782
Scope and Contents

Includes transcripts of related documents, 1914-1918, and a copy of a photograph of Hume-Gore.

Dates: circa 2007.

Travel journals of Neil Munro., 1901-1904.

 File
Identifier: MS.26926
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Journal of Neil Munro's visit to Canada, 1903 (folio 2). The later entries are wrongly dated 1904. Travelling with a group of journalists, Munro crossed the country by train from Quebec to Victoria and back. His journal is illustrated with newspaper cuttings and photographs. (ii) Journal of a tour to Italy, 1904 (folio 48); (iii) Journal of a visit to the Outer Hebrides, 1901 (folio 60).

Dates: 1901-1904.

Travel journals written by James Johnston detailing his various holidays and tours around the world., 1974-1993.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/532-539
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates: 1974-1993.

"Trip to Edinburgh and Glasgow by the Polytechnic Y.M.C.I. ..." by W A Stephenson.

 File
Identifier: MS.9234
Scope and Contents Stephenson's diary covers his visit to Scotland from 23-30 August 1890. The writer gives his impressions of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and of places in the Forth and Clyde valleys and in the Central Highlands which he visited, such as Kirkcaldy, Dundee, Dunfermline, Greenock, Rothesay, Perth, Dunkeld, and Pitlochry. The main significance of the journal is in his description of his visit to the Edinburgh International Exhibition. He is interested in the engineering sections of the exhibition, the...
Dates: 1890.

Twenty-three black and white photographs for 'Lords of the atlas', by Gavin Maxwell., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10555/40
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: Undated.

Twenty unused or duplicate black and white photographs for 'Lords of the atlas', by Gavin Maxwell., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10555/43
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: Undated.

Two framed photographs of the Scottish Central Library, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12909
Scope and Contents

One showing the building (now National Library of Scotland`s Lawnmarket building) and the other the opening ceremony by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1953.

Two home-produced magazines and related printed books (annotated) of George Henry Nettle.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11805
Scope and Contents

The 1914 magazine "The Rambler" contains many pastel/pencil drawings and photographs of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison`s funeral procession, 1913.

Dates: circa 1894-1939.

Two letters of John Salmond from New Zealand on matters relating to emigration and settlement of the Dunedin and Otago areas.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12825
Scope and Contents

Includes transcriptions, supporting documentation and copies of family photographs.

Dates: 1850-1865.

Two passport-sized photographs, one of Esther Barbara Chalmers 'post-war', [1940s-1950s]; one of a friend or colleague, Abolnik, undated; and a view of Hopedale, Labrador, undated., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/185
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Undated.

Two photographs, 28 July 1951, of Douglas Young at the Pearlie Wilson Demonstration; and one photograph, [1935], of Douglas Young and others at a formal dinner., 1935, 1951.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6419 Box 105(11)
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.

With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.

And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.

Dates: 1935, 1951.

Two photographs, in a single frame, showing the front and rear of the St John's Hill house of the Waterston family., 1966.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12235/482
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: 1966.