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:
'Carved stone-work', a photograph album containing around 85 photographs of this type of work, including for the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, Dunfermline, and some memorial stones., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8542/32
Scope and Contents
Contains:1 (loose) ‘The Jolly Beggar’. Alloway Burns Institute (See Acc.7445/11/299).
2 (loose) Panels on Lothian House (See Acc.7445/14/399).
3 Elsie Inglis Memorial, St Giles. (See Acc.7445/2/54).
4 Royal Army Medical Corps Memorial, St Giles. (See Acc.7445/3/98).
5 16th Royal Scots Memorial, St Giles. Acc (See Acc.7445/3/89).
6 Carnegie’s birthplace, Dunfermline (detail). (See Acc.7445/8/236).
7 Carnegie’s birthplace, Dunfermline (detail). (See Acc.7445/8/236).
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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 carved stonework, with some copies.
'Castle', a photograph album containing around 50 photographs of architectural work carried out on the Scottish National War Memorial., Undated.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8542/10
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 architectural work on the Scottish National War Memorial.
Catalogues, cards, photographs and notes from and of Anne Raeburn, painter., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11787/26
Catalogues, inventories, order books, correspondence and other business records of William Brown, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7926/1-61
Dates:
1581-1961.
Certificate of participation in the international visitor program of the United States Information Agency, with a related photograph., November 1990.
File
Identifier: Acc.13638/45
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
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:
November 1990.
Certificates, invitations and photographs of and relating to Charles Laing Warr, Minister of St Giles`, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.12228
Dates:
1927-1957.
Certificates, photograph and centenary magazine of Lawson`s Department Store, Edinburgh, compiled by Jane Malloy, shop assistant.
File
Identifier: Acc.12577
Dates:
1955-1956.
Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.
File
Identifier: Acc.13602
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.
It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.
Dates:
1989-2009
Christmas cards, Easter cards and other greeting cards received by George Mackay Brown., 1991-1996, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.14596/96
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence consists of letters, postcards and greetings cards received by George Mackay Brown across his working life. A wide range of correspondence is present, including from long-term correspondents, both personal and literary in nature, professional correspondence from publishers and broadcasters, and letters from one-off correspondents who were writing as fans of his work.
Dates:
1991-1996, undated.
‘Church and Church-yard of Kilbirnie', with notes on Kilbirnie House and Glengarnock Castle, by William Dobie, Grangevale, Beith, 1843; illustrated with prints and photographs., 1843.
File
Identifier: MS.2118
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1843.
Circa 500 letters of Florence M Russell to Norman McLaren.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10639
Scope and Contents
With cards, drawings and photographs.
Dates:
1951-1976 and undated.
Circa 500 transparencies and prints of Scottish landscapes, largely the West Coast, Highlands and Aberdeenshire.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10537
Dates:
1960-1988 and undated.
Collected pamphlets and newspaper cuttings on places in Iceland., 1975-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/611-618
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975-2003.
Collection of 51 photographs by Herman Rodrigues from NLS` "New Scots" exhibition.
File
Identifier: Acc.12985
Dates:
2006.
Collection of autograph letters, mainly of Anglican dignitaries., 1797-1877, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7926/51
Scope and Contents
Some of the letters are pasted onto sheets of numbered card, the page references after entries refer to these numbers.Christopher Benson (letter of), undated, (page 104).Marcus Gervase Beresford, Bishop of London (letter of), 1869.Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London (letter of), 1838, (page 84).Richard Bright (engraving of), undated, (page 69).James Silk Buckingham (poem of), undated.Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle...
Dates:
1797-1877, undated.
Collection of autograph letters, photographs and pictures., 1732-1900, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7926/50
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of:Admiralty orders, 1811.Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1900.4 letters and 2 photographs of Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1811, undated.Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1806.Two letters of George Canning, 1822.Robert Chambers, undated.Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, 1808.Thomas Dick, 1853.James Douglas, Earl of Morton (succeeded 1738),...
Dates:
1732-1900, undated.
Collection of black and white and colour photographs of Janet Adam Smith, her family and friends, some with press cuttings, Circa 1911-1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/51
Scope and Contents
Containing:Black and white photograph of E M Guiness, Librarian, 1892-1908, and Vice-Principal of Royal Holloway College, 1899-1908 by Philip A Laszlo, presented to the college in January 1911.Chanonry Lodge, 1912, containing mounted black and white photograph showing family group with Andrew Carnegie, his wife Louise and daughter Margaret on his becoming rector of Aberdeen University: Standing L to R: Mauette? Lom, Swiss governess; George Buchanan Smith; Andrew...
Dates:
Circa 1911-1998.
Collection of items related to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Fonds
Identifier: MI.10/1
Dates:
1953
Collection of items relating to Scottish Television (STV)
Fonds
Identifier: MI.10/2
Dates:
1957-1987
Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world., 1841-1880.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.3.14-50.5.6
Scope and Contents
The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.
The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.
Dates:
1841-1880.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection of personal and professional photographs of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly taken in Nigeria., 1946-2002, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12598/30
Scope and Contents
Contains: Colour photograph of Abubakar and the Sarduna, at Sharwood-Smith’s final departure from Kaduna railway station.Colour photograph, July 2002, of Alastair Trevor Clark and his wife, Hilary.Black and white photograph, circa 1975, of Queen Elizabeth II, with Alastair Trevor Clark.Negative of unidentified people.Copy of unidentified man in military uniform.Sepia photograph of an unidentified woman, probably the...
Dates:
1946-2002, undated.
Collection of photographs relating to theatre and other performance arts, mostly in Scotland but also in England and Ireland.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11645
Scope and Contents
Photographs concern the Edinburgh International Festival.
Dates:
1980-1997 and undated.
Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings by James Nasmyth, and his family., 1796-1885, undated.
File
Identifier: MSS.3241-3242
Scope and Contents
The sketches etc. by James Nasmyth form an almost continuous series of illustrations to his published autobiography, and include: a sketch of Sir Walter Scott, dated 1823 (number 34); sketches of different parts of England and Scotland and of Naples, Nürnberg, Pisa, Venice, etc., all visited between the years 1829 and 1843; drawings and photographs of lunar phenomena, 1847, undated; early drafts of imaginative pictures; experiments in etching, oil-painting, and other methods; and drawings...
Dates:
1796-1885, undated.
Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings by James Nasmyth, and his family., 1838-1885, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3242
Scope and Contents
Also included are undated sketches by Sir William Allan (number 223), Sir James Foulis, Nasmyth's uncle (numbers 273, 292), Clarkson Stanfield (number 294), and Charles Piazzi Smith (number 336).
Dates:
1838-1885, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, etc., chiefly by James Nasmyth, the engineer, with several by his father Alexander Nasmyth and his brother and sister Patrick and Jane, and some collected by him.
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Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, drawings, and paintings by James Nasmyth, and his family.
Collection of sketches, etchings, engravings, etc., chiefly by James Nasmyth, the engineer, with several by his father Alexander Nasmyth and his brother and sister Patrick and Jane, and some collected by him.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3241-3243
Dates:
1796-1885, undated.