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 2852 Collections and/or Records:
Copies of photographs of John Gibson, WS.
File
Identifier: Acc.11889
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of the Gibson family house in George Square, Edinburgh.
Dates:
circa 1850, 1875.
Copies of photographs of the Anderson family in the Falkland Islands and Patagonia, with biographical material relating to George Anderson.
File
Identifier: Acc.9031
Scope and Contents
George Anderson (1865-1925) emigrated to the Falkland Islands in 1884 with a five-year contract to work as a shepherd. In 1891 he formed a company with four other Scottish shepherds to start a sheep farm in Patagonia, Argentina. It took George nearly eight years to find suitable land in this remote region. Eventually, in 1898 after several unsuccessful expeditions and many privations, he found a place near Cape Watchman.Although life in Patagonia was isolated and sometimes...
Dates:
1884-circa 1920, undated.
Copies of press cuttings and other papers and photographs of the Macarthur family, Nairn, Scotland and Manitoba, Canada.
File
Identifier: Acc.11045
Dates:
circa 1850-1890.
Copies of seven photographs of William Soutar, with his family and friends.
File
Identifier: Acc.7277
Dates:
circa 1915-1928.
Copies of two photographs of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
File
Identifier: Acc.9737
Dates:
circa 1937-1947.
Copy, circa 2005, of a photograph of the Lily of Leith Lodge, British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners, 1909.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12581
Dates:
circa 2005.
Copy, in a twentieth-century hand, of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais: bass part., 1692.
Item
Identifier: MS.21845
Scope and Contents
At the beginning is a photograph of the title page (folio i) and copies of the preliminaries (folios ii verso-iv).
Dates:
1692.
Copy of a photograph, 1894, of Nora Blair, her mother and sister; and cadenzas for Beethoven's Violin Concerto composed for her in 1894 by her tutor, Maurice Sons, leader of the Scottish Orchestra.
File
Identifier: MS.21859
Dates:
1894.
Copy of Charles Horne, "The Kingdom of Forgue", with associated photograph and medallion.
File
Identifier: Acc.6422
Dates:
1905.
Copy of photographic portrait of George Combe, by David O Hill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4557
Dates:
circa 1843-circa 1848.
Copy of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21843-21845
Dates:
1692.
Copy of portrait photograph of Charles Hunter as Corporal in the Fife and Forfar Light Horse.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10714
Dates:
circa 1902.
Copy photograph, 1959, of National Council of Scottish Union of Students, with a letter, 17 December 1998, from Philip Ross to David Steel and a letter, 18 January 1999, of David Steel to Philip Ross thanking him for sending a copy of the photograph., 1959, 1998-1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13477/116
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1959, 1998-1999.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
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Photographs from the life and career of David Steel.
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Early years photographs, mostly of school and university days.
Correspondence, 1968-1982; press cuttings, 1981-1982; and six black and white photographs, circa 1982, of a television adaptation of 'Cloud Howe'., 1968-circa 1982.
File
Identifier: Acc.10966/26
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes personal documents, publishing agreements, royalty statements and related correspondence. These papers are mostly concerned with the administration of James Leslie Mitchell's (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) literary estate following his death in 1935, firstly by his wife, Ray Mitchell, and subsequently by his daughter, Rhea Martin.
Dates:
1968-circa 1982.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Financial and legal papers and correspondence relating to the works and literary estate of James Leslie Mitchell, sometimes writing as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, including some personal papers.
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Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of James Leslie Mitchell.
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Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of particular works of James Leslie Mitchell.
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Correspondence and papers relating to new editions, translations and adaptations of 'A Scots quair', by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, including 'Sunset song', 'Cloud Howe', and 'Grey granite'.
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Correspondence and papers relating to dramatisations of 'A Scots quair'.
Correspondence and contributions relating to issue 22 of "Scotia Review", published spring 1997.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11469
Dates:
1996-1997.
Correspondence and financial and administrative papers of the Sligo and Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8287/1-272
Dates:
1685-1968.
Correspondence and literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-74
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).
Dates:
1794-2001, undated.
Correspondence and miscellaneous documents concerning the Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise of Patrick Geddes., 1895-1906.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10610-10611
Scope and Contents
The Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise was one of Patrick Geddes' schemes for the purchase and rebuilding of property in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1895-1906.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Joe Corrie., 1923-1968, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26551
Scope and Contents
The papers include Joe Corrie's pedlar's certificate, appreciations and obituaries, and photographs.
Dates:
1923-1968, undated.
Correspondence and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle., 1885-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1736
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Dates:
1885-1890, undated.
Correspondence and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle., 1890-1891, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1737
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Dates:
1890-1891, undated.
Correspondence and notes, Lewis Robertson index references, unreferenced archive series., 1991-2002, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12345/131-138
Dates:
1991-2002, undated.
Correspondence and other papers, including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a pamphlet, concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy, a sixteenth-century building.
Series
Identifier: MS.20761 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The papers were kept by the donor, Miss Gwendollyn Lendrum, secretary of the committee which prevented the house’s demolition, raised funds for its restoration, and ultimately transferred it to the National Trust for Scotland.
Dates:
1933-1953.
Correspondence and other papers of and concerning Ian Hamilton Finlay.
File
Identifier: Acc.10972
Dates:
1961-1971 and undated.