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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 2852 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of William Winter Hamilton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-124
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.

Dates: 1950-1987.

Correspondence and papers relating to 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., 1907, 1923-1951, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/164-193
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1907, 1923-1951, undated.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of George Mackay Brown, with some personal correspondence and audiovisual material.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13134/1-17
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of 'Greenvoe' and 'Hawkfall and other stories', with assorted personal correspondence and photographs of or relating to George Mackay Brown and his works.

Dates: 1969-1996.

Correspondence and photographs of Tyndale, containing other related papers., 1933-1948, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/215(1-2)
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) correspondence (consisting mostly of incoming letters 1948) of Tyndale, 1933-48, n.d.

(2) photographs and other papers sent to Tyndale

Dates: 1933-1948, undated.

Correspondence between Alasdair Gray and Alexandra Gray, his granddaughter, with some photographs., 2005-2017, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14602/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series represents the contents of two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray's study. The cabinets contained a vast array of material relating to his artistic and literary pursuits, as well his personal life, and correspondence, illustrations, drafts, financial papers, photographs and ephemera can be found throughout the files found here.

Dates: 2005-2017, undated.

Correspondence between Alasdair Gray and Bethsy Gray, mostly of Bethsy., 1983-1992.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14602/104
Scope and Contents

A mixture of letters, postcards and greetings cards, with one polaroid photograph of Bethsy Gray. One letter, 1983, encloses a small rock. Includes a sealed, unsent letter of Alasdair Gray to Bethsy Gray.

Dates: 1983-1992.

Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and David Alan Robertson, containing photographs., 1936-1999.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/123-125
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: 1936-1999.

Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith with correspondents with surnames beginning, M-S, containing some photographs., 1914-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/2
Scope and Contents Correspondents include:Cards from and memorial to Gavin Maxwell, 1914-1969;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Manette [Angele] and Nelly Thorens-Jacques, in French, 1948-1965;Letters to Janet Adam Smith and papers about the life of Elizabeth Neame, née Monroe, (1905-1986), 1961 -1986;Cards and papers relating to the Paget family, 1969-1985;Letters and cards to Janet Adam Smith from Anne and Elliot Richardson, 1972-1990;...
Dates: 1914-1999.

Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith with correspondents with surnames beginning, T-W, containing some photographs., 1929-1995.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/3
Scope and Contents Correspondents include:Letters to Janet Adam Smith, papers and Memorial to Rosamund Estcourt Tosh, (1904-1995), 1929-1995;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Dame Janet Vaughan, (1899-1993) with Janet Adam Smith notes on Janet Vaughan’s retirement as Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, 1963-1990;Letters to Janet Adam Smith, papers and Memorial to Susan Charlotte Tweedsmuir (1882-1977), 1965-1977;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Cicely Wilson...
Dates: 1929-1995.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates: 1905-1946, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1800, 1934-2013, 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.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1894-1977, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates: 1896-2006.

Correspondence from or to George Adam Smith and Lilian Adam Smith in Syria, Palestine and Egypt., 1891.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9446/18
Scope and Contents

Includes: A letter of George Adam Smith to aunts, April/June 1891. Letters to Lilian Adam Smith from people met in Palestine. Letters from travelling companions in Palestine (Minnie Smith, R A Scott, Carnegie Simpson) to Lilian Adam Smith. Letters from home (Buchanan brothers and sisters and John Kelman) to Lilian Adam Smith; with a photograph of her infant son, George Buchanan Smith.

Dates: 1891.