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Press cuttings. Information artifacts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources. (AAT) 'Press cuttings' NLS preferred form.

Found in 1672 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, cards, and newspaper cuttings on retirements at the SNH., 1992-2003.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/831
Scope and Contents

Mostly relates to Magnusson’s own retirement, but also includes other members of SNH.

Dates: 1992-2003.

Correspondence concerning the voyages to the East Greenland Sea made chiefly in the 1860s and 1870s by David Gray, a whaling captain from Peterhead., 1922-1940.

 File
Identifier: MS.9504
Scope and Contents

The correspondence, which is chiefly between David Gray’s son Robert W Gray and Sir James Wordie, is accompanied by cuttings from the ‘Buchan observer’ in which were published series of articles on, and excerpts from, the logs of these voyages. The proposal that a small book should be published based upon the contents of the logs seems not to have been carried out.

Dates: 1922-1940.

Correspondence, leaflets and newspaper cuttings relating to the challenges faced before the Scottish National Theatre was opened., 1996-2006.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13505/63
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Paul Henderson Scott was born and educated in Edinburgh, attending Edinburgh’s Royal High School and then moving on to study at Edinburgh University. It was at university that he first became involved with the Saltire Society. Shortly after this Scott was called up to serve in World War Two. He began his training as an army officer driving a lorry. However, through contact with diplomats from the foreign office he decided to take the examination and soon became a diplomat. A long diplomatic...
Dates: 1996-2006.

Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, and, speeches on the establishment of Scottish Natural Heritage., 1990-1996.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/763
Scope and Contents From the Series: These papers relate to Magnusson's time working for Scottish Natural Heritage. The organisation was formed in 1992 following the amalgamation of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland. Magnusson served as the Chairman of the organisation from 1992 until 1999. The papers contain minutes from SNH meetings, papers from working groups, such as those relating to the designation of the Cairngorms as a European Heritage Area and a series of papers...
Dates: 1990-1996.

Correspondence, newsletters and press cuttings of the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland., 1975-1994.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13445/108
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Correspondence, climbing journals, and working papers of Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher; including papers of the Ernest Press.

The journals provide a record of the climbing activities of a keen mountaineer. The correspondence files contain both personal and business letters of Hodgkiss. The book files concern publications of the Ernest Press.

Dates: 1975-1994.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and notes on the Island of Raasay., 1980-1981.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/544
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: 1980-1981.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and pamphlet on 100th anniversary of 'The Scottish Daily Express', 2000.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/574
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: 2000.

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings and speech on the Borders Abbeys., 1985-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/522
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: 1985-1999.

Correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings on Magnusson’s 1985 visit to Canada., 1983-1985.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/1161
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Magnusson's personal papers contain information on his trips abroad, photographs of Magnusson collected over the years, correpsondence relating to his honorary knighthood, and a copy of his CV.

Dates: 1983-1985.

Correspondence, notes, proofs and press cuttings concerning 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', by Thomas Moore and to the events surrounding the destruction of the memoirs of Lord Byron, 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.43538
Scope and Contents The letters here have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Notes relating to Lord Byron have then been placed, with printed material ordered chronologically at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this folder contained notes relating to a meeting regarding the placement of a statue of Lord Byron. These were identified during cataloguing as relating to notes in Ms.43533, so have been moved to that folder at...
Dates: 1821-1835, 1938, undated.

Correspondence, notes, staging lists, press cutting and programme of 'Cumnock chronicles', a collaboraton between St Convals High School and 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland)., 1993.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/164
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1993.

Correspondence of Alexander W C O Murray., 1916-1920, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8804
Scope and Contents

A small miscellany of printed items (chiefly press-cuttings) found amongst his brother's papers and a few letters to his widow have been placed at the end (folios 249-296 and 305-308 respectively).

Dates: 1916-1920, undated.

Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe., 1826, 1831-1845, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2511
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is principally with James Maidment, on literary and historical matters, some scandalous, and with John Stevenson, his publisher. There are also copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott to Sharpe, in the latter's hand, 1826, undated; extracts, etc., in Sharpe's hand; a biographical note on Sharpe (folio 235); and newspaper-cuttings relating to him.

Dates: 1826, 1831-1845, undated.

Correspondence of Hew Morrison, with papers concerning his edition of ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ by Rob Donn., 1882-1903, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14955
Scope and Contents Material connected with Hew Morrison’s edition of Rob Donn’s ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ (folios 1-12), and general correspondence (folios 13-21), of which only Alexander MacKay’s letter concerns the poems.The contents are as follows.(i) Photographs and a map (folio 1);(ii) Farther copies of some of the press cuttings in MS.14954 (folio 4);(iii) The surname controversy: notes and a survey (folio 6);(iv) Letter to Hew...
Dates: 1882-1903, undated.

Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith, containing letters, exchanges, postcards, Christmas cards and press cuttings., 1950-1999.

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Identifier: Acc.13861/5
Scope and Contents Correspondence includes:Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Elizabeth Guiness, Norah Clarke and Elizabeth Bremner, 1950-1994;Postcards and Christmas cards from Rupert Hart-Davis to Janet Adam Smith and John Carleton, 1965-1992;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Maisie Drew, and Bessie and Nellie Crawford, 1970-1974;Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to Janet Adam Smith, 1973-1999;Letters to Janet Adam Smith, and press...
Dates: 1950-1999.

Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith relating to a proposed second edition of the biography, entitled 'Robert Louis Stevenson', by Janet Adam Smith, containing newspaper cuttings, published articles and photographs., 1947-1997.

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Identifier: Acc.13861/96
Scope and Contents

Containing newspaper cuttings and published articles on books on the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson, and a copy of the Laureation Address on the award of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters to Ernest James Mehew by the University of Edinburgh, 11 July 1997, with seven colour photographs in three sleeves, 1947 -1997.

Dates: 1947-1997.