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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 2208 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook concerning plans to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14089
Content Description A scrapbook documenting Lord Leven's proposal to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, and his bequest of a large sum of money assigned to this purpose. According to the terms of the will, the work depended on the approval of two executors, who in 1906 decided not to let it go ahead. The scrapbooks contains press cuttings of obituaries and death notices of the Earl of Leven, some printed documents and reports, and newspaper articles and letters to the editors. With a...
Dates: ca. 1908

Scrapbook concerning the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8438
Scope and Contents

Containing reports, press cuttings, programmes and correspondence.

Dates: Undated

Scrapbook containing substantial articles on James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1934-1966.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26101
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

After her husband's death, Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell continued to encourage interest in James Leslie Mitchell's work, particularly through new editions and films, and her papers reflect this activity.

Dates: 1934-1966.

Scrapbook of John Blackwood Greenshields., 1679-1888, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19769
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The scrapbooks contain letters, circulars, verse, press-cuttings, burgess-tickets, stamps, bank-notes, and miscellaneous papers of and relating to the Greenshields family. In particular, the scrapbooks reflect John Blackwood Greenshield's interest in antiquarian matters and local politics.

Dates: 1679-1888, undated.

Scrapbook of John Blackwood Greenshields., 1789-1895, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19770
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The scrapbooks contain letters, circulars, verse, press-cuttings, burgess-tickets, stamps, bank-notes, and miscellaneous papers of and relating to the Greenshields family. In particular, the scrapbooks reflect John Blackwood Greenshield's interest in antiquarian matters and local politics.

Dates: 1789-1895, undated.

Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing a collection of reviews of his ‘My Circular Notes’ and of press cuttings and correspondence relating to Gaelic literature., 1876.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1876.

Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing experiments in solar physics., 1882-1885.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.8
Scope and Contents In particular Campbell records his study of sun-spots and their effect on weather. The small pamphlet he published on the subject, ‘Sun Spots and World`s Weather’, being two letters he sent to the editor of the ‘Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society’ in 1884, is included in this volume (folio 69).There is also a little related correspondence inserted here and there throughout the volume.Apart from notes and press cuttings on astronomy and meteorology,...
Dates: 1882-1885.

Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, containing material relating to his interests and activities., 1877-1878.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.5
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Watercolour and pencil sketches made on a sailing trip round the west coast of Scotland in 1877, accompanied by notes of a mainly geological nature (folios 1-39).(ii) Watercolour sketches, photographs and notes recording his visit to Egypt and Syria from January to April 1878 (folios 47-142).(iii) Press cuttings and notes on the Argyllshire Election of 1878 in which Lord Colin Campbell participated (folios...
Dates: 1877-1878.

Scrapbook of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes., 1899-1903.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25674
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates: 1899-1903.

Scrapbook of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes., 1903-1906.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25675
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates: 1903-1906.

Scrapbook of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes., 1906-1910.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25676
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates: 1906-1910.