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Albums.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Unpublished sets of pages, bound or loose-leaf, either intended to have, or assembled after having, material affixed to them or writing or other images made on them.

Found in 276 Collections and/or Records:

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '6. Musicians'., 1876-1929, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2924
Scope and Contents

The caricatures are preceded by a letter of Sir George Henschel enclosing a poem written by him on the death of John A Hipkins, 1933.

Dates: 1876-1929, undated.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '7. Literature. Art. Music'., 1871-1926, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2925
Scope and Contents

Contains caricatures of the Hueffers, John Sliegh (see MS.2930), Thomas Nelson MacLean, and others; also the Hipkins family on tour.

Dates: 1871-1926, undated.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '8. The artist at different periods. Sketches from nature ...The wood-engravers ... My relations', etc., 1870-1932, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2926
Scope and Contents

Contains caricatures of colleagues of John A Hipkins at Harral's wood-engraving studio, his family, servants, friends, and unknown persons; preceded by portraits and photographs of the artist.

Dates: 1870-1932, undated.

Album of drawings in pencil and watercolour, collected by Caroline, Marchioness of Queensberry, in 1833.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10784
Scope and Contents

Many of the drawings are by E C Douglas, possibly Lady Queensberry's sister-in-law Elizabeth. The subjects include humorous sketches, animals and landscapes.

Dates: 1833.

Album of drawings of `An eight week`s tour in Scotland taken by ten Douglas`s`.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13363
Scope and Contents

Drawings made on a tour in Scotland in 1845. Places visited include Dalkieth, Edinburgh, Roslin chapel, the Trossachs, Glencoe, Tyndrum, Ballahulish, Kinlochmore, Loch Leven, Dunolly Castle, Inverary, Newbattle and Hoddam Castle.

Dates: 1845

Album of Draycott House, Derbyshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3009
Scope and Contents Hugh Scott of Draycott (Draycot, Draycote) House, a Captain in the East India Marine, was a son of Walter Scott of Raeburn (died 1830) and cousin of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford. The album, compiled by Hugh Scott's descendants, contains letters of Sir Walter Scott and members of his family, printed matter relating to the subscription raised to purchase Abbotsford for the Scott family, drawings and photographs of Draycott, notes on family history by William Scott of Raeburn (died 1855),...
Dates: Mid 19th century-1936.

Album of Elizabeth Johnston containing drawings and verses by her friends., 1842-1871, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26259
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1842-1871, undated.

Album of Euphemia Inglis, "Great Homes... Visited and Described by Innes Adair".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8493
Scope and Contents

Contains cuttings of articles on historic houses published by Inglis in the "Weekly Scotsman", photographs, notes and letters.

Dates: 1898-1902.

Album of Evelyne Radford, daughter of Jack Radford of Hale End Manor, Walthamstow, Essex, relating to country house parties in England and at Kildonan Lodge, Sutherland, to a cruise and a holiday in the South of France.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13196
Scope and Contents The album is a record of the weekend and holiday social life of the Radford family, friends of the Drummond family, the Viscounts Strathallan. Evelyn Radford was the spinster daughter of Mrs and Mrs Jack Radford of Hale End Manor, near Walthamstow, Essex. Places visited include: Swaylands House, Penshurt, Kent; West Garty Lodge and Kildonan, Sutherland; Hale End Manor, Essex; Alderwasley, Matlock, Derbyshire; Fornham Park, Bury St Edmunds; The Briars, Byfleet, Surrey; Cranborne Hall, Windsor...
Dates: 1893-1898.

Album of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, of press-cuttings relating to the National Library campaign, its establishment and the subsequent site debate., 1913-1937.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25272
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This section of the Hugh Pattison Macmillan papers is concerned with the campaign to create a National Library of Scotland on the basis of the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, 1913-1924; the Scottish National Library Endowment Trust, and Sir Alexander Grant's benefaction, 1923; the drafting and passage of the National Library of Scotland Act, 1925; and the business and administration of the two libraries, 1914-1937.

Dates: 1913-1937.

Album of letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late 18th century and the 19th century., Late 18th century-19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.740
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters are unconnected except some addressed to the editor of 'Good Words' and others addressed to Professor George Buchanan, Glasgow.

Dates: Late 18th century-19th century.

Album of letters and parts of letters of celebrities of the late 18th century and the 19th century., Late 18th century-19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.741
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters are unconnected except some addressed to the editor of 'Good Words' and others addressed to Professor George Buchanan, Glasgow.

Dates: Late 18th century-19th century.

Album of miscellaneous printed and manuscript matter.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.20
Scope and Contents

The printed items are mostly newspaper cuttings, from the period circa 1780-circa 1830; they have not been indexed. The manuscript items, a list of which has been added at the beginning of the volume, are mostly Scottish, several relating to Bo`ness and Linlithgow, and date from 1562 to 1826. On folio 44 is a note signed `A.E.N.`

Dates: 1562-circa 1830.