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Scrapbooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Albums containing a variety of items, especially when those items serve as memorabilia.

Found in 143 Collections and/or Records:

Mòd scrapbook, covering the years 1992, 2003 and 2009., 1992 - 2009

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13695/68
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, newspaper cuttings and programmes of Mòds and associated events, such as concerts and Gaelic church services.

Dates: 1992 - 2009

Newspaper cuttings., 1847-1936.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13898/20
Scope and Contents

Contains: (i) a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, covering 9 January 1847 to 10 May 1924; and (ii) an envelope with loose cuttings, 1934-1936.

Dates: 1847-1936.

Notebook IV, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes, 1910-1914

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14025/7
Scope and Contents

A notebook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "IV Notes + Comments" on the front cover, containing press-cuttings of humorous anecdotes concerning mostly Highland Scotland. They are pasted in chronological order, with each one dated. Possibly, like the next volume in the sequence, a record of notes and anecdotes submitted by Tolmie to the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. 59 numbered pages, followed by 35 blank pages.

Dates: 1910-1914

Notebook V, containing newspaper cuttings of anecdotes , 1915-1919

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14025/8
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook compiled by John Tolmie, marked "V Notes + Comments" on the cover. An inscription inside the front cover describes it as "Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. Book of notes and comments contributed by John Tolmie". The entries bear dates from 6 November 1915 to 25 August 1919. 56 numbered pages, followed by 46 blank pages blank.

Dates: 1915-1919

'On Monograms' by John Sliegh, criticizing John E Hodgkin, 'Monograms'., Late 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2930
Scope and Contents

The volume contains monograms devised by John Sliegh, postcards written by him, 1871-1874, a notice of him by Miss Hipkins (folio iii), and sketches of him by John A Hipkins (folio 11).

Dates: Late 19th century.

Papers, including journals, scrapbooks, press cutting books, photographs and other items of Sir Robert Heatlie Scott and Lady Rosamond Aeliz Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8181 Box 1(1)-Box 2(20)
Scope and Contents

The collection relates particularly to Sir Robert Scott's wartime imprisonment in Singapore (1942-1945), and to his period as Commissioner-General in South East Asia.

Dates: 1923-1982, undated.

Papers of John Maxwell Geddes.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14147
Content Description John Maxwell Geddes, composer, was born in Glasgow on 26 May 1941, the son of John ('Jack') Drummond Geddes and Thomasina Geddes, née Maxwell. He grew up in the Maryhill area of Glasgow and attended Woodside Secondary School and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He also studied with the Danish pianist and composer Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000) in Copenhagen.Geddes was awarded the fellowship of the RSAMD, the Creative...
Dates: 1951-2018.