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Albums containing autograph letters to Sir Charles Lyell and family, and portraits of the writers, compiled by Leonard Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1997
Content Description
This collection consists of two albums compiled by Leonard Lyell, nephew of Charles Lyell and son of Katharine Murray Lyell. The volumes contain letters sent by many leading scientists and scholars of the 19th century to Sir Charles Lyell and others in his family, such as his wife Mary, the elder Charles Lyell, Mary’s father Leonard Horner, and his brother Francis Horner. In both albums, most of the letters are accompanied by a facing photograph or portrait print of the letter’s...
Dates:
1805-1899
Cartes de visite portraits of medics
Fonds — Folder: Phot.Ill.90
Identifier: Coll-1980
Scope and Contents
Cartes de visite portraits of medics.
Dates:
mid-late 19th century
Collection of 19th-century photographs of Scotland and Geneva, Switzerland
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1984
Content Description
This collection comprises twenty-one black-and-white photographs mounted on board showing various locations in Scotland (including Edinburgh, Stirling, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Loch Katrine), Geneva, and an unidentified location (probably also Geneva).
Dates:
late 19th century
Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families
Collection — Box: CLX-A-1705
Identifier: Coll-1989
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of 108 autograph letters sent from various scientists, politicians, economists, artists etc. to members of the Lyell and Horner families. Also includes 41 portraits (photographs, etchings, and engravings).
Byrne, Fanny Horner (1789-1876), sister of Leonard Horner;
Horner, Anna Susanna (1786-1862), married to Leornard Horner;
Horner, Frances Joanna...
Dates:
1791-1903
Collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis and Seumas Mac a’Ghobhainn
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2008
Content Description
This collection consists of typed and holograph correspondence and associated materials concerning the publication history of The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis and Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn (Gollancz, 1970). Berresford Ellis offered the book to Giles Gordon, Editorial Director at Gollancz, in March 1969. With the 150th anniversary of the insurrection approaching, the project was swiftly accepted, and the manuscript (already well...
Dates:
1969-1986
Handmade magazine The Cavalier, double Xmas no 1916 Vol. IV, together with a photograph album of the Smythe family
Collection — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1880
Scope and Contents
One handmade 'magazine' constructed by Scottish ladies forming a group called 'The Cavalier Club', composed of Barbara E. Smythe (editor), Susy F. Lumsden (treasurer), Jean Drummond, Victoria A. Drummond, Frances A. Drummond, Doreen Arbuthnot, and Susan Newdegate. The magazine is entitled The Calavier and was to be borrowed by a select group of recipients, to help raise funds for the war effort. This is the Double Xmas no. 1916, vol IV. It includes short...
Dates:
1916-1930
Helen Lewise Dougal Archive relating to Patrick Geddes and Scots College, Montpellier
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1534
Identifier: Coll-2045
Content Description
This fonds consists of material of Helen Lewise Dougal relating to Patrick Geddes and the Scots College in Montpellier. Includes photos (originals and copies), booklets, letters, and a CD containing photos.
Postcards of Sète and Montpellier, 1929.
Article entitled Patrick Geddes in his Montpellier setting by A.D. Peacock, ca 1927.
Print...
Dates:
1927-1934
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Hill and Adamson Calotypes
Collection — Container: Hill and Adamson
Identifier: Coll-1073
Scope and Contents
Photographs of local characters and famous figures of the era, as well as landscape and urban scenes.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1840s
Inglis photographs of University of Edinburgh campus
Fonds
Identifier: EUA GD63
Scope and Contents
Groups of photographs, mounted on presentation boards, showing views of the University campus in the early 20th century.
Dates:
early 20th century
Munition Work Record of the Falkirk Iron Coy, Ltd.
Item
Identifier: Coll-2118
Scope and Contents
This is a photograph album recording the First World War work of the Falkirk Iron Company, a cast iron goods manufacturer that switched to the production of munitions in 1915. The photographer is not named. As a "Government Controlled Establishment", the Falkirk Iron Company produced 10,000 tons of munitions, many of these delivered by women, who feature prominently in the photographs. A printed note to the front paste down of the album gives a detailed breakdown of the munitions produced,...
Dates:
1915-1918