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Photographs

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 1940 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Scott family

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2076
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of the family papers of the Scott Family, whose lineage can be traced back to Walter Scott, who served as a Burgess of Edinburgh around 1521. The material comprises genealogical research notes, correspondence, historical charters (including one dated 1663, with a wax seal), official records (both originals and copies), photographs (including what appears to be daguerreotypes or ambrotypes), as well as a badge and a medal from the Argyll and Sutherland...
Dates: 1663-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of William Kirk Dickson

 Fonds — Box Dk.1.3
Identifier: Coll-799
Scope and Contents The papers include: valedictory address by Robert Louis Stevenson to the Speculative Society, 1873; drawing of David Masson, drawn by William Hole; illustrations of the Men's Union building, and the Old Quad; notes on lectures of Henry Calderwood taken by Dickson; notes on Professor Masson's lectures, 1880; two letters to Dickson from John Ruskin, Honorary President of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh, 1883; two letters and copy letters to Dickson from Robert Browning,...
Dates: 1877-1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department, 1939-1944

 Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A
Scope and Contents

Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department consists of:


  1. general papers, photographs, press-clippings and plans, 1939-1945
  2. photographs, press-clippings and plans concerning housing development in Coventry, c1940-1944
  3. personal material concerning Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Dates: 1939-1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council

Papers related to later years, 1970s-1980s

 Sub-Fonds — Box CLX-A-116
Identifier: Coll-705/4
Scope and Contents This sub-fonds contains a file of newspaper clippings, reports, booklets, photos (including a photographs of children evacuated to Taplow Court during the Second World War), pamphlets, and correspondence from Marjorie Rackstraw's life, largely concerning her involvement with the Hampstead Old People's Housing Trust (HOP Housing Trust). The second folder contains letters and documents of people who knew her, working to write her obituary after her death in 1981. The third of three folders...
Dates: 1970s-1980s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw

Papers relating to Francis Fraser Darling

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1141
Content Description

Papers relating to Sir Frank Fraser Darling (1903-1979), ecologist and lecturer in ecology and conservation at the University of Edinburgh. This collection includes black-and-white research photographs of landscapes and animals, correspondence, African ecological reports and minutes of meetings, publications, handwritten notes, and tapes.

Dates: 1930s-1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Paul, Robert, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/5/48
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Robert Paul. Caption: "Robert Paul (Banker, Edinburgh)".

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits V. Maitland- Ruthven

Paul, Robert, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/5/49
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Robert Paul. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits V. Maitland- Ruthven

Peach, Charles William, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/6/91
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Charles William Peach. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Calotype Portraits VI. Saphir-End.

Peach, Charles William, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/8/29
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Charles William Peach. No caption.

Dates: c 1843-1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Hill and Adamson Calotypes / Box entitled "Calotypes by David Octavius Hill"

Peel, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Viscount Peel, 26 July 1903

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/51
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, to Mary Lyell, Dover, 26 July 1903: “Your kind letter from Rheinis has reached me and I am glad to tell you that ‘Davie’ is delightful – full of health and spirits and of strong individual character. Beyond a temporary ailment attributed to a sunstroke – he makes speak progress and begins to show attachments. I hope you are better and able to prolong your stay abroad without fear of an impending general election. Next...
Dates: 26 July 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families