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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:

People waiting in the Snow for the bus R&T Adams Chemist, Roseneath Street, 1987

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2067/4/12
Scope and Contents

People waiting in the Snow for the bus R&T Adams Chemist, Roseneath Street, 1987.

Dates: 1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Graham MacIndoe Photography Collection / Edinburgh Images Photographs

Personal correspondence received by Marjorie Rackstraw, 1908-1978

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/5/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains personal correspondence from contacts of Marjorie Rackstraw. Letters relate to Masson Hall, Moray House, Birmingham University, Edinburgh University, her relief work time in France, Russia, and her involvement with the Hampstead Housing Old People's Trust. There are updates from students, and friends, many in response to Christmas cards that she sent, and including photos of their family.

Dates: 1908-1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Correspondence

Personal Snapshots, 1920-1970

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/4
Scope and Contents This file contains four photos. (1) depicts people standing out in a garden, and the back caption reads "Campton Lodge" and details names of who is standing with Marjorie Rackstraw. (2) shows Marjorie Rackstraw standing with a woman and a boy, this back caption reads "Trafalgar Square, Rodney, Meg, ??". (3) shows a man and woman seated at a dining room table, and the back caption reads "To Dear Miss Rackstraw as a souvenir of the happy time we spent together. William and Stepanka...
Dates: 1920-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Photographs

Peter and Ann McCluskey, ECA, 1986

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2067/3/46
Scope and Contents

Peter and Ann McCluskey, ECA 1986.

Dates: 1986
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Graham MacIndoe Photography Collection / Edinburgh Art College & Student Protests Photographs

Photo album relating to the Livingstonia Mission, and to Malawi, 1930s

 Item — Box CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0092
Scope and Contents

Photo album containing around 100 black-and-white photographs showing the everyday life of missionaries and locals in Livingstonia, Isoko, Karonga. There are small handwritten captions in different hands. Some photos show the Livingstonia missionary School in Nyasaland (modern day Malawi), which was established in 1875 by Dr Robert Laws, a disciple of David Livingstone. Photographs include Dr Laws standing on the steps of Livingstonia Institution along with the new principal.

Dates: 1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Photo and Letter related to the Children's House Nursery, 18 August 1971

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/10
Scope and Contents

This file contains a photograph and a letter sent to Marjorie Rackstraw 18 August 1971 announcing the Headmistress May Brown's retirement, and thanking her for her "kindness and encouragement during my term of office". The photo is from the Reunion Summer of 1970, and is of a large room full of people seated. Marjorie Rackstraw is in the front row, on the right, third from the aisle.

Dates: 18 August 1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Photographs

Photograph album belonging to Ruby I.F. Mackenzie, 1913-1915

 Item
Identifier: EUA GD55/2/21/1
Scope and Contents

Contains formal and informal photographs of students and staff, including excursions and trips abroad.

Dates: 1913-1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association / Individual student donations / Mackenzie, Robina (Ruby) Isabella Forsyth

Photograph album belonging to Wayland W. Wilcox, 1912

 Item
Identifier: Coll-210/3/2
Scope and Contents

Photograph album belonging to Wayland W. Wilcox with photographs taken in and en route to Africa while investigating Booth, 1 vol., 1912.

Dates: 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Material relating to Wayland D. Wilcox

Photograph album entitled "Roma", 18 March 1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/Dalyell Binns S.75
Scope and Contents

Album containing sepia photographs showing famous streets, buildings (inside and outside), and archaeological sites in Rome in the 19th century, including the Colosseum, the Forum, St Peter's Basilica, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Trevi Fountain, etc. The album also contains photographs of sculptures and paintings kept in Rome.


There date "18th March 1893" has been written by an unknown person on the first page of the album.

Dates: 18 March 1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Photograph album in connection with the University of Edinburgh, 1832-1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0160
Scope and Contents This is a large photograph album, mostly empty, dating from the 19th century and containing seven photographs and one engraving.The first photograph shows the "Old High School" building, now occupied by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation. It is captioned: "Old High School, now a part of Surgical Ward of the Edinburgh Infirmary, 1878". This is followed by portraits of older men; the only ones captioned are: William Ferguson[?] (possibly Sir William Fergusson (1808 -1877),...
Dates: 1832-1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection