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Photographs

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

Found in 1937 Collections and/or Records:

Coal Workers on Break, 1987-1988

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2067/1/18
Scope and Contents

Coal Workers on Break: (Dick Miller from Bonnyrigg on right). Bruce Lindsay Waldie Coal Yard, Haymarket Depot, 1987/88.

Dates: 1987-1988

Coal Yard Photographs, 1987-1988

 Series
Identifier: Coll-2067/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs featuring Edinburgh's coal yards and coal yard workers, mostly at the Haymarket Depot, 1980s.

Dates: 1987-1988

Cockburn, Henry; Henning, John; Hill, David O., c 1843-1846

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1073/9/3
Scope and Contents

Group photograph in front of the tower and on the external stairs of Bonaly Tower, depicting Lord Henry Cockburn, John Henning, and David O. Hill, as well as several unnamed women. Caption: "Bonaly. Lord Cockburn (1779-1854) on the extreme right. On the extreme left are Henning, sculptor, sitting, and D. O. Hill R.S.A standing."

Dates: c 1843-1846

Cockburn, Henry Thomas, c 1843-1847

 Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/2/24
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Henry Thomas Cockburn. Caption: "Lord Cockburn 1779-1854."

Dates: c 1843-1847

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 Edinburgh University Dramatic Society programmes gathered together by Anne (Padi) Mathieson

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1581
Identifier: Coll-1798
Content Description This collection of programmes of the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society and Edinburgh Graduates Theatre Group includes those for the years...:1948-1954 1 x programme for 'What say they?', performed at Little Theatre by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (EUDS), 10 November 1948. 2 x programmes for 'Varsity Vanities '49', performed at Little Theatre by Charities Revue, 29 April 1949. 1 x programme for 'Oedipus Rex', performed at Little...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1948-2010

Collection of James S.K. Elmslie, Veterinary Surgeon

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1105
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: - c.100 photographic negatives showing animals and farmyard themes - undated news clipping about the death of Principal O. Charnock Bradley, head of the then Royal (Dick) Veterinary College - report of the visit to Kenya undetaken by Elmslie and Brennan in 1960 - memorandum from the Colonial Office, 1930, relating to...
Dates: 1930-1970

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

Collection of Photographs of Persia (Iran), 1874

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-797
Scope and Contents

The photographs held in a decorated binder, include those of: Venus passing the sun over Iran, December 1874; the interior of the observatory at Isfahan (Ispahan); the astronomical station Baugh-i-Zerecht; bridge at Sende-Roud; a city gate; the Maidan of Isfahan; the Mosquee Royale, Tomb of Ali, and other mosques; views in Qum; and views in other Iranian cities.

Dates: 1874