Shetland Islands (Scotland)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
8. Ross, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, the Hebrides, circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)
Item
Identifier: Coll-10/8
Scope and Contents
The last in the set of eight scrapbook albums compiled by Adam White, this volume contains 141 items mounted on 114 pages.Geographically the volume begins with three of the historical mainland counties of the north of Scotland: Ross-shire, Sutherland, and Caithness. No doubt reflecting the material available to White, coverage here is somewhat sparse compared with the extent of his other albums, with only thirty items relating to mainland locations.The volume...
Dates:
Other: circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)
A Tour through the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, by Rev.George Low, 1774
Item
Identifier: La.III.580
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Bound volumes constitute Section III of the Laing Collection with shelfmarks La.III. This long series of bound volumes includes copies of the scriptures and portions of the scriptures on vellum; breviaries and missals on vellum; treatises, discourses, sermons and notes on theological matters; and, treatises and notes on philosophical matters. There is historical, legal, and biographical material, and also letters. Within the series too there are some well known Scottish musical texts, poems,...
Dates:
1774