Sketchbooks & albums
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Scrapbook of John Donaldson, Reid Professor of the Theory of Music, 1850s
Item
Identifier: Mus.f.379
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook containing Donaldson's collection of cuttings (including one from The Scotsman 24 April 1858 re his purchases of many items for the Reid library from Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn in Berlin), pamphlets (including several collected at the Great Exhibition of 1851), handbills and advertisements describing and advertising various types of musical instrument.Donaldson made considerable acquisitions of both musical instruments and scores for the Reid and was the driving force...
Dates:
1850s
Sketchbook albums of William Graham (1855-1922), 1880s-1899
Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-347
Identifier: coll-1835/2
Scope and Contents
1. Sketchbook of William Graham containing sketches of Scottish and foreign landscapes, poems, photographs, humoristic illustrations, and illustrations of old bank notes. Also contains sketches by Charles Altamont Doyle (father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and George Smith-Graham (brother of William Graham). 1880s.2. 'Norway Sketch Book' by William Graham. Travel diary of William Graham when he visited Norway in 1889. Contatins some sketches, photographs, and newspaper...
Dates:
1880s-1899