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Scotland

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

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Geological Map of Scotland, 1876

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/11
Scope and Contents

Hand coloured geological map of Scotland produced by Sir Archibald Geikie.

Dates: 1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Geological Maps Survey of Scotland (1), 1875-1884

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/11/3
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological maps probably created by Geikie and others in the course of his work as part of the Geological Survey of Scotland.

Dates: 1875-1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2), 1863-1892

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4
Scope and Contents

Colour-coded geological maps probably created by Geikie and others in the course of his work as part of the Geological Survey of Scotland.

Dates: 1863-1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Geological Survey notebooks, 1877-1900

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/1
Scope and Contents

The series of Geological Survey notebook consists of:


  1. 10 volumes, chronologically arranged (1877-1900)
Dates: 1877-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Gordon, c 1930

 Item — Box Box 8 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/3/8
Scope and Contents

A postcard reflecting R. R. McIan's romantic paintings of Scottish Highland life and the clans, this one showing Clan Gordon

Dates: c 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scottish Highland and Clan Life depicted in postcards

Hamilton Park Cattle, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/607
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a herd of Wild White, Cadzow cattle in a field at Hamilton Park in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Highland Pony, Braemore. Yellow Dun and Striped Horse Race, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3079
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Highland pony in a paddock in Braemore [Scotland] in the early 20th century of the yellow dun and striped horse race.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Highland Show, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3177
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of men: [Sir Walter] Runciman, Wilson, [Thomas] Buttar, R[obert] Wallace, Lord Lucas, H Wallace and McLaren standing together in a show ring at the Highland Show in 1913.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Hydrographic Maps, c1877

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/11/9
Scope and Contents

Hydrographic maps, created by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, annotated and hand-coloured by James Geikie when he was involved in surveying the north and north-west of Scotland and the Western Isles..

Dates: c1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps

Interviews with distinguished British scientists, 1969-1971

 Series
Identifier: EUA CA16/2
Scope and Contents Interviews with: Sir William Lawrence Bragg ( 1890-1971), physicist (1 CD) Sir Harold Brewer Hartley ( 1878-1972 ), physical chemist (23 CDs) Sir Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell ( b1913), radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes (3 CDs) Lord John Boyd Orr ( 1880-1971), nutritional physiologist (1 CD) Sir Frederick Stratten...
Dates: 1969-1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Science Studies Unit Oral History recordings

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