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Scotland

 Subject

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

Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:

The Pier, Stornoway, looking to Gallowhill, c 1930

 Item — Box Box 8 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/3/1
Scope and Contents

A postcard reflecting R. R. McIan's romantic paintings of Scottish Highland life and the clans, this one showing a view across the pier at Stornoway, looking to Gallowhill

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

The Transatlantic Scot, 1945

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/6/26
Scope and Contents

Broadcast by John Baillie, talking of his time in the United States and Canada and of Scottish influences there.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Broadcasts

Threshing Corn, c 1930

 Item — Box Box 8 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/3/14
Scope and Contents

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

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

Tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, designed by John Allan

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2922
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 23 engraved tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, dated around 1830-1840. The cards were designed by John Allan and engraved by various well-known American engravers.The majority of the cards are for the Annual Caledonian Ball and incorporate images such as Scottish dancing, bagpiping, references to Scottish history, thistles, tartan, castles and snippets of Scottish verse (almost entirely drawn from the works of Robert...
Dates: c 1830 - c 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Washing, c 1930

 Item — Box Box 8 of 9: Series Coll-1167/B
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/3/5
Scope and Contents

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

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

White Arabian She Ass, "Nephthus", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3103
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the white Arabian she ass, "Nephthus" that was imported from Egypt standing on the lawn with her owner, Lady Dunbar of Mochrum, Kirkcudbright, [Scotland] in the early 20th century.

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

Wool fibre shedding in some Merino sheep, 1967

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/249
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1967 - 1968. Volume 5 of 19.

Dates: 1967
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

YMCA Convention, Bristol, 1953

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/6/25
Scope and Contents

Broadcast by John Baillie of his sermon given to the YMCA at Bristol Cathedral, examining aspects of history with particular reference to puting Isaiah ito context.

Dates: 1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Broadcasts

YMCA, Paisley, 1952

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/6/24
Scope and Contents

Broadcast by John Baillie of his address to the YMCA, Paisley, touching on Scottish Presbyterianism, the relationship between religion and science and other aspects of Christianity.

Dates: 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Broadcasts

Zebra, "Matopo", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3125
Scope and Contents

Photograph of "Matopo", the Burchell's zebra stallion that James Cossar Ewart used in his Penycuick experiments to breed zebra-horse hybrids in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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