Photographs relating to the Cook family.
Scope and Contents
Collection of 44 photographs and prints relating to the Cook family - a prominent Edinburgh and Fife family of lawyers and churchmen.
The photographs include images of various members of the family at St. Anne's in North Berwick, Mossfennan House near Biggar, St. Andrews, Edinburgh and London.
Also included are photographs of staff and the (Rugby) Football team of Ardvreck School, staff and pupils at Sedbergh School, Cumbria, and staff and students of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Although these are largely photographs, there are some silhouettes, cartes-de-viste and copies of portraits.
Also included is a family tree, a copy of a newspaper article about the death of Sir Henry Cook, and a list of the photographs. The family tree and the listing are the work of Diana Cook. Other notes of Diana Cook are housed with related photographs giving more detailed information.
Dates
- Creation: 1860s-1930s.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2022, by Walter G Ambler, North Berwick.
Bibliography
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk