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Press cuttings. Information artifacts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources. (AAT) 'Press cuttings' NLS preferred form.

Found in 2179 Collections and/or Records:

Estate and business correspondence and related papers., 1761-1931, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15106-15112
Scope and Contents

The papers include balance sheets and business correspondence of the various firms in which the Ellices held an interest and papers concerned with the purchase and development of the Ellices Highland estates.

Dates: 1761-1931, undated.

Extracts, 18th century, of criminal decisions, 1661-1669, from the Books of Adjournal of the High Court of Justiciary., 30 June 1661-14 December 1669.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.5.5
Scope and Contents

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (M.6.2).

Contains newspaper cuttings from 'The Scotsman', 1901.

Dates: 30 June 1661-14 December 1669.

Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers., Undated, but probably ca. 1880-1925.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/21-31
Scope and Contents Papers concerning Morrison's research into the diary of the Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness (1696-1763). The whereabouts of this diary, which covered the years 1737-1763 in eight octavo volumes, are not currently known, although a number of extracts were copied from it. MacDonald's position as minister of Rob Donn's parish during the poet's lifetime makes his diary a valuable document that links to many references in Rob Donn's poetry.According to Morrison's account...
Dates: Undated, but probably ca. 1880-1925.

Family correspondence and documents of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1844-1954, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9347
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, 1896, of Herbert Grierson to Mary Ogston, his future wife. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letters, 1912, of Grierson to his wife describing a tour he made of the Burns country. (Folio 3.)(iii) Letters, 1942-1943, of Grierson to his daughter Flora, concerning family and personal matters; also two letters, 1942, of Molly Dickins to her sister Flora Grierson. (Folio 11).(iv) Letters, 1930-1936, undated, of Mary Grierson to...
Dates: 1844-1954, undated.

Family Papers of Lucinda Mackay, 1941-2022

 Series
Identifier: MSS.50828-50839
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

Dates: 1941-2022

File box, with label '1 Arts 1990', containing material relating to the visual arts, named artists, cultural institutions and cultural events., 1988-1990.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 11
Scope and Contents

The box is covered in tartan, and the inner lid is lined with a map of Fort William and its surrounds, certain points of which have been annotated with dates.

Dates: 1988-1990.