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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:

Interviews with Ian Rankin., 1986-2017, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50559-50570
Scope and Contents

This series contains interviews with Ian Rankin relating to his professional and personal reputation, as published in various periodicals. Included are both press cuttings and complete periodicals. Many of the press cuttings are photocopies sent to Rankin via an agency.

Dates: 1986-2017, undated.

Jacobite songs written chiefly by Charles Stuart Davidson; with related notes and press cuttings.

 File
Identifier: MS.21834
Scope and Contents The volume contains songs written ‘in Ceylon in 1866’ (folio ii) by Charles Stuart Davidson and further songs added until 1899 (folio 262). These are followed by notes (folio 268) on several of the songs. A number of related press cuttings found loosely enclosed have been tipped in after the notes (folio 316) and other press cuttings are pasted in among the notes.It is not clear whether the compiler is the C S Davidson who is described as clerk in the Edinburgh Directory from...
Dates: 1866-1899.

John Riddell’s copy of ‘An Essay on the Ancient and Modern Use of Armories’ by Alexander Nisbet (Edinburgh, 1718)., 1718, 1853.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.8
Scope and Contents

Bound in at the back are notes by Riddell about the Articles of Union, and press-cuttings (mostly from ‘The Courant’), 1853, concerning the Arms of Scotland.

Dates: 1718, 1853.

Journal and scrapbook of John Francis Campbell in which he mainly describes his travels in Ireland from July to October 1872., 1872.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.7
Scope and Contents The journal is illustrated with watercolour and pencil sketches, photographs and rock-rubbings. Throughout, Campbell stresses the geological aspects of the places visited, particularly with regard to glaciation, and at the end of the volume his printed pamphlet ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ is inserted. There are also several letters to Campbell from various correspondents, 1872, and at the beginning of the volume several press cuttings relating to Gaelic literature and the Ossianic...
Dates: 1872.

Journal and sketchbook of John Francis Campbell recording his travels and interests., 1879-1880.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.6
Scope and Contents The volume falls roughly into two sections:(i) Experiments in and notes on Thermography, a subject in which Campbell became increasingly interested towards the end of his life.As a result of his experiments with the sun`s rays, he published several pamphlets, two of which are included in this volume:‘Time Scales Horizontal and Vertical’ (folio 169) and “Campbell`s Registering Sun-Dial” (folio 152). There are also notes, diagrams and cuttings relating to...
Dates: 1879-1880.

Journal of a tour of Scotland of Elizabeth Cowburn.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14154
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Cowburn departs from London, travelling through Scotland by train, steamer and carriage. Places visited include Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Stirling and Iona. The journal includes pencil sketchess and pasted in printed illustrations.

Dates: 1854

‘Journal of a trip to the Island of Gottland, Sweden, Denmark, &c., &c., with Some Correspondence, and Remarks upon the Capabilities of that Island as a Field for Emigration, by John Shedden Dobie'.

 File
Identifier: MS.1804
Scope and Contents

The author was one of a party who made a tour of inspection of Gottland in connection with a scheme, promoted by Robert Chambers, the publisher, to settle British farmers there. Their report was entirely adverse. The volume includes a printed prospectus of the scheme, relevant newspaper articles, and correspondence with Chambers, 1850, and is illustrated with several water-colour sketches.

Dates: 1850.

Journal of a visit to Karlsruhe, Switzerland, made by Miss Lucy Black (born 1881), Anwoth Manse, Kirkcudbrightshire, 1899.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17959
Scope and Contents

Miss Black is interested in the scenery, local customs and the flora of Switzerland (she includes a number of pressed flowers in her journal). However, her main interest lies in recording the routine activities of herself and her companions.

At the back there are a number of newspaper cuttings, (folios 75-82) chiefly obituaries of her grandfather the Reverend Edward Black (died 1845) and of her father the Reverend William McMillan Black (died 1901).

Dates: 1845, 1899, 1901-1905.

Journal of an extended visit to Scotland and Ireland by an anonymous female Swiss teacher.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13318
Scope and Contents This journal was written by a Swiss female teacher on an extended visit to Scotland and Ireland during the First World War. There are descriptions of time spent in Edinburgh, particularly Greyfriars Church, Caroline Park and Granton, also visits to Rosslyn Chapel, Perth, and Craigo House near Montrose. While in Montrose she worked in a factory manufacturing hospital supplies. There is a detailed account of the events of Armistice Day, 1918. At the back are a number of recipes for cakes and...
Dates: 1917-1919

Journal of John Francis Campbell, kept while travelling in Norway, Russia and Italy, 1873-1874, and illustrated with a number of photographs and watercolours., 1873-1874.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.8
Scope and Contents Campbell’s description of his visit to Italy dwells particularly on Mount Vesuvius and on the works of art he saw in Rome and Florence.Near the beginning of the volume he discusses Gaelic literature and meteorology with accompanying diagrams and cuttings.A little correspondence for 1874 and several printed items including copies of Campbell’s ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ (folio 3) and ‘About Polar Glaciation’ (folio 28) have been inserted at the front of the...
Dates: 1873-1874.

Journal of John Francis Campbell written while he was travelling in the West of Scotland collecting Gaelic folklore., 1870-1871.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.2

Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates: 1836-1863 and undated.

Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates: 1928-1967, and undated.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022