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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:

Miscellaneous printed documents of the Minto family, chiefly relating to India., 1792-1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.19575
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Copy of a private Act of Parliament for vesting the entailed estates of Melgund and Kynynmound in Trustees, 1792 (folio 1);(ii) A cutting from the ‘Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary’, 13 August 1807, reporting the investiture of Sir George Barlow as a Knight Companion of the Bath (folio 11);(iii) 'Regulations Proposed by the Court of Directors to the General Court for the most advantageous Management of the Company's Affairs...
Dates: 1792-1812.

Miscellany of papers of Ronald Center and his wife, Evelyn., Mid 20th century-1988.

 File
Identifier: MS.22194
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Snapshots of Ronald Center and his wife (folio 1);

(ii) Letters and cards written to them between 1945 and 1988 (folio 3);

(iii) Press-cuttings and photocopies of press-cuttings concerning Center and his music (folio 17)

(iv) Photographs of musicians playing his works (folio 13).

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988.

Mòd scrapbook, covering the years 1992, 2003 and 2009., 1992 - 2009

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13695/68
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, newspaper cuttings and programmes of Mòds and associated events, such as concerts and Gaelic church services.

Dates: 1992 - 2009

Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland Press Cuttings., 1983-1997.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.14493/79-91
Scope and Contents This series contains 13 folders of annotated press cuttings and notes compiled and retained by John Hinde as he worked to provide rescue/incident statistics to the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) on behalf of the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland. These aided the compilation of annual statistics and functioned as an ongoing information resource. Many of the press cuttings are supplemented by additional contextual details obtained by Hinde. A number of volumes also contain additional...
Dates: 1983-1997.

Mountaineering notes, correspondence and articles., 1909-1997.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/130
Scope and Contents Containing:Printed articles and correspondence on 'The Ladies Alpine Club' and female mountaineers, 1909-1985.Press cuttings and Janet Adam Smith notes on the Cairngorms and accidents there, 1932-1995.Letters to Janet Adam Smith on writing for 'The Alpine Journal', 1949-1951.Book reviews and articles by Janet Adam Smith for 'The Alpine Journal' – May 1950, May 1952, May 1957, 1990-91.'Book reviews and articles by Janet Adam Smith...
Dates: 1909-1997.

Music book of H E Passavant.

 File
Identifier: MS.21757
Scope and Contents

The signature of H E Passavant, dated 1856, is written inside the front cover.

The music book contains a small number of songs, hymns and other pieces, some of which are dated 1857 (folios 5, 7), written apparently in a beginner's hand.

A press cutting containing an account of an old song is tipped in at the back (folio ii).

Dates: 1856-1857, undated.

Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson., 1871-1926, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22074
Scope and Contents John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...
Dates: 1871-1926, undated.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.