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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:

Papers concerning the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1965.

 File
Identifier: MS.50250
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Announcement of the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Press cutting from the ‘Scotsman’, 2 January 1965, of the notice of death for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.Offprint, 1965, of the notice of death in the ‘Scotsman’, [2 January 1965], for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 2.Papers concerning the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript list, [before 6...
Dates: 1965.

Papers concerning the Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10240/1-116
Scope and Contents

The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.

Dates: 1924-1984, undated.

Papers concerning the "Murray Handbooks for Travellers" series., 1834-1924.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42613-42615
Scope and Contents Murray's 'Hanbooks for Travellers' series was begun in 1836 by John Murray III, after his own experiences of travelling on the continent.This was a time when improved transport links and increased leisure time were making foreign travel increasingly easy and popular. The innovative 'Handbooks' responded to a need for detailed practical guides for new middle-class travellers.The early Handbooks covered Europe and Britain, and by the end of the 19th century included...
Dates: 1834-1924.

Papers concerning the Peebleshire Society, compiled and collected by James R Patterson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4537
Scope and Contents

Including copies of minutes and accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers concerning the visit the Marquess of Salisbury to Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6032
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1882.

Papers concerning the World Federation of Scottish Societies and Individuals.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6639
Scope and Contents

Including minutes, reports and press cuttings.

Dates: 1959-1970.

Papers concerning Zimbabwe.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9280
Scope and Contents

With papers, 1979-1980, on the security situation in Zimbabwe

Six albums of newspaper cuttings on Zimbabwe, with an index

typescrip of "Go Forth", a history of the Minsitry of Internal Affairs in Rhodesia.

Dates: 1979-1980 and undated.

Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8695/1-336
Scope and Contents This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1786-1983.

Papers formerly loosely enclosed in MSS.21072-21095: Diaries of John Chisholm., 1889-1925.

 File
Identifier: MS.21096
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of diaries of John Chisholm for January-March 1908, December 1908-January 1909, 11 November 1918, and June-September 1925; a translation of Horace, 'Odes' III 30, 1889; a postcard, 1915, of Walwyn Tyson from internment in Germany; a photograph of Jedburgh Abbey; two sketches, one dated 1920; and press cuttings, 1889-1928, chiefly obituaries.

Dates: 1889-1925.