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Sound recordings.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Discs, tapes, filaments, or other media on which sound has been recorded.

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history and moving image recordings of OurStory Scotland.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13719-[TD.3658]
Scope and Contents

OurStory Scotland is a community history and oral history project founded in 2002 to record the histories of Scotland's LGBTQ+ communities. Based in Glasgow, OurStory Scotland is a recognised Scottish charity. Edwin Morgan became its first patron in 2005 and was succeeded by Jackie Kay in 2010.

A key activity of OurStory Scotland is the creation of oral history recordings and personal testimonies from the LGBTQ+ community.

Dates: 2004-2005, 2017-2019

Oral history interviews produced by OurStory Scotland., 2004-2005, 2017-2019

 Series
Identifier: TD.3658[AA001-015]
Scope and Contents

A summary of each interview was prepared by OurStory Scotland and is included with the digital records for the particular interviewee.

Dates: 2004-2005, 2017-2019

Papers of Janet Paisley.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(1)-Box 6(46)-was TD.3720
Scope and Contents

This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.

Dates: 1981-2017.

Papers relating to the climb featured in and the publication of 'Eiger Direct', by Dougal Haston, Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14376/1-16
Scope and Contents The records here all relate to the climb made in 1966 of the north face of the Eiger. The purpose of the climb had been to establish an alpine style, direct route up the north face of the mountain. A team of British and American climbers (Chris Bonington, Mick Burke, Peter Gillman, John Harlin, Dougal Haston, Layton Kor and Don Whillans) attempted the climb in March 1966. The climb was troubled by bad weather and tragedy when a rope broke, sending Harlin to his death.There was...
Dates: 1966-2018.

Private press vinyl compilation 7" EP produced by St Andrews University as a charities campaign record.

 Item
Identifier: UNLS040
Scope and Contents

The record was produced by St Andrews University (PR 5462) and features three Beat/Rock acts: Steve Hall And The Roosters; 20th Century Sounds; and The Black Ring.

Dates: [?1960-?1969.]

Private press vinyl LP record celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Tullis Russell Mills Band.

 Item
Identifier: UNLS033
Scope and Contents

The record was produced by Tullis Russell Paper Mill.

Dates: 1979.

Reel-to-reel sound recording of a broadcast programme, "Current account" produced by the BBC concerning John Maclean.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6011
Scope and Contents

The reel is accompanied by a letter from the BBC confirming that the recording concerns John Maclean but that an interview with Emanuel Shinwell has not been included.

Dates: 1973.

Reel-to-reel sound recording of the soundtrack from a television broadcast, 'Spectrum F[rancis]. G[eorge]. Scott', produced by the BBC.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7574
Scope and Contents

From the label on the container: 'Spectrum. F.G. Scott. Copy of final mia full track 7 1/2 ips 8/2/80'.

Dates: 1980.

Reel-to-reel sound tapes of a BBC radio interview with Archibald R B Haldane on the subject of the drove roads of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7381/1-2
Scope and Contents

Each of the two containers holding the tapes has been annotated 'Dub. 1615/1700'.

Dates: Circa 1975.

Scottish Life Archive Oral History Collection, National Museums Scotland (NMS).

 Collection
Identifier: UNLS007
Scope and Contents A collection of oral history interviews that were mainly conducted by National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland/National Museums Scotland social history curators between 1968 and 2009, covering subjects relating to their collecting, research and exhibition priorities. Interviewees were either donors of artefacts to the collections or employees of a particular occupational group which curators were researching in order to enhance the information available about related artefacts in the...
Dates: 1968-2002.

Scottish Ornithologists' Club Wildlife and Oral History Collection.

 Series
Identifier: UNLS009
Scope and Contents The collection includes: interviews with Scottish ornithologists; after dinner speeches, 1968-1981, made at the annual Scottish Ornithologists' Club conference; recordings relating to Fair Isle and the Scottish Bird Islands Study Cruise at the time of the International Ornithological Congress in 1966. The remainder of the collection comprises recordings of birds from various locations around Scotland, including St Kilda. Amongst the group represented here is a selection from a...
Dates: 1960-2005.