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Project search results for location: 'Outside Scotland'
Number of projects retrieved: 691 Records 463 to 468[0400] School of Scottish Studies Photographic Archive, Treasures
A selection of photographic images from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies illustrating the range of subjects relating to Scottish folklife and folklore. Includes calendar customs, craft processes, music-making, vernacular building, farming, fishing and the human life cycle.
Keywords: Photograph, Fairy Tale, Folklife, Folklore, Culture, Customs, Crafts, Farming, Fishing, Archive, Music
Location of Project Material: All over Scotland
[0396] Scottish Material in the V&A Collections
The Victoria and Albert Museum collections have a wealth of Scottish material in several curatorial sections. This project focuses on objects in the V&A which are not well represented in the National Museums of Scotland or by other Scran contributors. The selection includes objects designed by Phoebe Anna Traquair, Jessie M King, George Walton, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret and Frances Macdonald. It also includes a ring which possibly belonged to Mary Queen of Scots.
Keywords: Artefact, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Mary Queen of Scots, Stewart, Painting, V&A
Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland
[0394] World War I
World War I items from the collections of the National Library of Scotland, including extracts from the diaries of General Haig, official war photographs from the Library's Haig collection, the diaries and correspondence of World War I nurse Mairi Chisholm, and the letters, postcards, photos and diary entries of Lance Corporal George Ramage, an ordinary soldier who experienced the war and its innovations (gassing, the increased use of technology) at first hand.
Keywords: War, European, Medicine, Military, Multimedia, Photograph, Technology
Location of Project Material: All over Scotland
[0387] Basic Records - The Whyte Photographic Collection
A complete basic-only database (Scran Basics) of over 30,000 photographic negatives from the studio of David Whyte, an Inverness portrait photographer. Whyte founded his studio in the 1860s and it remained in continuous operation under various owners up to the 1980s, its archives providing a de facto social history of the area.
Keywords: Whyte, Photography, Social History, Genealogy, Highlands
Location of Project Material: Highlands
[0386] The Scottish Railway Preservation Society
A selection of 60 locomotives, carriages, wagons and specialist vehicles from the Scottish Railway Preservation Society collection. All items are either Scottish built or were used in Scotland.
Keywords: Rail, Industry, Infrastructure, Train, Transport, Locomotive
Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Outside Scotland
[0382] Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle, Treasures
A range of Roman jewellery made of various materials from bone to gold, and ranging from brooches to necklaces, from the Museum's collection.
Keywords: Archaeology, Antiquities, Roman, Jewellery, Hadrian's Wall
Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland
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