Projects

[0842] The New Photographic Heritage of Scotland

A selection of images from the Scottish Viewpoint photo library covering the following topics: Ruined Stately Houses, Bridges of Scotland, The Sunday Herald Newspaper, Duddingston Village in Edinburgh, Easdale Island in Argyll and Loretto School in Musselburgh.

Keywords: Photography, modern society

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland

[0841] A Selection of Photography from Ikon Scotland III

A further selection of photography by James and Saul Gardiner of Ikon Scotland, with nature and landscape as the main themes. See also Projects 659 and 802.

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland

[0836] Treasures: University of Edinburgh, Dept of Celtic & Scottish Studies

Photographs, audio and video clips on Scottish ethnology, particularly fishing, calendar-based customs and supernatural legends.

Keywords: Scottish culture, legend, custom, audio, video

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Lothian

[0834] The War Poets at Craiglockhart

The period spent by Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart Hospital, where they were visited by Robert Graves, has been viewed as crucial in the poetry now seen as characteristic of the First World War. This project shows 122 images related to Owen and Sassoon and their links to Craiglockhart.

Keywords: Poetry, War, Craiglockhart

Location of Project Material: Lothian

[0833] Scottish Illustration Library

A library of illustrations of the people, places and events that have shaped Scotland's history, by Banffshire artist Dianne Sutherland.

Keywords: Scotland, illustration

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Grampian

[0832] Great Scottish Photography

This project draws on the archives of three of Scotland's leading photo-journalists: Gerry McCann, David Mitchell and Alan Thomson. Each set is distinctive and the 900 records are captioned by the photographers themselves.

Keywords: Glasgow, photography, culture

Location of Project Material: Highlands, Strathclyde