In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/999

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of two men standing in front of a brick house in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/994

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of an African policeman with his bicycle standing next to an electrified fence in the early/mid 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/991

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of [St]icklands Dairy showing some farm buildings and a stone-fenced paddock in [Africa] in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/980

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of trees killed on native lands in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/974

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the camp breakfast wagon on the plains in [Africa?] in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/977

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a boy watching a herd of cattle owned by Chief Holies in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/971

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a group of men working in a field with hoes in Africa in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/972

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a group of Mashona men standing in front of thatched huts at the Lucky Jim mine in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1026

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of men stacking hay on to a wagon drawn by cattle in a field in Africa in the early/mid 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1027

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a lion (female) lying in the grass in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1018

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Reproduction of a painting depicting a dying or dead white man lying on the ground next to a wagon and pot with two African men sitting beside him mourning with a herd of zebra in the background.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1003

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of men using hoes to farm a field in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/1004

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of men removing an ant heap in a field in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/877

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a train of cattle drawing heavily laden carts along a mountainous road in Africa in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/34

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of an Eland bull, a plains antelope from Eastern and Southern Africa, standing in front of some trees.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/14

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Portrait of a man who was a guide in Africa for the scientists. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW126g

Date

1893

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael and used by both him and another user, probably a family member. The most notable item relates to his son Eoghan leaving home for Africa. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/15

Date

14 September 1828 - 9 October 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook, with marbled brown covers, documents Lyell's trip from Verona to Florence, Italy. …