RSCDS Archive

Photograph of Susan Inglis outside RSCDS Headquarters

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-17
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Alastair MacFadyen wearing the Chairman's chain

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-18-1
Pièce
1985

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Alastair MacFadyen

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-18-3
Pièce
c. 2005

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Wilma Miller, Chairman of the Society 1991-1994

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-26
Pièce
1992

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan with her portrait in the background

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-3
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of a studio portrait of Jean Milligan

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-4
Pièce
1948

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan with her 'mile of pennies'

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-5
Pièce
1971

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan at Crawford House

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-8
Pièce
1961

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan dancing

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-12
Pièce
1930s

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan in Graduation robes following her receiving an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-27-13
Pièce
1977

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Wilson Nicol

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-30
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Margaret Ross

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-36
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Aberdeen University Scottish Country Dance team

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-41
Pièce
1973

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Dorothy Leurs, Lauren Thomson and Marais Shepuna

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-44
Pièce
1984

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Nan Main and Bobby Watson in dance costume

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-47
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of a group including Derek Haynes and Margaret Brander

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-49
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Isobel Cramb and Joanna Fodgen

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-50
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Lesley Martin, Bill Ireland, Jean Yeats

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-55
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of The Olympians

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-59
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Ion C B Jamieson

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-62
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Formal 3/4 portrait

Photoraph of Kevin Connolly

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-61
Pièce
December 1996

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Presentation of the RSCDS Scroll to Kevin Connolly in December, 1996

Canberra abd District Branch

Photograph of: Mrs.Thomas Bingham

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-3-65
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Later-life photograph undated

Sans titre

Photograph of H.M. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with Jean Milligan, Muriel Hadden & The Countess of Elgin

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-1-2
Pièce
June 1961

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs taken at the Golden Jubilee Ball

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-2
Dossier
1973

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of H.M. The Queen dancing at the Jubilee Ball.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-2-2
Pièce
1973

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan at the Golden Jubilee Garden Party

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-3-2
Pièce
1973

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs taken at the Jean Milligan Centenary Weekend

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-4
Dossier
1986

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of The Earl of Mansfield, Alastair MacFadyen and Muriel Gibson

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-4-2
Pièce
1986

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of the presentation of the Golden Jubilee Dances to HM The Queen at Holyrood Palace

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-5
Dossier
2003

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of HM Queen with Elspeth Gray and Alan Macpherson

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-5-2
Pièce
2003

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Linda Gaul and Alan MacPherson being presented with Maggie MacDonald's notebook

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-6
Pièce
1999

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of a demonstration team dancing in Durham 1972

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-10
Pièce
February 1972

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph taken at the Scottish Village Fair in Japan.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-16
Pièce
1983

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of display dancers performing at Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-17
Pièce
1970

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of a group dancing at a wedding in Szeged, South Hungary

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-22
Pièce
2002

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of young Scottish country dancers taken during filming of a Blue Peter TV Event

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-23
Pièce
c. 2000

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Aberdeen University SCD Group

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-25
Pièce
1964

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph shows members of the group with their teacher (Adele McKinnon)

RSCDS

Photographs taken at Spring Fling 2015

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-4-29
Dossier
2015

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of members of Ayr branch Leslie Currie and Mrs Currie

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-1-2
Pièce
1970s

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Jean Milligan and others following a piper

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-2-3
Pièce
1961

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Jean Milliganat an event in Bedford, New hamshire (More information required)

Photograph of the Grand March at the Crawford House Ball. Led by Sandy Bostwick , David Givens, Barbara Ton, Nick Van Loan.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-2-4
Pièce
1961

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Edinburgh

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-5
Dossier
1937-1979

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph taken at the Edinburgh Branch Ball, 1950s

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-5-2
Pièce
1950s

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of The Maclachlan Trophy, the Chain of Office of the Edinburgh Branch Chairman

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-5-4
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Glasgow- photograph of Jean Milligan and Jennie Waddell at the Glasgow Branch Golden Jubilee Bal

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-7
Pièce
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Sydney

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-15
Dossier
1974 - 1983

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

TAC (Teachers Association of Canada)

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-16
Dossier
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Tokai- photograph taken at the New Year dance & Weekend School

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-17
Pièce
2003

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Tokyo

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-18
Dossier
2004

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Australian Winter School 2005

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-20-3
Pièce
2005

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Social Dance Group

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-22-1
Pièce
1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Branch Demonstration Team at the International Air Cadet Exchange function at Stirling Castle

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-22-2
Pièce
10 August 1979

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph shows the Branch demonstration team with visiting Air Cadets from Canada

Falkirk Herald Newspaper

Lockerbie branch 50th Anniversary Photograph

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-24
Pièce
27th March 1992

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Lockerbie Branch 50th Anniversary Photograph: Cutting the Anniversary Cake
L to R Mary Lorimer, Betty Ferguson, Hazel Oliver, Bunty Brown

Archivist RSCDS

Buffalo (NY )Branch Demonstration Team 1998

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-26
Pièce
1998

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph shows members of the Branch demonstration team in 1995. No names provided.

Archivist RSCDS

Ayr Branch Demonstration Group Photograph 3

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-5-27-3
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Members of the group rehearsing for Burns presentation.
Men L to R:
Harry Campbell, John Niven, Lewis Grant, Bill Jamieson
Women L to R: Peggy Ritchie, Lilias Martin, Maureen Jamieson
In front; Helen MacKinnon (Frame)

Archivist RSCDS

Photographs of the Internations Team's visit to Venice for the European Folk Dance Festival

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-1
Dossier
1949

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of the International team performing in Piazza San Marcoe, Venice

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-1-1
Pièce
1949

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photographs of the International Team being filmed

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-3
Pièce
c. 1949

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of the International team performing at the International Folklore Festival

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-5-1
Pièce
1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Publicity photographs of the International performing at the Festival International du Folklore, Nice

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-7
Pièce
1954

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of the International team in South Africa Dancing The Glasgow Highlanders at Camps Bay

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-9-2
Pièce
1955

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of the International Team in South Africa

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-6-11
Pièce
1960

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Duncan McMillan

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-7-1
Pièce
1927

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photograph of Duncan McMillan, a musician mentioned in the Christina McKellar Diaries (SCD-8-1-825)

RSCDS

W Hamilton Album No.1

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-1-1
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Untitled and undated photographs of individuals and groups taken at social gatherings.

Bill Hamilton

W Hamilton Album No.2

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-1-2
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Untitled and undated photographs of individuals and groups taken at social gatherings. Comic annotations.

Bill Hamilton

Bill Hamilton Album No.4

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-1-4
Pièce
1952

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Mixed Photographs, Newspaper cuttings and advertising material recording: RSCDS 1953; participation in the opening of TV in Scotland 1952; visit of HM at Holyrood House, June 1952; International Team at Nice and Pescara 1954, Bergen 1955, South Africa 1955, Bavaria 1958

Bill Hamilton

Bill Hamilton Album No.5

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-1-5
Pièce
1984

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photo Diary kept by William Hamilton of his visit to Jakarata Highland Gathering 27th May 1984 and of a visit to Singapore. Photos of competing country dance teams at the Gathering. Singapore photos are mainly personal.

Bill Hamilton

Bill Hamilton Album No.7

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-1-7
Pièce
1983

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Photo Diary kept by William Hamilton of a teaching visit to Canadian Maritime Provinces, 1983. Mainly personal photos.

Bill Hamilton

Photo Album compiled by W Clement during his time as Chairman

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-9-4
Pièce
1998

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

The photographs are unattributed but include some from: 75th Anniversary Gala, Kitchener, Ontario; Summer School; Tokyo 75th Anniversary Party; AGM

Archivist RSCDS

JD-02

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-10-2
Pièce
1988

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Annotation on back of the photograph: "Elizabeth's retiral party Oct 1st 1988"

unknown

JD-11

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-10-11
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

John Drewry with three others. No Attribution. Annotation on back of the photograph: "John Drewry, Betty Grant Grant's House Toronto"

unknown

JD-21

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-10-21
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

No attribution. John Drewry and group. Annotated on Back of the photograph: "Lower College Hall St. Andrews From RHS Marchan, John, Margaret Brander" two others .

unknown

JD-23

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-10-23
Pièce
n.d.

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

No attribution. John Drewry Studio Portrait

unknown

Edinburgh Military Tattoo 1956. Programme.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-3-11-5-6
Part
1956

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

4 page programme.

archivist

Notebook of music and songs

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-1
Pièce
19th century

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Words of mainly Scottish songs. Pasted inside the back cover is a programme of the Edinburgh Total Abstinence Society's Soire on 1 January 1846. Several arrangements in the book are attributed to Geo Dun

Hand written music for various tunes including 'The Trooper and the Maid'

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-3
Pièce
19th century

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Music by Scott Skinner, Alexander Troup et al -'

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-4
Dossier
No Date

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

handwritten from various sources

Music notebook owned by Flora Cruickshank, dancing teacher in Peterhead.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-5
Pièce
19th century

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

"Music written down by William Cruickshank - from various collections and some by ear on hearing them played by other fiddlers".

Notebook of dance descriptions belonging to Maggie Macdonald, a student of Jean Milligan at Jordanhill College 1912-1914

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-9
Pièce
1912-1914

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Donated to the society by

Copy of a letter to William Watson, Blantyre from A. Smith (January 1802) describing the poussette and promenade.

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-14
Pièce
1932

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Typescript copies. Reproduced in Bulletin, No. 1

Letter to the SCDS secretary from Joan Kirk, responding to a request written by Ion Jamieson on behalf of the Research Committee printed in the Bulletin No.4, October 1933

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-15
Pièce
1933

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Includes notes on dances and steps.

Loch Leven Castle

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-18
Dossier
1938-1954

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Correspondence from Elizabeth Davidson regarding the dance

Letter from Margaret Cathcart to Miss Lochhart Gillespie regarding the dance 'Stumpie'

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-20
Pièce
19-Aug-48

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Includes a description of the dance

Miscellaneous dance descriptions and correspondence R-Y

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-23-5
Pièce
c.1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Leaflets of dances sent to the Society for consideration for book from c.1950, although most have no date. Some have been tried and rejected.

Dating the Holmain Manuscript

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-24
Pièce
c. 1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Page 1 (only) of a typewritten document about the manuscript by an unknown author

Notebook 'Hebridean Dances & Country Dances - Notes from St Andrews'

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-25
Pièce
c.1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Author not known (possibly Lillian Newton)

Three ladies step dances, by Isobel Cramb

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-26
Pièce
c.1950

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Pas de Trois for the Misses Glennie, The Thistle and a dance with no name. Music by Nan Main

The River Cree

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-29
Dossier
1952-3

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Correspondence regarding the origin and authenticity of the dance, including letter from Ion Jamieson. Also refers to the Lovers Knot, The Nut and The Rifleman

The 14th Duke of Hamilton

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-30
Dossier
1952-2003

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Letters from Wilson Nicol to Jean Milligan and later to Jim Healy explaining the background to the dance

Music for various tunes belonging to Iain Robertson

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-32
Dossier
c.1954

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Handwritten, includes Larach do Thacardean, traditional Puirt a Beul & Miss Jean's Progress

File regarding the publication of non traditional dances

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-34
Dossier
1957-1960

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Includes letters from branches to the R.S.C.D.S. secretary and a list of recently composed dances,

Rita Cruickshank. By J L H Forrester

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-41
Pièce
1964

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Composed in 1925 and sent in by the member after whom it was named and who a student at Jordanhill Training College from 1924-26

Letter from Isobel Cramb to a student at Dunfermline College of Education

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-46
Pièce
Jan-77

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Reply to an enquiry regarding a proposed thesis. With comments on: Over the Dee and over the Don, Torryburn Lassies, Cauld Kail, The Back o' Bennachie and A Trip to Aberdeen

The Tournee

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-47
Pièce
1979

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Letter pointing out errors in the description of the formation in several books

Music submission by John Renton: Four Scottish Country Dance tunes

GB GB 3410 RSCDS-5-48
Pièce
1979-1980

Fait partie de Records of The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

Tunes: Mr & Mrs Porter of Avonlea, Moira Porter's Jig, Susan C Blackwood, J T Porter. Includes correspondence regarding the publication and copyright.

Correspondence between R.M. Campbell, Teacher's Association of Canada corresponding Secretary and Bobbie Huedner regarding the formation 'The Knot'.