Aberdeen Harbour Board Aberdeen University About 6,000 glass plate negatives, from the 1880s to the 1930s, mainly of the harbour and Aberdeen city. For more details see the Aberdeen University website.
Robert Moyes Adam St Andrews University Library Special Collections Over 15,000 negatives, principally photographs of landscapes 1885-1967. For further details see the St Andrews University website.
Clyde Navigation Trust Glasgow City Archives Over 1,000 photographs of the river Clyde, and places associated with it, c.1850-c.1970. Catalogued at Glasgow City Archives. Many of the best images appear in John F. Riddell, Clyde Navigation (Edinburgh, 1979). Some images are available on the Virtual Mitchell website.
Glasgow City Archives: General Photographic (P) Series Glasgow City Archives Over 10,000 photographs, mainly of people, places and buildings in the Glasgow area, c.1870-c.1980. Fully catalogued and indexed (on computer database) at Glasgow City Archives. A large selection of images is also available on the Virtual Mitchell website.
Glasgow Corporation Assessor’s Department Glasgow City Archives Over 2,000 photographs of buildings and streets in Glasgow, c.1925-1940. A leading source of photographs of Art Deco buildings. Fully catalogued and indexed (on computer database) at Glasgow City Archives. A large selection of images is also available on the Virtual Mitchell website.
Glasgow Corporation Architect’s Department Glasgow City Archives Around 5,000 photographs, mainly of buildings, streets and living conditions in Glasgow, c.1890-1975 Fully catalogued and indexed (on computer database) at Glasgow City Archives. A large selection of images is also available on the Virtual Mitchell website.
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Michael Peto Collection Dundee University Archives Photo-journalistic collection. 128,000 items, c. 1940s-1970. Major themes include pre and post–war Britain and Eastern Europe; the arts, including Royal Ballet. Partially catalogued and indexed. For further details check the Dundee University Archives web site.
William Ralston & Co. Glasgow City Archives Over 200,000 negatives from Scotland's leading industrial photographer, mainly of the Glasgow area, especially shipbuilding, c.1935-1985 The firm’s order books are held by Glasgow City Archives, and there is a partial card file index.
St Andrews University Library Miscellaneous Collections St Andrews University Library Special Collections Over 50,000 images of various kinds in this important centre for the work of early Scottish photographers, from 1870s to the 1980s. For further details see the St Andrews University website.
Valentines of Dundee St Andrews University Library Special Collections Around 120,000 negatives of landscape photographs and picture postcards, from the well-known company, c.1870-1970. For further details see the St Andrews University website.
Whyte Collection Highland Photographic Archive Over 100,000 photographs of Inverness and the Highlands, c.1890-1990, from a local photographic studio. Research must be undertaken at the Highland Photographic Archive. For details see the Highland Photographic Archive website.
George Washington Wilson Aberdeen University Library Special Collections and Archives A pioneer photographer, whose photographs are well known throughout Scotland and abroad. For more details see the Aberdeen University website.

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