Violet Banks
551 424
Description Violet Banks
Collection Violet Banks
Catalogue Number 551 424
Category All Other
Scope and Content The collection comprises albums of photographs of the Northern and Western Highlands and Islands. Subjects include scenery and buildings, activities such as peat cutting, tweed manufacture, and sheep dipping, and transport, including ferries, ponies, traps and carts, and a shot of a De Haviland on the airstrip at Sollas.
Archive History The collection was donated to RCAHMS in 2006.
System of Arrangement Album 1 covers Ardgour, Ardnamurchan, Kilmartin, Kilmore, Trossachs, and Loch Lomond; Album 2, Isles of Harris and Lewis; Album 3, Sutherland; Album 4, North and South Uist; Album 5, Eriskay and Benbecula; Album 6, Barra; Album 7, The Small Isles; Album 8, Coll and Tiree; Album 9, Islay, Jura, Gigha, Colonsay and Oronsay.
Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access to this collection.
Administrative History Violet Banks (1896-1985) was an Edinburgh-based commercial photographer and artist. In the 1920s and 1930s she travelled through much of the Highlands and Islands, documenting their life and scenery. Further information on her career can be found at: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/pp/pp_banks.htm
Accruals No further accruals are expected.
Accession Number 2006/120
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