Jane Durham
551 559
Description Jane Durham
Collection Jane Durham
Catalogue Number 551 559
Category All Other
Scope and Content A collection of mounted photographic prints, mostly of buildings and sites in Ross and Cromarty, including Kildermorie Lodge, Glen of Scotsburn, St Duthac's Tain, St Maol Luag's Chapel, Brochel Castle, and Raasay House, Raasay. Also, photocopied extracts detailing wrecks of the Pentland Firth compiled by W Bremner and D G Sinclair, n.d. Six colour photographic views of 7 St James Street, Avoch. Survey of a Private Collection: 92 colour slides relating to grave slabs, standing stones, churches and sarcophagi in the Ross and Cromarty area. Colour slides of various sites by Mrs J Durham. Postcard c.1993 with a reproduction of the John Landseer view of Brechin Cathedral, 1805. Seven colour photographs of Garrick Bridge near Tain when threatened by earthworks of A9 improvement. Photocopy of planned roadworks and pencil sketch by Mrs Durham. Colour photograph of the at Drumbeg, Sutherland District, Highland Region by J Durham, n.d. A drawing showing the wording of the gravestone of Mrs Jane Durham and Mr Phil Durham. Survey of a Private Collection: an album containing photographs, mostly of Easter Ross, Highland, 1890. Subjects include Invergordon, Ardross Castle, Mr Paterson's prize bull.
Archive History Frequent deposits and loans for copying (Survey of Private Collection) by Mrs Durham. Acc No 1992/631 Pentland Firth wrecks; Acc No 1993/51 Avoch; Acc No 1993/155 and 1993/646 Survey of a Private Collection of slides; Acc No 1993/166 Brechin Cathedral; Acc No 1994/148 Garrick Bridge ; Acc No 1994/702 Drumbeg; Acc No 2003/72 Gravestone inscription; Acc No 2006/12 Survey of a Private Collection (Album borrowed in May 1994). In addition, the collection includes unaccessioned material.
System of Arrangement The collection has been only partially catalogued. It comprises material arranged by accession, and a collection of individually catalogued mounted photographs.
Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit.
Administrative History Jane Mary Stowe Durham (nee Paterson), conservationist (1924-97). Born in Easter Ross, Jane Durham became a leading figure in the study, preservation and promotion of the cultural and historical heritage of the Highlands in general and Ross and Cromarty in particular. Her interests were wide-ranging, from vernacular buildings to archaeological field monuments and early medieval sculpture. She contributed to a range of conservation organisations, including Tain and Easter Ross Civic Society, the Highland Group of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, of which she was chair, the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group (also chair), and the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust. In 1984 she was appointed a Commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, a post which she held until 1994.
Accruals No accruals are anticipated.
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