Find out about the immediate impact of the First World War on life in Scotland
Antiquarian Books of Scotland
Books published after 1640, with a broad range of subjects and languages represented
Blighty and Sea Pie
Editions of two magazines published for Britain's fighting forces between 1917 and 1919, with pictures, stories, poems and humour
British military lists
Details of officers who served in the British Army, Navy and Air Force in the First and Second World Wars
Chapbooks printed in Scotland
Small cheap booklets sold on Scotland's streets were essential reading material for the masses in the 18th and 19th centuries
English ballads
Browse over 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly from 19th-century England, with subjects ranging from courtship, occupations and emigration to patriotism and wars
Experiences of the Great War
The First World War experiences of four very different people — the General, the Nurse, the Soldier, and the Conscientious Objector
First World War official photographs
Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig
Iolaire
Learn about the sinking of HMY Iolaire on 1 January 1919 through Library items and contributions from the Isle of Lewis
League of Nations
Publications produced by the League of Nations (1919-1945), covering non-political functions, statistics and background information
Military maps of Scotland
Maps and plans made for government troops by the Board of Ordnance during the Jacobite period in the 18th century
Ministry of Food
A collection of recipes, books and leaflets from the First and Second World Wars, designed to help people adapt to wartime rationing.
Rolls of honour
Scottish listings of casualties and those who died while on active service during the First World War
Street literature about Napoleon's Wars
Chapbooks about events from the 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo, mostly ballads about military conflicts with Napoleon Bonaparte
The Lyon in Mourning
A contemporary account of the Jacobite rising of 1745 to 1746 using eye-witness interviews and letters
Wee Windaes
This site charts the continuum of the Scots language in printed form, from the 15th century to the present day
