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Diary and correspondence of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1451
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Diary, 1855, 1858, of Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland as a Captain of the 93rd Regiment, in India. (MS.2234);
Correspondence, 1855-1875, of Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland. (MS.2235).
Dates:
1855-1875.
Drawings and journals chiefly of John Harden, a landowner from Tipperary and an accomplished amateur water-colourist, and of his wife Jessy, the daughter of Robert Allan, the Edinburgh banker, and an assiduous diarist.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8832-8873
Scope and Contents
Jessy Harden's journal, essentially a series of family newsletters, was sent in instalments to her sister, Agnes Ranken, in India. Many of her husband's drawings were used to illustrate it. Journals and sketches alike survived because Agnes Ranken preserved them and eventually brought them back to Great Britain.
Dates:
1799-1853, undated.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Series
Identifier: MS.10775
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(1) Journal, 11 November 1853-26 May 1856. See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham, page 272, number 4.
(2) Journal, 2 August 1858-9 January 1859. See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham, page 272, number 6.
(3) Journal, 1 December 1859-11 June 1860, 3 December 1860-23 March 1861.
See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham,...
Dates:
1853-1874.
Microfilm of correspondence, poetry, journals and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.930
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, poems and other papers, [?1833-?1895] (MS.2981);
Journals, 1831-1853 (MS.2982).
Dates:
1831-[?1891].
Microfilm of journals and memorandum books of, and, letters chiefly of, to, or concerning, Robert Chambers.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.847-849
Dates:
1832-1879.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517-518
Dates:
[?1821-?1908.]
Microfilm of letters, chiefly to, and, private journal of, Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.976-977
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Microfilms of 'Rough Journal' and letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1010-1013
Dates:
1842-1847.
The First World War: Political, Social and Military Manuscript Sources. Series 1: The Haig Papers. Diaries and letters of Sir Douglas Haig. (Harvester Microform: Brighton, [n.d.].)
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.764-773
Dates:
1914-1919.