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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Diaries and journals of Cecilia Campbell, Frances Madeline Cleghorn and Maria Susan Campbell.
Diaries and notebooks, 1823-1850, of Sir George Campbell of Edenwood and travel journals and diaries, 1859-1891, of his son, also Sir George Campbell of Edenwood.
Including descriptions of a tour to China in 1866 and the United States in 1881-1882.
Diary and memoranda book of John Nisbet.
John Nisbet`s diary and memoranda book lists significant events in his life including a ‘Tour to the Highlands in 1818’, eyewitness accounts of the Radical Riots in Paisley, 1820, and George IV’s visit to Edinburgh, 1822. There are also lengthy passages on ‘The State of Trade in Paisley, 1825-1826’ and on national and international affairs including the French Revolution of 1830. Also included are genealogical notes and household and medical recipes.
Diary kept by Eliza Curr of Dundee from July 1863 to June 1864, describing the journey to and year spent at a school for young ladies in Fontainebleau.
Diary of a return trip between Edinburgh and Yokohama by Miss Madelena L Stewart.
Comprises bound notebook compiled in pencil and loose typescript with illustrations.
Diary of Alison Helen Cairns concerning a trip around the world.
Diary of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart.
Concerns trip to Iceland in 1867, and a visit to the Baltic and Russia by Adam Hay Gordon of Mochie and Mayen in 1868.
Journal, 1832, of a visit to Sutherland made by Stephen Place, footman to George, 1st Duke of Sutherland.
Includes another journal of Place, 1870-1871.
Journal and reminiscences of Miss M E McCulloch (later Ross).
Journal of a Miss Ewbank of York, covering the period 9 September 1803 to 11 September, 1805.
The narrative opens with an account of a tour in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales, but most of the text is concerned with social life in York. The writer was a niece of the Reverend Andrew Ewbank, rector of Londesborough, Yorkshire, and many entries relate to his family. Amongst prominent personalities are Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, the novelist, and Dr Henry Moyes, a blind Scottish lecturer on popular science. A few pages have been torn out.
Journal of a tour of Ireland and Scotland.
According to the tour's anonymous (probably Irish) author, the tour party consisted of: ‘a man and his wife who deserted their children; a man in love; a married woman who absconded from the husband, and a young lady in search of one’. In Scotland they spend time in the Lowlands including Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Trossachs, Stirling, Dalkeith and Roslin. The tourists are interested both in Scotland’s scenery and its industry, particularly its textile manufacture.
Journal of a tour of Scotland of Elizabeth Cowburn.
Elizabeth Cowburn departs from London, travelling through Scotland by train, steamer and carriage. Places visited include Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Stirling and Iona. The journal includes pencil sketchess and pasted in printed illustrations.
Journal of Sieur de la Croix, as secretary to the French embassy to the Ottoman Empire.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Microfilm of journal of a Miss Ewbank of York, covering the period 9 September 1803 to 11 September, 1805.
Microfilm of Journal of John Dunlop, younger brother of Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Microfilm of journals of James Augustus Grant, and one of his son, James Augustus Grant junior.
Microfilm of journals of the travels and social life of George Sinclair of Ulbster
The contents are as follows:
Journal, 19 January-26th April 1738 (MS.2143);
Journal, 26 April 1738-6 April 1739 (MS.2144);
Journal, 8 April-16 September 1739 (MS.2145).