Commonplace books.
Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Notebooks of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance containing sermons and other religious writings., 1758-1774, undated.
Notebooks of the Reverend Dr John MacInnes relating to theology, devotional, and church affairs., 1884-1959, undated.
Papers mostly containing historical research notes, lectures, articles and or broadcasts, some in Gaelic, of the Reverend Dr John MacInnes, minister of Halkirk (1934-1955) and of Hopeman (1955-1966) and historian of Highland evangelicalism. The collection consists mostly of notebooks, many very miscellaneous in content: only in principal content of each notebook or file is noted.
'Odds and Ends', being the beginnings of a commonplace book of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1875.
Papers and correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.
Papers and correspondence of Cornelius and Robert Lundie, Ministers of Kelso.
Papers of Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Includes commonplace books, diaries, books of etchings, sketchbooks and a manuscript "Remembrances of Woodhouselee".
Papers of Henry Robert Oswald., 1797-early 19th century.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., [Circa 1745]-1777, undated.
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 15th century-1927, undated.
Papers of the Reid family of Mouswald.
Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.
Including:
1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)
2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel
3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937
4. commonplace book, circa 1896
5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.
Photocopy of the cashbook, 1856-1858, of John Moffat.
With commonplace book, 18th to 19th century, containing recipes, scientific and professional data, and genealogical material.
Photostats of manuscripts held in the Abbotsford Library, all in the hand of Sir Walter Scott.
Photostats of parts of 'Adversaria', a commonplace-book of Sir Walter Scott., 1796.
Poetry and commonplace book of John Willison (died 1841)., 1807-1809.
Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.
Religious commonplace book, of the Napier family, containing, "A copy of some familiar letters which passed between intimate friends, as they were written from the originall's for the transcriber's private use".
Sketchbooks and commonplace books of the Grant family of Kilgraston.
Spiritual Commonplace Book compiled by a Scottish Congregationalist.
Three commonplace books of Andrew Douglas, paymaster to the navy, father of George of Cavers (born 1753), consisting chiefly of philosophical reflections, poetry, notes on current affairs and medical receipts, mostly taken from printed sources.
Two commonplace books of George Glen Napier.
Containing quotations from Tennyson`s "In Memorium", press cuttings and commentaries.
Two commonplace books of John MacInnes, kept during his ministry in the Duars region of north India. Also containing narrative impressions of the region and its peoples, vocabulary and notes for services in the local languages and other related material., 1930-1934.
Papers mostly containing historical research notes, lectures, articles and or broadcasts, some in Gaelic, of the Reverend Dr John MacInnes, minister of Halkirk (1934-1955) and of Hopeman (1955-1966) and historian of Highland evangelicalism. The collection consists mostly of notebooks, many very miscellaneous in content: only in principal content of each notebook or file is noted.
Two commonplace books of Margaret Ritchie, with an offprint of an article by James Ritchie and a needlework pouch, possibly created by Margaret Ritchie. , 1973, ?1980s, 1983.
The commonplace books and the offprint were held together in the pouch, possibly for sentimental reasons.
Two notebooks and a commonplace book of E H Mill of the Burn, Kincardineshire.
Notebooks record travels and climbing expeditions in Italy, France and Spain.
Two notebooks, one containing poetry and the other a few legal and financial jottings of Lord Milton., 18th century.
In both volumes each page has been ruled in three columns, each column headed by three letters in an alphabetical sequence. The purpose for which this was intended has not been carried out and the volumes have been adapted for other uses.