Diaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. (AAT) Use to refer to all personal diaires, whether by a named individual or not. (NLS) .
Found in 2673 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries and related items of various members of the family of Henry Mackenzie., 1784-1838, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6372-6375
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There is also some correspondence of the Seaforth family, Henry's son, Joshua Henry, having married Helen, daughter of Lord Seaforth.
Dates:
1784-1838, undated.
Diaries and travel journals., 1887-1909.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12680/7-11
Diaries and travel notes of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1950-1978.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27196-27198
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.
Dates:
1950-1978.
Diaries, chiefly of engagements and appointments, of Lieutenant-General Sir Warren Hastings Anderson, son of General David Anderson., 1922, 1928.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14845-14846
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1922, 1928.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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).
Diaries chiefly of the Reverend James MacGregor's wife Helen., 1892-1898.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.557-565
Scope and Contents
The Reverend James MacGregor's notes go down only to 10 October 1892, thereafter the diary is his wife's.
Dates:
1892-1898.
Diaries, correspondence and notebooks of Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd Baronet of Fasque and his family.
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Identifier: Acc.13414
Dates:
1822-1829
Diaries detailing the appointments and personal engagements of James Johnston. , 1952, 1971-1976, 1979-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/444-487
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952, 1971-1976, 1979-2003.
Diaries detailing the personal and professional appointments of James Ritchie. , 1929-1930, 1940, 1957-1994.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13819/21-61
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1929-1930, 1940, 1957-1994.
Diaries, draft biography, and family correspondence of General Sir Charles William Pasley (1780-1861), military engineer.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9869-9884
Dates:
1796-1861, undated.
Diaries, exercise reports and notes, relating to the Local Defence Volunteers and the Home Guard., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.8802/115
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of and concerning Robert James Batchen Sellar, containing tpescripts of plays and short stories, associated correspondence, and other related material.
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Papers of Robert James Batchen Sellar, relating to the Second World War.
Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11021/1-223
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates:
1859-1993.
Diaries, journals, notebooks and related papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons., 1803-1963, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10706/190-269
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1803-1963, undated.
Diaries, letter books and commonplace book of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm., 1820-1851.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12150/1-37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Diaries, letter books and commonplace book, 1835-1884, of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm (1782-1851) his sons, Rear Admiral George John Malcolm (1830-1884), and Pulteney Malcolm (1831-1852) of the Bengal Civil Service, and of George John Malcolm's wives, Ottonie von Dungern (1841-1866) and Sophie von Brockdorff (1846-1927).
Dates:
1820-1851.
Diaries, letters and miscellaneous papers, 1944-1989, of and relating to John Armstrong.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13315
Scope and Contents
John Armstrong studied at the Edinburgh College of Art where he was a contemporary of Eduardo Paolozzi who is mentioned in his diaries. After leaving college he worked as an artist and displays manager, then went on to work for the DHSS, Register Generals Office and elsewhere in Edinburgh. He later ran his own business. He continued painting throughout his life and also wrote fiction inspired by his bohemian lifestyle.
Dates:
1944-1989.
Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents
The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.
Dates:
1896-1977.
Diaries, mostly of Sir George Taylor, with some of fellow botanists., 1925-1987.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9533/204-243
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...
Dates:
1925-1987.
Diaries, notebooks and journals of members of the Gray family of Carntyne., 1814-1900.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8100/112-130
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates:
1814-1900.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
Diaries, notebooks and related papers of George Dott, Scottish nationalist.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12987/1-64
Dates:
1909-2008.
Diaries, notebooks, film-scripts and film-related papers of Richard Jobson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13740/1-50
Dates:
1982-2012.
Diaries, notes and typescripts, relating to 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., 1907, 1927-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.4338/191(1-10)
Scope and Contents
Containing:(1) extracts from diary of climbing in Alps 1907(2) copy of diary of Brenva climb 1927(3) copy of diary of Brenva climbs 1928(4) copy of diary of Brenva climbs 1929-31(5) typed notes of ascent of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur 1928(6) typed and printed copies of T G Brown ‘Two new ascents of Mont Blanc’ with other papers 1927-9(7) note of conversations at the Alpine Club 1932-3(8) typescript...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1907, 1927-1933, undated.
Diaries of A E Borthwick, containing brief entries of appointments and family and personal affairs., 1902-1954.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10409-10430
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1902-1954.
Diaries of Alice Susan Lucy Campbell Swinton., 1884-1939.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13686/88-141
Scope and Contents
The diaries for 1885 and 1887 are missing.
Dates:
1884-1939.
Diaries of Alison Fell., 1971-1975.
File
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-8
Scope and Contents
These diaries date from the early 1970s, when Alison Fell was writing for journals such as Ink, Islington Gutter Press, and Spare Rib, and was involved with various women’s groups including Red Rag and the Essex Road Women’s Centre.
Dates:
1971-1975.
Diaries of Andrew Hunter recording in some detail daily activities on his estates and social engagements., 1862, 1865.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19724-19725
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...
Dates:
1862, 1865.