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 2093 Collections and/or Records:
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1938.
Item
Identifier: MS.9344
Dates:
1938.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1941.
Item
Identifier: MS.9345
Dates:
1941.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.9338
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1932.
Item
Identifier: MS.9339
Dates:
1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1934.
Item
Identifier: MS.9340
Dates:
1934.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1935.
Item
Identifier: MS.9341
Dates:
1935.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1936.
Item
Identifier: MS.9342
Dates:
1936.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Detailed medical journal kept by the 2nd Earl of Minto to record the treatment of his terminal illness, apparently disease of the prostate., 26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.12005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
Diaries., 1826-1967.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13718/1-3
Diaries., 1876-1933.
Series
Identifier: Acc.1669/1-15
Scope and Contents
Diaries kept as a student at Osnabrück (1-2) and throughout his military career, both in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (3-6) and subsequently when holding various senior appointments (6-14), and in retirement, until 1933 (15), when increasing blindness forced him to discontinue. Nos 3-15, which consist of groups of three or more diaries re-bound together as a single volume, contain also press-cuttings, snapshots and other ephemera pasted or tipped in.
Dates:
1876-1933.
Diaries., 1892-1924.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4499/8-18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Alexander Paterson qualified as a doctor at Edinburgh in 1885. He spent a few years in London, Cairo and Aden, before entering on his main work as a medical missionary of the United Free Church of Scotland at Hebron in Palestine in 1893. He remained there until the station was handed over to the Church Missionary Society in 1922, when he retired to Edinburgh. He died in 1940. His only published work is the posthumous 'Jesus meets Paul, a duologue in Paradise', Glasgow, [1942]. There is a...
Dates:
1892-1924.
Diaries and autobiography of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1833-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9261-9263
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates:
1833-1860.
Diaries and diary extracts of Francis G Richards and diary extracts of Anne H Richards., [Circa 1830]-1860.
File
Identifier: MS.20371
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Account, [circa 1830], of a visit to Bangor, Maine, and to New Brunswick Province, Canada, probably of Francis Richards. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Extracts from the diary, 1855-1856, of Francis G Richards. (Folio 7.)
(iii) Journal, June 1857-September 1858, of Francis G Richards giving a detailed account of his voyage to Calcutta in 1857 and return to Boston in 1858. Richards was a keen sailor, and he pays particular attention to the navigation of the ship and to...
Dates:
[Circa 1830]-1860.
Diaries and diary extracts of members of the Richards family., [Circa 1830]-1882.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20371-20391
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates:
[Circa 1830]-1882.
Diaries and journals of Colonel Sir Philip Durham Trotter, fifth son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn, describing his life as a young man and the greater part of his military career., 1861-1916.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20270-20296
Dates:
1861-1916.
Diaries and letter books of Rear Admiral George John Malcolm., 1853-1880.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12150/38-45
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:
1853-1880.
Diaries and notebooks of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, auditor of exchequer., 1736-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17750
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1736-1761.
Diaries and notebooks of David Young Cameron and Katharine Cameron Kay, some containing further sketches., 1895-1965, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8950/13-24
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, sister of Mary E Haldane., 1852-1908.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20151-20192
Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane, daughter of Mary E Haldane., 1876-1935, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20197-20204
Diaries and notebooks of Ethel Bassin., 1924-1974, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 3(1)-Box 5(11)
Diaries and notebooks of John Kirk and Helen Kirk., 1858-1884.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/21-38
Scope and Contents
John Kirk's unless otherwise stated. Kirk tended to keep diary entries and notes in the same book and the functions often merge. Sometimes he kept several types of information in one book over a period of several years, and the dates of the diaries frequently overlap.
Dates:
1858-1884.
Diaries and notebooks of Mary E Haldane., 1849-1925.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20082-20150
Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Maitland., 1815-1839.
Series
Identifier: Dep.353/1-11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates:
1815-1839.
Diaries and notebooks of the 3rd Earl of Minto., 1841-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12272-12329
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1841-1891, undated.