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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 583 Collections and/or Records:

Diaries of William Kirkwood, merchant mariner.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13770
Scope and Contents Eight diary volumes, 1894-1902, of William Kirkwood, merchant mariner. Kirkwood was born in Greenock in 1876, third son of William Kirkwood, a builder. The first diary begins with 17-year old Kirkwood, apprenticed to the `Hiddekel`, setting sail from New York bound for Hong Kong. Kirkwood describes life onboard for a young 2nd mate, including observations on his shipmates, diet and discipline, the weather, marine life, and sightings of land. He expresses frustration that, having...
Dates: 1894-1902.

Diary, 1745-1746, of a clerk in the leadmines at Leadhills, with unconnected papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9523
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, 18th century, on optics

farm accounts, 1822-1830 and 1843-1859, of Glenholm, Lockerbie

farm accounts, 1818-1829

Dates: circa 1700-1859.

Diary, 1828-1830, of Major Douglas Cunninghame Graham.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10702
Scope and Contents

Includes colour sketches and concerns hunting expeditions in India.

With a letter, 1839, of Graham from India to his sister, Mrs Anna Calderwood.

Dates: 1828-1839.

Diary, 1831-1839, of James Gall.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6454
Scope and Contents

With the Gall family bible, 18th century to 19th century.

Dates: 18th century to 19th century.

Diary, 1894-1895, of the Reverend George Douglas Shepherd, compiled while a student at Edinburgh University.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6796
Scope and Contents

With over two hundred letters, 1899, to Shepherd`s family on his death.

Dates: 1894-1899.

Diary and account book, August-November 1769, written by a tutor of Sir John Scott of Ancrum.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9239
Scope and Contents

The writer was probably Alexander Pringle of Whytbank (died 1772), handwriting having characteristics similar to those of MS.9365: Rental of the estate of Whytbank, Selkirkshire.

The volume contains brief notes on the weather and the writer's daily affairs, with particular reference to property in Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire, and entries for small items of expenditure.

Dates: 1769.

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.

Diary and memoranda book of John Nisbet.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13484
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1802-1831

Diary and memorandum book of George Steill (Steel), Trows, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire

 ...
Identifier: Acc.13433
Scope and Contents

Diary of George Steill, headed "Georg Stteills freue and per[fect?] acownt of all his marches and trawells throw the cuntries and towns the kingdom of Scotland and in Holand and Flanders and pairte in Ingland", followed by entries concerning the years 1705-1715 (ff. 1-15). An index to the diary, in Steill`s hand, is at ff. 62-64. The remaining leaves of the volume contain notes of payments and other financial notes, mostly in a later hand.

Dates: 1690-1715 and later 18th century

Diary and notes of Mary Stewart Richardson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5729
Scope and Contents

Concerning her nursing service in France.

Dates: 1914-1915.

Diary kept by Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming during her journey to and stay in Fiji.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7180
Scope and Contents

The diary commences in February 1875 and breaks off in July 1876, fourteen months before the writer left Fiji. The material in the diary is basically similar to that of Miss Gordon-Cumming's book, ‘At home in Fiji’ (Edinburgh, 1881), as far as volume ii, page 25, although the book is composed of a series of letters to the writer's friends in England. Occasional thumb-nail sketches or diagrams appear in the diary.

Dates: 1875-1876.

Diary of a man resident in Edinburgh, consisting largely of accounts of lectures, concerts, and plays which he has attended.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3107
Scope and Contents

The writer was at different times employed by the N.B.R. (?North British Railway) Company (folio 20 verso), and Messrs Blackwell and Munro, Wholesale Fruit and Spice Merchants, Edinburgh (folio 40), and made journeys, probably on business, to Germany in 1846 (folios 4-16 verso) and in various parts of Scotland. He appears to have been a man of little education, making efforts to improve himself. He gives little information about the places visited.

Dates: 1846-1850.

Diary of a Miss Cumming.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6278
Scope and Contents

Describing her time as a Red Cross nurse in Bulgaria.

Dates: 1913.

Diary of a return trip between Edinburgh and Yokohama by Miss Madelena L Stewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12756
Scope and Contents

Comprises bound notebook compiled in pencil and loose typescript with illustrations.

Dates: 1934.

Diary of a Scotsman, concerning a tour in Germany.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7149
Scope and Contents

Including description of a meeting with Goethe.

Dates: 1829.