Exercise books.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notebooks of usually ruled pages used by school children for the writing or drawing of exercises.
Found in 150 Collections and/or Records:
School exercise book labelled 'A J Walker'., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14181
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled ‘A J Walker, Ball. Coll.: July 1st 1859’., 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.14172
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled ‘A J Walker, Ball. Coll.: Oct. 22 1858, Essays’., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.14173
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled ‘A J Walker, Ball. Coll.: Oct. 1858, Herodotus lectures’., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.14174
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled ‘A J Walker, Ball. Coll.: Oct. 1858, Virgil lectures’., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.14175
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled 'A J Walker' containing notes on ethics., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14176
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled 'Alexander Walker' containing notes on ethics., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14178
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled 'J Langland, Glenalmond'., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14177
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book labelled ‘Notes on logic’., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14186
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker., 1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.14165
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1855.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker., [Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14168
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker., 1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.14157
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1855.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker., [Circa 1850-1860.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14159
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker labelled ‘Greek history – Hdt.’, 1856.
Item
Identifier: MS.14158
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1856.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book of W C Walker while at Glenalmond, containing notes on ‘Palmer’s history of the church’., 1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.14164
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1853.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
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School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools.
School exercise book, undated, containing the text of an illustrated lecture by F G Scott entitled 'The evolution of folk-music'., [?1931-?1951.]
Item
Identifier: MS.22020
Scope and Contents
Almost half of the volume is blank.
Dates:
Majority of material found within [?1931-?1951.]
School exercise books, kept chiefly by the sons of W S Walker while at Glenalmond, and other schools., [Circa 1850-1860.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14155-14188
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
[Circa 1850-1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
School exercise books of Eliza Loch, later wife to W S Walker., 1827-1832.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14102-14141
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1827-1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
School exercise ledger of Robert Richardson., 1776.
Item
Identifier: MS.20985
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1776.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Richardson family.
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School exercise ledgers of Robert Richardson, Perth Academy.
School exercise ledger of Robert Richardson., 1777.
Item
Identifier: MS.20986
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1777.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Richardson family.
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School exercise ledgers of Robert Richardson, Perth Academy.
School exercise ledgers of Robert Richardson, Perth Academy., 1776-1777.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20985-20986
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1776-1777.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Richardson family.
School exercises and notes in arithmetic and bookkeeping of John Gorrie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5607
Dates:
1841-1842.
Schoolbook of James Fowler, Strathpeffer, containing instructions and problems in arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and the construction of sundials, and a translation of the ‘Iliad’, book 3.
Item
Identifier: MS.14284
Scope and Contents
A few miscellaneous notes and poems have been added in a 19th-century hand.
Dates:
1780.
Scrapbooks of Arthur Maurice Roth, schoolboy in Callander, containing daily observations on the progress of the Second World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14009/1-36
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks cover the period from December 1943 to August 1945. They consist of 36 notebooks in which Roth has written short notes on the progress of the war, illustrated with press cuttings he had collected.
Although it is not clear why Roth began to keep a daily record of events occurring during the war, he had an interest in military history, and keeping a record of the war on a daily basis helped to develop his knowledge of geography.
Dates:
1942-1945.
‘The English epical tradition from 1590 onwards’ by John Purves., [1930-1949.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15610
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
[1930-1949.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
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Group of exercise books of John Purves, chiefly undated, but probably belonging to the period 1930-1949.