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Journals. Accounts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books containing accounts of an individual's or organization's occurrences or transactions, including records of financial transactions.

Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.282
Dates: 1630, 1791, 1798, 1834-1889, early 20th century.

Papers of the Society for Endeavouring Reformation of Manners in Edinburgh., 1699-1751, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1954
Scope and Contents

The contents comprise: Journal and Minutes, 1699-1708, 1740-1745 (page 1), with some loose papers, 1719, 1743, undated (page 202), lists of members, etc., 1699, 1743-1744, 1748-1751 (page 368).

Dates: 1699-1751, undated.

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents

This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.

Dates: 15th century-1814.

Papers of the Waddell School of Music, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12190
Scope and Contents

Includes programmes, photographs, personal and corporate papers, journals and related ephemera.

Dates: Late 19th century to late 20th century

Papers of Verney Lovett Cameron.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10120/1-21
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1872-1892.

Papers relating to Thomas Huxley’s death., 1826, 1937-1993.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11407/9-10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.

Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.

Dates: 1826, 1937-1993.

Papers relating to tours and expeditions of James Wordie., 1865-1959.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12559/1-95
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1865-1959.

Pitsligo journal., 1847-1849.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/527
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1847-1849.

Pitsligo journal., 1891-1893.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/528
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1891-1893.

Pitsligo Journal, with observations on workers., 1840-1846.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/526
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1840-1846.

Private journal of the managing directors of Kinleith Paper Mill., 1879-1954.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20751
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Dates: 1879-1954.

Records of the firm of M J Brown, Son and Co, WS, consisting of letterbooks, ledgers and journals, with eight bundles of loose papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.212
Scope and Contents

The collection also includes some earlier documents.

Dates: Circa 1880-1964.

Records of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13372
Scope and Contents Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, property records and photographs, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and...
Dates: 1931-2000

Sketchbook and rough journal of John Francis Campbell combined for 1868 and early 1869., 1868-1869.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.4
Scope and Contents

The first part of the volume deals with a visit Campbell made to Norway from July to September 1868 (folios 14-145) and travels in Scotland and England made from October to December of the same year.

There is also a section on the Kildonan goldrush of 1869 with press cuttings and related correspondence, and at the end of the volume are several pages of notes concerning coal-mining and the Coal Commission.

Dates: 1868-1869.

Two journal-letters, of Robert Michael Ballantyne from the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11962
Scope and Contents

Includes two watercolour paintings of the lighthouse, one showing the building from the reef, the other being an interior view; with two other letters of Ballantyne concerning lifeboats, and many later letters of R M Ballantyne, his family and friends.

Dates: circa 1864-1865.