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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 3443 Collections and/or Records:

Birthday book of Mary Borthwick., 1887.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10466
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: 1887.

Book-keeping notebook of James M Walker, book I., 1861.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14191
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: 1861.

Book-keeping notebook of James M Walker, book II., 1861.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14192
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: 1861.

Book-keeping notebooks of James M Walker kept in "Set of ruled books adapted to Hutton's book-keeping by double entry in two books"., 1861.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14191-14192
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: 1861.

Book of poetry., Mid 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/380
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: Mid 19th century.

Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-26.7.37
Scope and Contents The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1511-1860.

Botanical notebook of George Crabbe containing notes on the taxonomy of `British plants` with, reversed from the rear, `Extracts from the second volume of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1794`., Circa 1800.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42069
Scope and Contents

The title is based on the description of the volume in the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 330 (London : Mansell, 1986).

With the notebook are 8 pressed specimens of British flora and fauna : 5 plant specimens and 3 insect specimens, including the remains of two damselflies.

Dates: Circa 1800.

Botanical notes of Canon Andrew John Young., [1945, or after], undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19740-19744
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Much of the material consists of notes made by Canon Andrew John Young of his reading. Some of the notebooks include page references to other volumes of notes which are not in this collection.

Dates: [1945, or after], undated.

Box containing log-books of 'Thelka', notebook, notes and various other related papers., 1951-1959, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/213(1-11)
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) Thekla inventory 1951

(2) Thekla log-book 1951-3

(3) Thekla log-book 1952

(4) Thekla log-book 1957

(5) Thekla log-book 1958

(6) Thekla log-book 1959

(7) notebook probably for Thekla log

(8) notes concerning Thekla

(9) notes and data on performance, structure, etc

(10) various papers and notebooks

(11) blueprints and sketch diagrams

Dates: 1951-1959, undated.

Box containing notebooks, 1990-1991, of Marshall Anderson, and a file box, 'DATA. Dick Ross. April 79-81'., 1979-1981, 1990-1991.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 42(1)-(8)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates: 1979-1981, 1990-1991.

Box containing papers and correspondence of Edith Simon and Eric Reeve, 1947-2005

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14390 Box 5 (1-36)
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains additional papers relating to Edith Simon's career as an artist and writer, as well as some early juvenilia, embracing her illustration and creative writing. The collection also contains a series of papers relating to her husband, the noted geneticist, Dr. Eric Reeve, documenting his university studies at the University of Oxford, his subsequent war service, and his later career at the University of Edinburgh. The broad scope of the collection may be...
Dates: 1947-2005

Box containing papers of Edith Simon concerning her youth and early writings, entitled 'Juvenilia', 1930-1937

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14390 Box 2 (1-12)
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains additional papers relating to Edith Simon's career as an artist and writer, as well as some early juvenilia, embracing her illustration and creative writing. The collection also contains a series of papers relating to her husband, the noted geneticist, Dr. Eric Reeve, documenting his university studies at the University of Oxford, his subsequent war service, and his later career at the University of Edinburgh. The broad scope of the collection may be...
Dates: 1930-1937

Box of notebooks, notes and related papers, possible for the 'Alpine journal'., 1923-1953.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/205(1-16)
Scope and Contents Containing:(1) note concerning J V E Ryan and other topics(2) notes concerning records of ascents and various climbing notes(3) incomplete climbing account with unrelated papers(4) fragment (possibly of beginning) of climbing account(5) notes of alpine books and articles(6) notes and incomplete alpine descriptions(7) binding instructions written on empty envelopes(8) copy of list of CWN’s Alpine...
Dates: 1923-1953.