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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 2939 Collections and/or Records:

Research papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series., 1974-2001, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/179-319
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1974-2001, undated.

Rough notebook of Sydney Goodsir Smith containing drafts of poems, ideas for broadcasts, designs for title-pages, memoranda and other miscellaneous material., 1950.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26157
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: 1950.

Rough notebook of Sydney Goodsir Smith containing drafts of poems, ideas for broadcasts, designs for title-pages, memoranda and other miscellaneous material., 1951.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26158
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: 1951.

Rough notebooks of Sydney Goodsir Smith containing drafts of poems, ideas for broadcasts, designs for title-pages, memoranda and other miscellaneous material., 1950-1951.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26157-26158
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: 1950-1951.

School notebook of William Mure, (succedded 1831), at Cheam, Surrey, mainly on history and biblical studies., 1841.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5004
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Dates: 1841.

Scientific notebooks in the possession of J S Haldane, compiled by others., 1882-1919.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20526-20529
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1882-1919.

Scientific notebooks of J S Haldane., 1886-1915.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20518-20525
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1886-1915.

'Scotland: The Story of a Nation' (2000)., 1999-2001.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/83-103
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 1999-2001.

Scribbling diaries of Katy Horseman., 1976, 1985.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11787/70-71
Dates: Majority of material found within 1976, 1985.

Scripts of Don Paterson., Before 1998-2001, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12689/68-74
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Don Paterson's literary papers consist mainly of notebooks and poetry files in which his meticulous planning, working and reworking of the poems is evident. The notebooks are rarely only poetry and frequently contain doodles, bars of music and set lists relating to Lammas, 'mind-maps', packing lists and other such memory-aids, and lengthy notes often relating to his teaching activities.

Dates: Before 1998-2001, undated.