Notebooks.
Found in 508 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of notebook containing works on musical theory, psalm tunes, miscellaneous recipes and a poem.
Microfilm of notebook, March- October 1858, of Sir John Kirk compiled on the Zambesi Expedition.
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Microfilm of notebook of General Sir George Murray containing his copy of the general orders issued by General Sir Ralph Abercromby, 18 March-12 June 1796, commanding the expedition against the French in the West Indies.
Microfilm of notebook of J B S Morritt containing reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott, written in 1832.
Microfilm of notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.
Microfilm of notebook of Jane Welsh Carlyle, labelled by Thomas Carlyle: 'Vol. II (Notes, etc., on the mythic jottings, contind.) [ended and tied up (23 July 1868)]'.
Microfilm of notebook of manoeuvres of Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.
Microfilm of notebook of Sir James Matthew Barrie, containing notes on David Masson's lectures on rhetoric, 31 October-29 November 1881, written throughout in longhand.
Microfilm of notebook of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall; and, account book of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar.
The contents are as follows: Notebook, 1667-1676, of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall (Adv.MS.13.2.17); Account book, [circa 1657-1684], of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Callendar (Adv.MS.13.2.18).
Microfilm of notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing copies, not in Sibbald’s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides.
Microfilm of notebook of the Reverend Robert Kirk, later Minister of Aberfoyle and author of ‘The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies’, titled, ‘First Manuscript. A Miscellany of occurring thoughts on various occasions. Ro: Kirk. Love and Live; August i at Balquhidder, 1678'.
Microfilm of notebook of Thomas Linning, minister of Lesmahagow, containing a 'List of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Lesmahagow eight years old and upwards their Names Place of abode their Quarters or Several Districts'.
Microfilm of notebooks of John Duncan containing notes and extracts from published works on artists, art techniques and related subjects.
Microfilm of notebooks of Leonard Horner, containing notes on a journey from London to Ems.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Microfilm of notes in “Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912), notebooks and a journal of William Soutar.
Microfilm of original letters, 1831-1838, and copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters 1841-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn; and, notebook, [1852, or before], of Cockburn containing biographical details of Jeffrey.
The contents are as follows:
Copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters, November 1841-October 1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn (Adv.MS.9.1.11);
Original letters, 1831-1838, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, almost all of the period 1831-1834, and concerned with political and official business (Adv.MS.9.1.12);
Notebook, [1852, or before], of Henry Cockburn containing details of Francis Jeffrey’s family, and early life and career. (Adv.MS.9.1.13).
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).