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Travel journals.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of James Augustus Grant and of his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.17901-17926
Scope and Contents James Augustus Grant joined the Bengal Army in 1848 and was at the siege of Multan, the battle of Gujerat, and the relief of Lucknow. From 1860 to 1863 he was seconded to the Royal Geographical Society's expedition under John Hanning Speke, when the source of the Nile was identified and Uganda and southern Sudan visited. After further service in Kashmir and secondment to Napier's Abyssinian expedition, he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1868. He was awarded the Gold Medal of...
Dates: 1821-1892, undated.

Papers of John Rennie and his family., [Circa 1770]-1936, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19938-19965
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...
Dates: [Circa 1770]-1936, undated.

Papers of the family of Borthwick of Crookston.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10371-10392

Papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre., 1517-1934, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21101-21172
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates: 1517-1934, undated.

Papers of the poet and South African civil servant, Charles Murray (1864-1941).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27256-27285
Scope and Contents

Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.

Dates: 1866-1969, undated.

Papers of the Reverend William Wilson, minister of St Paul’s Free Church, Dundee.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14220-14226
Scope and Contents

William Wilson, who was dispossessed at the Disruption in 1843, became Moderator of the Free Church in 1866, and moved to Edinburgh in 1877.

Dates: 1833-1939, undated.

'Peninsular Scenery' by George Lewis Augustus Douglas., 1819.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10361
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is a further revision of the journals at MSS.10357-10360, condensed into one volume and illustrated with engravings and pen and ink sketches. The engravings appear to be a later state of the plates than in the previous version. Paper watermarked 1819.

Dates: 1819.

"Penson's short progress into Holland, Flanders, and France, with remarques, written by Thomas Penson, Anno Domini 1690", and account of a tour made in the second half of 1687.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3003
Scope and Contents The places described in most detail are Rotterdam, Delft, Leyden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Antwerp, Lille, Paris, and Versailles. Thomas Penson describes monuments and other sights, sometimes very fully (e.g., the museum of the Academy at Leyden), institutions, ceremonies, the life of the people, and his personal experiences and difficulties as a traveller.The book, which appears to have been written only for distribution in manuscript, is decorated with illustrations and other...
Dates: 1690.

Personal papers of James Johnston., 1939-2006

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/384-569
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates: 1939-2006

Personal papers of Neil Munro., 1887-1963, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26925-26930
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1887-1963, undated.

Photocopies of papers of George Borrow, and photocopies and press cuttings of related material., 1812-2001, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12091/15-44
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).

Dates: 1812-2001, undated.

Photocopy of a typed version of a journal kept by Agnes Paterson, wife of Andrew Paterson, a merchant sea-captain in the service of Jardine and Mathieson, the oriental trading company.

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Identifier: MS.8925
Scope and Contents The journal describes Agnes Paterson's voyage from Scotland to China, from her original departure from Leith to London, to her main embarkation at Portsmouth. It then records incidents on the journey, via the Cape of Good Hope and Java, to her destination at Macao. The journal was sent home in 1840 to her sister Janet, wife of Robert Morham, Depute Town Clerk of Edinburgh. A prefatory note by the donor gives a short biographical note on the compiler and mentions that it is not known whether...
Dates: 1839-1840.

Photocopy of journal, September-November 1860, of David Livingstone., 1860.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10759
Scope and Contents

The volume was not used for ‘The Zambezi Expedition of David Livingstone’, edited by P R Wallis (London, 1956), which gives no journal for this period.

Dates: 1860.

Photocopy of observations taken on the River Shire and Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi), August-November 1861, by David Livingstone., 1861.

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Identifier: MS.10761
Scope and Contents

The volume was sent by David Livingstone to Sir Thomas Maclear at Cape Town and received by him on 26 April 1862 (folio 2).

Dates: 1861.

Photocopy, with transcription, of journal of Nathaniel Phillips of Slebech, describing a tour through the Scottish Highlands.

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Identifier: MS.50271
Scope and Contents Descriptions concerning Phillips’ journey through the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Northumbria (folios 1-4).Details concerning Phillips’ time in East Lothian and Edinburgh, with lists of English and Scottish country seats and castles visited throughout the duration of his entire journey (folios 4-7).Account concerning Phillips’ travels through Glasgow, Argyle and Oban followed by visits to the Inner Hebrides (folios 7-13).Narrative concerning Phillips’...
Dates: 1791.

Pocket-book of Augustus Charles Minchin, a graduate of Dublin University, containing accounts of walking tours in Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6335
Scope and Contents The material is somewhat confused, but appears to fall into four parts.(i) Trips from Glasgow to Paisley, Ayr and Mauchline, 16-19 August 1818, mostly concerned with information about Robert Burns (folios 1-3, 102-105).(ii) 'My Pocketbook'; possibly plans for a walking tour starting at Rothesay and ending at Edinburgh. A circuitous route involving places in the Lothians, Fife, Perthshire, Angus, Stirlingshire and Berwickshire is indicated; factual comments on these...
Dates: 1818.

Pocket notebook of William Bremner, father of Bruce Allan Bremner., 1827.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19235
Scope and Contents

The pocket notebook includes notes on conditions in Dominica and a diary for 1827 in which he recounts a voyage from Dominica to Portsmouth (folios 10-14).

Dates: 1827.

Printed geological work, and a journal of Leonard Horner., 1859, 1862.

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Identifier: MS.2221
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) John Morris, 'British Fossils, stratigraphically arranged' (printed) (folio 1), with a manuscript note by Leonard Horner, 18S9 (folio 4 verso).

(ii) 'Journal which I kept of our journey from London to Florence and our stay there, from 17 Sepr 1861 to May 1862', by Leonard Horner. Extracts are given by Mary Lyell in her ‘Memoir of Leonard Horner’ ([privately printed], London, 1890), volume ii, pages 307, and what follows. (Folio 5.)

Dates: 1859, 1862.