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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:

Diary and memoranda book of John Nisbet.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13484
Scope and Contents

John Nisbet`s diary and memoranda book lists significant events in his life including a ‘Tour to the Highlands in 1818’, eyewitness accounts of the Radical Riots in Paisley, 1820, and George IV’s visit to Edinburgh, 1822. There are also lengthy passages on ‘The State of Trade in Paisley, 1825-1826’ and on national and international affairs including the French Revolution of 1830. Also included are genealogical notes and household and medical recipes.

Dates: 1802-1831
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Diary and travel notes of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' made during visits to Russia and Berlin., 1950-1951.

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Identifier: MS.27196
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Notes, chiefly on Russian schools and universities, made in connection with Christopher Murray Grieve’s “Hugh MacDiarmid's” visit to Russia in 1950 (folio 1); (ii) Diary of the first week of the visit to Russia, 1950 (folio 10); (iii) Quotations and miscellaneous notes on pages torn from a diary for 1948 (folio 14). They include brief notes on a visit to Berlin in 1951 (folio 24 verso).

Dates: 1950-1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Notebooks and diaries of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'. / Diaries and travel notes of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.

Diary by Sir James Russell of his journey by sea from Bombay to Bushire and thence overland to Vienna., 1825.

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Identifier: MS.3224
Dates: 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, journals, and other papers of the Russells of Ashiesteel.

Diary in Sir Walter Scott's autograph, titled, ‘Tour on the Continent, 1815’, only kept up from 4 to 6 August., 1815.

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Identifier: MS.875
Dates: 1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order. / Original compositions of Sir Walter Scott.

Diary kept by Eliza Curr of Dundee from July 1863 to June 1864, describing the journey to and year spent at a school for young ladies in Fontainebleau.

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Identifier: MS.10255
Dates: 1863-1864.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Diary of a journey from London to Venice and back by Francis Jeffrey travelling with Henry Cockburn and others., July-September 1823.

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Identifier: MS.23224
Scope and Contents

The outward journey was made via Belgium, Holland, Germany and Switzerland, the return was through Switzerland and France. There is a list of places visited at folio 170; folios 164-169 are blank.

Dates: July-September 1823.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of and relating to Francis, Lord Jeffrey and Henry, Lord Cockburn.

‘Diary of a journey to Dreden &c 1654-64’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.30
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Diary of a person who accompanied an embassy from the Crown Prince of Saxony from the Weimar by Jena, Eisenberg, etc. to Dresden and back. (ii) Diary of a journey to Attenburg to the baptism of a child of the Crown Prince of Saxony (iii) Diary of a residence at the Court of Vienna; where there occur descriptions of the Government, the arrivals, receptions and audiences of various ambassadors and distinguished persons, accounts of the Imperial Army, etc. with...
Dates: 1654-1664.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Diary of Alison Helen Cairns concerning a trip around the world.

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Identifier: Acc.6826
Dates: 1927.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Diary of Ann Parminter Pringle, née Black, A E Borthwick's mother-in-law, recording a continental tour from June to August 1858., 1858.

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Identifier: MS.10467
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: 1858.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family. / Notebooks and diaries of A E Borthwick, Mary S V Borthwick, and her mother Ann Pringle.

Diary of Cecilia Combe of a continental tour., 1837.

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Identifier: MS.7463
Scope and Contents From the Series:

MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Dates: 1837.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household. / Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe.

Diary of Donald Macleod, giving an account of his travels in France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy, 5 June 1855-24 April 1856., 1855-1856.

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Identifier: MS.9829
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.

Dates: 1855-1856.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.

Diary of James S Smith., May 1861-1862.

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Identifier: MS.15903
Scope and Contents

The entries in this diary are not continuous with those of MS.15902. They take the diary up to May 1861 and then (folio 13) describe a tour to Coblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt and Heidelberg. This is followed (folio 32) by a diary in German of a tour made by James Smith and his family in May 1862 in Germany, Switzerland, France and London.

Dates: May 1861-1862.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Diary of James S Smith, the son of an Edinburgh surgeon and druggist, as a schoolboy at Neuwied in Germany.

Diary of John Hill Burton of a Highland tour., 1827.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9418
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The volumes consist of a diary of a Highland tour, 1827, and six other diaries of short jottings, chiefly records of appointments and correspondence.

Dates: 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him. / Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton. / Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.

Diary of Lady Henrietta Liston, and description of Constantinople., 1812-1814.

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Identifier: MS.5709
Scope and Contents

The volume contains fair copies of some of the material in MSS.5707-5708.

Dates: 1812-1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / Journals of Lady Henrietta Liston.

Diary of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, including details of his proposed application for the chair of Natural History at Edinburgh and transcripts of related correspondence., 1853-1854.

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Identifier: MS.19378
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.

Dates: 1853-1854.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, usually in the late summer while on holiday with his family in Britain but also in France, Germany, and Switzerland.

Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London., 1831-1838.

 Item
Identifier: MS.21041
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The entries in these volumes fill the gaps in the main series of diaries (MSS.21014-21039). As well as journal entries they include memoranda, lists of names and accounts concerning Robert Cadell's trips to London.

Dates: 1831-1838.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family. / Diaries of Robert Cadell. / Travel diaries of Robert Cadell. / Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London, describing his journeys, and business and social meetings.

Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London., 1839-1846.

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Identifier: MS.21042
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The entries in these volumes fill the gaps in the main series of diaries (MSS.21014-21039). As well as journal entries they include memoranda, lists of names and accounts concerning Robert Cadell's trips to London.

Dates: 1839-1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family. / Diaries of Robert Cadell. / Travel diaries of Robert Cadell. / Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London, describing his journeys, and business and social meetings.

Diary of Robert Cadell kept during visits to London, describing his journeys, and business and social meetings., 1831-1846.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21041-21042
Scope and Contents

The entries in these volumes fill the gaps in the main series of diaries (MSS.21014-21039). As well as journal entries they include memoranda, lists of names and accounts concerning Robert Cadell's trips to London.

Dates: 1831-1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family. / Diaries of Robert Cadell. / Travel diaries of Robert Cadell.

Diary of Robert Omond's cruise up the West Coast of Scotland in 1851 and of his trips to Orkney of 1869 and 1873., 1851, 1869, 1873.

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Identifier: MS.19387
Scope and Contents From the Series: Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates: 1851, 1869, 1873.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond.

Diary of the 9th Marquess of Lothian, describing voyages to Australia, India, and Egypt., 1852-1857.

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Identifier: MS.5794
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.

Dates: 1852-1857.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey. / Journals, commonplace books and letters from the library at Newbattle Abbey. / Diaries of the 9th Marquess of Lothian.

Diary of the Earl of Rosebery for April 1873, describing a visit to Paris, the south of France, Milan and Venice., 1873.

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Identifier: MS.10191
Scope and Contents From the Series: Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates: 1873.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author. / Notebooks of the Earl of Rosebery.

Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill., 1839-1840.

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Identifier: MS.19360
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.

Dates: 1839-1840.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, usually in the late summer while on holiday with his family in Britain but also in France, Germany, and Switzerland. / Diaries of Thomas Stewart Traill of trips to the west coast of Scotland, 1839-1841, Skye in 1841, and Aberdeen and Prestonpans in 1842.

Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill., 1840-1841.

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Identifier: MS.19361
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.

Dates: 1840-1841.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, usually in the late summer while on holiday with his family in Britain but also in France, Germany, and Switzerland. / Diaries of Thomas Stewart Traill of trips to the west coast of Scotland, 1839-1841, Skye in 1841, and Aberdeen and Prestonpans in 1842.

Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill., 1841-1842.

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Identifier: MS.19362
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.

Dates: 1841-1842.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, usually in the late summer while on holiday with his family in Britain but also in France, Germany, and Switzerland. / Diaries of Thomas Stewart Traill of trips to the west coast of Scotland, 1839-1841, Skye in 1841, and Aberdeen and Prestonpans in 1842.

Diary of Thomas Stewart Traill., 11 August 1845-23 September 1845.

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Identifier: MS.19367
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the diaries are illustrated with sketches of architecture and scenery. The diaries show Traill to have been a sensitive tourist giving detailed accounts of scenery, geology, history, local customs and industry.

Dates: 11 August 1845-23 September 1845.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill; with one of Robert Omond. / Diaries of trips made by Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, usually in the late summer while on holiday with his family in Britain but also in France, Germany, and Switzerland. / Diaries of Thomas Stewart Traill of trips to Ayrshire, Arran, Galloway, and Sutherland, 1845, and to Perthshire, 1846.

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