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Microfilm of the notebook of the storekeeper on David Livingston’s Zambesi Expedition.
The notebook was chiefly kept by Thomas Baines and contains accounts of stores taken, notes on their issue, and records of provisions. Baines, better known as an artist, was dismissed by David Livingstone for alleged irregularities in the use of the stores, and an account of the enquiry is included.
Microfilm of three notebooks, undated, of William Motherwell, the first containing 'The crust of comfort being a short treatise expressly written for the instruction and edification of Old Maids by Jacob Ebenezer Jogtrot B.A. of Brazen Nose College Oxford', the other two miscellaneous poems, copies of ballads, and other notes.
Microfilm of travel journals and notebooks of experiments of Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet.
Microfilm of various notebooks of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Microfilm of Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-18 (Adam Matthew).
Microfilms notebooks of Christina Struthers, wife of Sir John Struthers, the anatomist.
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1861-1871, of Christina Struthers entitled 'Records of the Children', discussing the appearance, character, and development of her several children (MS.8900);
Notebook, 1864-1875, of Christina Struthers entitled 'Household Inventories and Commonplace Book' (MS.8901).
Microfilms of notebooks containing the diary of an officer of the 8th (The King’s Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons (Hussars), probably Edward Simpson Grey, whilst on service in India.
Microfilms of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service in the East India Station.
Minutes and other administrative papers of the 7/45 Leith Dockers branch of the Transport and General Workers Union and predecessor bodies.
Miscellaneous notebook of H G Aldis, the bibliographer.
The earlier entries consist of bibliographical, antiquarian, and ecclesiological notes'. The later entries are chiefly concerned with early printing, and liturgies. There are a few collations of individual volumes, together with some notes on Scottish libraries.
Music book, 1800, of James Wallace of Thornhill.
Includes five other music items, late 18th century to early 19th century.
Note-books of Thomas Wilkie.
Thomas Wilkie was a collector of Border lore, and communicated much information to Walter Scott.
Notebook and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Notebook and parochial roll of Samuel Cameron, Minister of Logierait.
Samuel Cameron was Minister of Logierait from 1842 until his death in 1872. These volumes are a useful source both for his lifestyle as a country minister in the mid-19th century and for the history of Logierait.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Notebook, circa 1620, containing part of the Aberdeen Confession of Faith, 1616.
With a poem concerning the Gunpowder Plot, seven sonnets, and a didactic poem, "Of Wisdome".
Notebook, compiled by a student at Glasgow United Free Church Training College.
Containing drawings and notes on nature study, architecture, and other subjects.
Notebook concerning books read by Horace William Muirhead, apprentice at R and R Clark.
Notebook containing a census of the inhabitants of Burntisland parish.
Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.
The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards;
detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.
The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.