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Microfilm of "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.
Microfilm of second corrected proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke.
Microfilm of South African diary of C Forsyth.
Microfilm of the eastern journal of David Robert.
The contents are as follows:
Journal, 1838, in Egypt (Acc.7723/1);
Journal, 1839, in Syria (Acc.7723/2).
Microfilm of travel journals, 1767, 1771, of James Robertson; and of a journal, 1776, of a tour of Scotland by an unknown traveller.
The contents are as follows:
Journal, 21 May-11 June 1776, of a tour of Scotland (MS.1021);
'Journal of James Robertson, 1767’, chiefly in the north-east, covering the counties of Aberdeen, Inverness, Caithness, and Sutherland (MS.2507);
'Journal of James Robertson, 1771’, covering Ross, Argyll, the parts of Inverness not covered in MS.2507, and the hill districts of central Scotland (MS.2508).
Microfilm of travel journals and notebooks of experiments of Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet.
Microfilm of travel journals of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Captain Robert Scott of Rosebank, and Mrs Mary Graham.
Microfilm of travel journals of Francis, Lord Jeffrey; and poetry of Margaret Loudoun.
Travel journal, 1813, of Francis Jeffreys in the United States (Acc.11099/1-2);
Journal, September 1800, of a pedestrian tour in Scotland by Francis Jeffrey (MS.23223);
Diary, July-September 1823, of a journey from London to Venice and back by Francis Jeffrey travelling with Henry Cockburn and others (MS.23224);
Volume containing fair copies of poems, 1803-1809, in the hand of Margaret Loudoun (MS.23226).
Microfilm of typescript journal of Naomi Mitchison of a visit to Russia.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
"Mr. Alexander Sinclair's Journal" of a visit to Caithness on which he accompanied his father, Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, of Ulbster, and his brother George Sinclair.
The Sinclair's route from Edinburgh was by Stirling, Dunira, Weem, Aviemore, Beauly, and Golspie to Wick and Thurso, and they returned by Elgin, Peterhead, Aberdeen, and Kinross. The writer, aged 15, chiefly describes things of personal interest, such as food and social activities. He refers to Sir John's interests in road-building and herring-fisheries.
Mrs and Mrs Beecroft`s Third Tour in Scotland.
'North of England & Scotland. Journall, 1704.'
Notebook and travel journal of a family from Portobello.
The notebook contains an account of a woman's voyage from Leith to Copenhagen with her husband and three small children, and an inventory of the contents of the 'top flat', no. 1 Pitt Street, Portobello. With a transcription of the travel account by Dr Alan Marchbank.
Notebook containing a tour of Scotland by an unidentified tourist.
Tour of the highlands including a visit to Mull and Staffa. Contains pen sketches including a Roman bridge near Glasgow, a druidical circle near Kenmore, rock strata at Oban, and a map showing the location of a lake at Aviemore where nuphar minima water lillies can be found.
Notebook of David Maule, a dresser at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
The first part (folios 1-17) consists of a case-book giving details of the symptoms, treatment, and daily progress of five patients admitted to the Infirmary. Particulars of another case had been removed before acquisition by this Library. The rest of the volume (folios 19-46) contains a journal kept by David Maule on a voyage from Greenock to British Guiana on the 'Brilliant', 22 February-16 April 1801.
Notebook of Elizabeth Hume.
Containing poems by Hume and others, sketches, and journal of a trip to England and Wales.
Notebooks containing 'Resolutions, Remarks, Minutes, Observations, and Travelling Memorandum' made on a journey from Newcastle into Scotland by coach and on horseback during the winter of 1795-1796.
The record stops abruptly soon after the commencement of the third volume, on 14 January, when the writer is passing Blair [Atholl]. This English traveller has been identified as John Pease (1775-1808) of the Quaker family of Pease, cloth merchants in Leeds, by Peter Barber, who has printed the full text in 'Journal of a traveller in Scotland', in 'Scottish Historical Review', volume xxxvi (1957).
Notebooks of Christina Struthers, wife of Sir John Struthers, the anatomist.
Notebooks recording a tour of Scotland.
Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.
Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.
The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.
'Notes taken during a tour of Italy in the autumn of 1830'.
The writer embarked at Berwick on 20 July, and returned to England on 25 December. His journals are mainly concerned with architecture, antiquities, and the fine arts, and he shows himself to be a thorough and sensitive tourist. His fastidious reactions to local customs and hospitality are described throughout. A few references to a second visit in 1840 have been added.
Papers, including travel diaries, typescripts of short stories, poems, plays, articles and talks, of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).
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.
Papers of Graham Balfour.
Largely concerning travels in the United States and in the Pacific Islands, but also concerning the literary remains of Robert Louis Stevenson.