Commonplace books.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books in which noteworthy literary passages, cogent quotations, poems, comments, recipes, prescriptions, and other miscellaneous document types are written.
Found in 230 Collections and/or Records:
Two-volume commonplace book compiled by David R Robertson for his daughter Helen Stewart.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14249/1-2
Scope and Contents
A commonplace book in two volumes compiled by David R Robertson and inscribed to his daughter Helen Stewart for her birthday: 'two volumes of memorials and happy memories; comprising notes and sketches of my father's and mother's country and also of our familiar holiday haunts'. The volumes contain poetry, paintings and drawings, illuminated lettering, and extracts from books on history and Scottish folklore.
Dates:
1894-1943.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20491-20496
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Dates:
4th quarter of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.
Volumes written by Frances Tolmie., 1887 - 1904
Series
Identifier: Acc.14025/1-2
Content Description
From the Collection:
A collection of nine notebooks containing songs in English and Gaelic, newspaper cuttings especially on Highland and Gaelic subjects, poetry and notes on a variety of subjects. The collection was preserved by John Tolmie, oldest son of the Rev. John William Tolmie (1831-1886, minister of Bracadale and Contin). John Tolmie, who compiled four volumes in the collection, was a nephew of Frances Tolmie, collector of Gaelic songs. Two further volumes belonged to Frances Tolmie herself, and...
Dates:
1887 - 1904
Volumes written by Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie, 1885 - 1919
Series
Identifier: Acc.14025/3-4
Scope and Contents
A commonplace book and a volume of songs, both compiled by the Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie, minister of Campbeltown and Southend, Kintyre.
Dates:
1885 - 1919
Women, education and literature: the papers of Maria Edgeworth, 1767-1849, part 3, reels 1-4 (Adam Matthew, 2001).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1205-1208
Dates:
1793-1st half of 19th century.