Diaries.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to books containing the daily, personal accounts of the writer's own experiences, attitudes, and observations. (AAT) Use to refer to all personal diaires, whether by a named individual or not. (NLS) .
Found in 2680 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries, 1858-1865, of John Dalziel, Writer to the Signet.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9585
Scope and Contents
With letter, 1902, of Cora Scott-Moncrieff to Ethel Dalziel concerning Sir Joseph Nöel Paton, and genealogical table, undated, of the Hanna and Dalziel families.
Dates:
1858-1902 and undated.
Diaries, a few notebooks and some miscellaneous papers chiefly of Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson, with some of her parents, brother and sisters, her husband and daughter.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20080-20207
Dates:
[1823, or after]-1935, undated.
Diaries, albums and photographs of the Campbell, Login and Maitland Mackgill Crichton familes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12549
Dates:
circa 1803-1965.
Diaries and autobiography of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1833-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9261-9263
Diaries and biographical memoranda of Archibald Palmer Douglas of Cavers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8883
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts of visits to Canada, 1905-1906, and New Zealand, 1906.
Dates:
1880-1947.
Diaries and correspondence of David Morrison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6374
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn and Fionn MacColla.
Dates:
1966-1974.
Diaries and diary extracts of Francis G Richards and diary extracts of Anne H Richards., [Circa 1830]-1860.
File
Identifier: MS.20371
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Account, [circa 1830], of a visit to Bangor, Maine, and to New Brunswick Province, Canada, probably of Francis Richards. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Extracts from the diary, 1855-1856, of Francis G Richards. (Folio 7.)
(iii) Journal, June 1857-September 1858, of Francis G Richards giving a detailed account of his voyage to Calcutta in 1857 and return to Boston in 1858. Richards was a keen sailor, and he pays particular attention to the navigation of the ship and to...
Dates:
[Circa 1830]-1860.
Diaries and diary extracts of members of the Richards family., [Circa 1830]-1882.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20371-20391
Diaries and Golf Match Record Books of Frederick Guthrie Tait.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13048
Scope and Contents
Golf Match Record Books and diaries, 1886-1900, of Frederick Guthrie Tait (1870-1900). Freddie Tait was one of the most important amateur golfers of the late Victorian era. His father, Peter Guthrie Tait, Professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh University, was also a keen golfer. Freddie and his siblings learnt to play golf on the links at St Andrews and Musselburgh from an early age. Later, father and son carried out scientific experiments on the flight of a golf ball. Freddie Tait...
Dates:
1886-1900.
Diaries and journals of Cecilia Campbell, Frances Madeline Cleghorn and Maria Susan Campbell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6783/1-10
Dates:
1834-1875, undated.
Diaries and journals of Colonel Sir Philip Durham Trotter, fifth son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn, describing his life as a young man and the greater part of his military career., 1861-1916.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20270-20296
Dates:
1861-1916.
Diaries and letter books of Rear Admiral George John Malcolm., 1853-1880.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12150/38-45
Diaries and notebooks, 1823-1850, of Sir George Campbell of Edenwood and travel journals and diaries, 1859-1891, of his son, also Sir George Campbell of Edenwood.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7657
Scope and Contents
Including descriptions of a tour to China in 1866 and the United States in 1881-1882.
Dates:
1823-1891.
Diaries and notebooks of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, auditor of exchequer., 1736-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17750
Dates:
1736-1761.
Diaries and notebooks of David Young Cameron and Katharine Cameron Kay, some containing further sketches., 1895-1965, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8950/13-24
Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, sister of Mary E Haldane., 1852-1908.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20151-20192
Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane, daughter of Mary E Haldane., 1876-1935, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20197-20204
Diaries and notebooks of Ethel Bassin., 1924-1974, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 3(1)-Box 5(11)
Diaries and notebooks of John Cockburn Ross of Shandwick and Rowchester and of his wife, Jane Ross of Shandwick.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20481-20482
Scope and Contents
The volumes provide a detailed account of everyday life at the family's various residences including Rowchester, Shandwick, Thorpe Arch, Scarborough, Chelsea, Woodville near Dalkeith, Sharpitlaw, and Marchmont House, Berwickshire.
Dates:
1793-1825.
Diaries and notebooks of John Kirk and Helen Kirk., 1858-1884.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/21-38
Scope and Contents
John Kirk's unless otherwise stated. Kirk tended to keep diary entries and notes in the same book and the functions often merge. Sometimes he kept several types of information in one book over a period of several years, and the dates of the diaries frequently overlap.
Dates:
1858-1884.
Diaries and notebooks of Mary E Haldane., 1849-1925.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20082-20150
Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Maitland., 1815-1839.
Series
Identifier: Dep.353/1-11
Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick L Maitland.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.353
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates:
1815, 1819-1820, 1828-1839.