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 2673 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries and diary extracts of members of the Richards family., [Circa 1830]-1882.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20371-20391
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates:
[Circa 1830]-1882.
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
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Diaries, letter books and commonplace book, 1835-1884, of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm (1782-1851) his sons, Rear Admiral George John Malcolm (1830-1884), and Pulteney Malcolm (1831-1852) of the Bengal Civil Service, and of George John Malcolm's wives, Ottonie von Dungern (1841-1866) and Sophie von Brockdorff (1846-1927).
Dates:
1853-1880.
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
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
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
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
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
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1815-1839.
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.
Diaries and notebooks of the 3rd Earl of Minto., 1841-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12272-12329
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1841-1891, undated.
Diaries and notebooks of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1858-1913.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12473-12524
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1858-1913.
Diaries and other papers of W M Docharty.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6334/1-28
Scope and Contents
Concerning his mountaineering expeditions in the British Isles, the Alps and Canada.
Dates:
1929-1968.
Diaries and other personal records of Graham Brown., 1898-1960.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/17-40
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
Dates:
1898-1960.
Diaries and other personal records of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine., 1937-1974.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12801/43-66
Diaries and personal papers of William Winter Hamilton., 1936-1992.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Dates:
1936-1992.