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 2093 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of Joan Glassel., 1807-1895.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8508/46-51
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers, 19th-20th century, relating to the family of the 7th and 8th Dukes of Argyll especially the circle of Joan Glassel, second wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and her children and grandchildren.
Dates:
1807-1895.
Correspondence and papers of Lady Hislop., 1802-1882, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13134-13153
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
General Sir Thomas Hislop's daughter Emma Eleanor Elizabeth married the 3rd Earl of Minto. Most of Sir Thomas Hislop's papers concern business and financial affairs, and his military career, in particular the Deccan Prize Case. But his general correspondence also includes a series of letters from the Venezuelan revolutionist, Francisco de Miranda, with whom Hislop had been connected in the West Indies. The papers of Lady Hislop contain much family material, including a substantial run of...
Dates:
1802-1882, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1775-1791.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Newhailes., 1849-1961, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25534-25572
Scope and Contents
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1849-1961, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto., 1773-1822.
Series
Identifier: MSS.11042-11739
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1773-1822.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto., 1789-1859.
Series
Identifier: MSS.11740-12237
Scope and Contents
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1789-1859.
Correspondence and papers of Valda Grieve, wife of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1933-1989, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.27221-27239
Scope and Contents
Valda Trevlyn was Christopher Murray Grieve's, "Hugh MacDiarmid's" second wife, whom he married in 1934.
Dates:
1933-1989, undated.
Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto., 1822-1891, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.12238-12364
Scope and Contents
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:
1822-1891, undated.
Correspondence chiefly of Hugh Elliot and his second wife., 1777-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.12960
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of letters from Hugh Elliot's mother, 1777 (folio 1) and from his second wife, 1802-1810 (folio 5); letters of Elliot to his second wife, 1793, 1802-1803, 1806, 1810-1813 (folio 31); and Elliot's journal, May 1810-January 1811, intended for his wife (folio 249).
Dates:
1777-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Family correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
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Family correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
Correspondence, notebooks and journals of the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Rosebery's stepfather., 1840-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10206-10216
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1840-1891, undated.
Correspondence, notebooks, notes and papers of Helen Haldane, née Spurway, second wife of J B S Haldane., 1934-1976, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20641-20654
Correspondence of Elizabeth Mure., Circa 1817, 1822, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8508/34-35
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers, 19th-20th century, relating to the family of the 7th and 8th Dukes of Argyll especially the circle of Joan Glassel, second wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and her children and grandchildren.
Dates:
Circa 1817, 1822, undated.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane., 1907-1964, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20534-20640
Daily diaries kept by Margaret Ritchie. , 1976-1986.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/587-597
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1976-1986.
Dairies of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1736-1797.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17768
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:
1736-1797.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick., 1837-1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.1691
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These diaries, which were regarded by their author as of no value whatsoever, were preserved by his desire merely that his descendants might know something of the thoughts and feelings of one of their predecessors. They do not form a daily record, but consist of random reflections on current events, and a great many biographical and genealogical descriptions of families and individuals of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, chiefly in MS.1686, which has at the end a rough index of the persons...
Dates:
1837-1839.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '3rd volume of Scraps and Nonsensicals'., 1831-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.1687
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These diaries, which were regarded by their author as of no value whatsoever, were preserved by his desire merely that his descendants might know something of the thoughts and feelings of one of their predecessors. They do not form a daily record, but consist of random reflections on current events, and a great many biographical and genealogical descriptions of families and individuals of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, chiefly in MS.1686, which has at the end a rough index of the persons...
Dates:
1831-1833.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '4th volume of Scraps and Nonsensicals'., 1833-1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.1688
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These diaries, which were regarded by their author as of no value whatsoever, were preserved by his desire merely that his descendants might know something of the thoughts and feelings of one of their predecessors. They do not form a daily record, but consist of random reflections on current events, and a great many biographical and genealogical descriptions of families and individuals of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, chiefly in MS.1686, which has at the end a rough index of the persons...
Dates:
1833-1834.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '5th volume, Private Manuscripts, Nothings'., 1834-1836.
Item
Identifier: MS.1689
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These diaries, which were regarded by their author as of no value whatsoever, were preserved by his desire merely that his descendants might know something of the thoughts and feelings of one of their predecessors. They do not form a daily record, but consist of random reflections on current events, and a great many biographical and genealogical descriptions of families and individuals of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, chiefly in MS.1686, which has at the end a rough index of the persons...
Dates:
1834-1836.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, 'Sixth volume of Scraps and Personal Memoranda'., 1836-1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.1690
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These diaries, which were regarded by their author as of no value whatsoever, were preserved by his desire merely that his descendants might know something of the thoughts and feelings of one of their predecessors. They do not form a daily record, but consist of random reflections on current events, and a great many biographical and genealogical descriptions of families and individuals of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, chiefly in MS.1686, which has at the end a rough index of the persons...
Dates:
1836-1837.
Dairy of Christopher K Mylne entitled ‘Observations and camera-work on third pair of Scottish Ospreys’ , 28 June 1967-4 July 1967.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14534/2
Scope and Contents
This diary covers the time that Mylne spent at Loch Garten observing and photographing ospreys.
Breeding pairs of ospreys had been extinct in Britain by the beginning of the 20th century, but they ospreys first returned to Loch Garten in 1954, generating much interest. Mylne went in 1967 to record the activities of the third breeding pair and kept this journal of his experiences there.
Dates:
28 June 1967-4 July 1967.
Dairy of Mary Monica Maxwell Scott, daughter of James Robert Hope-Scott., 1867.
Item
Identifier: MS.3695
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The leaves that have been foliated are those on which there is actual handwriting. The printed sections and fly-leaves have not been foliated, though writing does occur on some of the latter.
Dates:
1867.
Deputy Chief of Staff Appointment diary belonging to James Johnston., 1981
File
Identifier: Acc.13818/164
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1981
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating James Johnston on his posting as Deputy Chief of Staff at 4th Armoured Division, British Army of the Rhine.
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Documents relating to the Administration of the 4th armoured division retained by James Johnston.
Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters. , 1931-1941.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9338-9345
Dates:
1931-1941.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1937.
Item
Identifier: MS.9343
Dates:
1937.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.