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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 2104 Collections and/or Records:

Small pocket diary of Florence Marian McNeill, used to note engagements., 1941.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26252
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1941.

Small pocket diary of Florence Marian McNeill, used to note engagements., 1943.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26253
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1943.

Small pocket diary of Florence Marian McNeill, used to note engagements., 1946.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26254
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1946.

Small quantities of leaves from accounts of travels, with some letters, of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson., 1874-1889.

 File
Identifier: MS.20194
Scope and Contents The contents consist of: (i) Leaves from a journal of Jane C Burdon-Sanderson of a voyage to Egypt and letters, September-October 1874, to her sister Elizabeth (folio 1); (ii) Parts of a diary, apparently in the form of letters to her niece Elizabeth S Haldane, of a tour in Italy, November 1881-January 1882 (folio 36); (iii) Extracts, in a later hand, of an account of her first voyage to India, November-December 1885, of her diaries 1887-1888, and of her last voyage to India, December 1888...
Dates: 1874-1889.

Some Holidays and Sails, Cycle, Motor Cycle and Car Runs and Aircraft Flights., September 1946- March 1966.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6334/20-26
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Concerning his mountaineering expeditions in the British Isles, the Alps and Canada.

Dates: September 1946- March 1966.

Sporting diary of the 7th Marquess of Lothian, describing shooting and fishing, chiefly in Scotland and Norfolk., 1816-1824.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5790
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.

Dates: 1816-1824.

"The Poet`s Journal" of George Crabbe., 1779-1780.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42067
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 296 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1779-1780.

'Tome I' and 'Tome II' of the diaries of Sir Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick., 1824-1830.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1685-1686
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: 1824-1830.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Allahabad Agricultural Conference, 13-19 January 1911., 1911.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Amritsar, Karachi, Bombay, Kanpur, 17 October - 5 November 1911., 1911.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.7
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Bombay, Ahmedabad, Karachi, Lahore, Dehra Dun, July 1912., 1912.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1912.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices., 1911-1912

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.8-85.1.9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911-1912

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Chittagong and Narayangunj, June 1911., 1911.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Kanpur, Delhi, Lahore, Lyallpur, Bombay, 15 February - 8 March 1913., 1913.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1913.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, Agra, Ahmedabad, Karachi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Calcutta, 7 December 1909 - 6 January 1910., 1909-1910.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1909-1910.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Madras, Bangalore, Bombay, 15 June - 12 July 1913., 1913.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.12
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1913.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Madras, Poona, Bombay, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Bilaspur, July 1911., 1911.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Madras Presidency, August 1909., 1909.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1909.

Transcript of fragments of volumes xiv-xxiv, xxvi-xliii, of the diary of Archibald Johnston of Warriston., September 1657-June 1661.

 File
Identifier: MS.6259
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcript, though incomplete, contains, in addition to the material used in the printed text, prayers, religious meditations, and particulars of the health and establishment of Archibald Johnston's family.

Dates: September 1657-June 1661.

Transcript of parts of volumes xiv-xvi of the diary of Archibald Johnston of Warriston., April-December 1655.

 File
Identifier: MS.6247
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcript, though incomplete, contains, in addition to the material used in the printed text, prayers, religious meditations, and particulars of the health and establishment of Archibald Johnston's family.

Dates: April-December 1655.

Transcript of parts of volumes xix-xx of the diary of Archibald Johnston of Warriston., March-June 1656.

 File
Identifier: MS.6249
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcript, though incomplete, contains, in addition to the material used in the printed text, prayers, religious meditations, and particulars of the health and establishment of Archibald Johnston's family.

Dates: March-June 1656.

Transcript of parts of volumes xlii-xliii of the diary of Archibald Johnston of Warriston., February-May 1660.

 File
Identifier: MS.6258
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcript, though incomplete, contains, in addition to the material used in the printed text, prayers, religious meditations, and particulars of the health and establishment of Archibald Johnston's family.

Dates: February-May 1660.

Transcript of parts of volumes xvii-xviii of the diary of Archibald Johnston of Warriston., December 1655-March 1656.

 File
Identifier: MS.6248
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcript, though incomplete, contains, in addition to the material used in the printed text, prayers, religious meditations, and particulars of the health and establishment of Archibald Johnston's family.

Dates: December 1655-March 1656.