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 2688 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries, notes and typescripts, relating to 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., 1907, 1927-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.4338/191(1-10)
Scope and Contents
Containing:(1) extracts from diary of climbing in Alps 1907(2) copy of diary of Brenva climb 1927(3) copy of diary of Brenva climbs 1928(4) copy of diary of Brenva climbs 1929-31(5) typed notes of ascent of Mont Blanc de Courmayeur 1928(6) typed and printed copies of T G Brown ‘Two new ascents of Mont Blanc’ with other papers 1927-9(7) note of conversations at the Alpine Club 1932-3(8) typescript...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1907, 1927-1933, undated.
Diaries of A E Borthwick, containing brief entries of appointments and family and personal affairs., 1902-1954.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10409-10430
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1902-1954.
Diaries of Alice Susan Lucy Campbell Swinton., 1884-1939.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13686/88-141
Scope and Contents
The diaries for 1885 and 1887 are missing.
Dates:
1884-1939.
Diaries of Alison Fell., 1971-1975.
File
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-8
Scope and Contents
These diaries date from the early 1970s, when Alison Fell was writing for journals such as Ink, Islington Gutter Press, and Spare Rib, and was involved with various women’s groups including Red Rag and the Essex Road Women’s Centre.
Dates:
1971-1975.
Diaries of Andrew Hunter recording in some detail daily activities on his estates and social engagements., 1862, 1865.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19724-19725
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...
Dates:
1862, 1865.
Diaries of Anne, Lady Stuart, wife of Sir John Stuart, 5th Baronet, of Castlemilk., 1776-1780, 1793.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8224-8229
Scope and Contents
The diaries describe Anne, Lady Stuart's social and private life.
Dates:
1776-1780, 1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Diaries of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot., 1861-1923.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19502-19535
Scope and Contents
Despite the gap between 1872 and 1882, the diaries cover Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's career in some considerable detail from 1861 to 1923 the year of his death. The early volumes relate to his education at Minto and at University in Edinburgh and Cambridge as well as to his years of practice at the Bar. When the diary is resumed in 1882, Elliot had entered political life as member for Roxburghshire, and for the next forty years he commented on the contemporary scene in his diary.
At all...
Dates:
1861-1923.
Diaries of Bessie Stone and her sister.
File
Identifier: Acc.6800
Scope and Contents
With notebook containing an anonymous translation of the first part of Alphonse Daudet, "Le Petit Chose".
Dates:
1903-1904, 1907.
Diaries of Blanche Arthur Georgina Swinton., 1846-1908.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13686/25-72
Scope and Contents
The diaries for 1859, 1873, 1875-1882, 1884, 1886, 1889, and 1899-1900 are missing.
Dates:
1846-1908.
Diaries of Bridget MacCaskill of the Eagle Watch project., 1995-2007.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13709/8-16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers and photographs, 1973-2007, undated, of Don and Bridget MacCaskill.Don MacCaskill was an eminent naturalist and forester who pioneered the blending of nature conservation with forestry practice. After his retirement as Chief Forester in Strathtyre and his wife Bridget concentrated on wildlife. They are especially known for their twelve year study of otters at Loch Teacuis on the Rathay Estate and the Eagle Watch project.While...
Dates:
1995-2007.
Diaries of Captain Richard Pearson kept from April 1854 to July 1855., 1854-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10986-10987
Scope and Contents
The entries are not lengthy, but mention the day-to-day events during this period.
Dates:
1854-1855.
Diaries of Catherine Mure., 1828-1886.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13678/2-4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers consist of letters and notes on the genealogy of the Mure of Caldwell family, Ayrshire and their relatives the Bloxham family, Banbury, diaries of Catherine Mure, daughter of William Mure of Caldwell (succ.1776) and legal documents of and relating to the Mures of Caldwell and the Bloxhams.
Dates:
1828-1886.
Diaries of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, written while attending the British School in Rome., 1910-1911.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8542/2-3
Diaries of Colonel James Halkett, several of which contain rough ink sketches., 1840-1865.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14202-14218
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Halkett was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Mauritius, Sir William Gomm, from 1842 to 1847, and to the Commander-in-Chief of India from 1850 to 1854. He was severely wounded in action in November 1854 and the diary for that year gives particular accounts of the battles he witnessed during the Crimean War.
Dates:
1840-1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Diaries, 1832-1865, chiefly of Colonel James Halkett (1822-1870), Coldstream Guards, son of Hugh, Baron von Halkett, describing his service in Britain, Mauritius, India and the Crimea; with correspondence and related material, 1847-1863, concerning several other members of the Halkett family.
Diaries of Don and Bridget MacCaskill., 1974-2007.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13709/4-16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers and photographs, 1973-2007, undated, of Don and Bridget MacCaskill.Don MacCaskill was an eminent naturalist and forester who pioneered the blending of nature conservation with forestry practice. After his retirement as Chief Forester in Strathtyre and his wife Bridget concentrated on wildlife. They are especially known for their twelve year study of otters at Loch Teacuis on the Rathay Estate and the Eagle Watch project.While...
Dates:
1974-2007.
Diaries of Edward R Zenthon, surveyor, of camping, hiking and climbing expeditions.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13576/1-4
Scope and Contents
Diaries, 1937-1947, of Edward R Zenthon, surveyor (1920-2012), of camping, hiking and climbing expeditions in Scotland, England, Wales, South Africa, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Italy.The diaries are illustrated with numerous skilful drawings and sketch maps together with photographs, postcards, maps and cartoons. In addition to diary entries, there are several lists including mountains climbed, personal climbing equipment, books owned and a glossary of mountaineering terms....
Dates:
1937-1947.
Diaries of Eliza Baird., 1816-1826.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9856/27-30
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks of speeches, lists and diaries.
Dates:
1816-1826.
Diaries of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1855-1908.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20151-20182
Dates:
1855-1908.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, sister of Mary E Haldane.
Diaries of Elizabeth Mantell., 1962-1996
Series
Identifier: Acc.14298/2-16
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist of surviving letters of Elizabeth Mantell to her parents, her diaries covering both periods she spent nursing in Malawi, copies of her mission partner reports collected by her sister, Ruth, and a few ephemeral items.
The letters and diaries are detailed and discuss general life and the family, but also describe Elizabeth’s work in the hospitals. Ruth visited her sister in Malawi on a number of occasions, and her diaries from those visits are included.
Dates:
1962-1996
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Elizabeth Mantell, medical missionary and midwife in Malawi, including letters to her parents, her diaries, and draft reports; also included are diaries of Ruth Mantell, Elizabeth's sister, relating to her visits to Malawi.
Diaries of Elizabeth Oliver, discussing chiefly domestic and social events in India and England., 1905-1946.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24682-24717
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1905-1946.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Elizabeth Oliver.
Diaries of Elizabeth S Haldane., 1933-1935.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20197-20199
Scope and Contents
The diaries were produced by London stores as advertisements. Each is interleaved with blotting-paper.
Dates:
1933-1935.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Diaries and notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane, daughter of Mary E Haldane.
Diaries of General John Fletcher Campbell, recording social, business, and military matters., 1778-1797.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17751-17768
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:
1778-1797.