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:
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26705-26712
Scope and Contents
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Dates:
1909-1976, undated.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12274
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.
Dates:
1946-1982.
Papers of the Reverend James Cumming.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5931
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, sermons, and lectures, with a genealogical tree showing the family of the Reverend Prof David Cairns and his connection with Cumming.
Dates:
1853-1892.
Papers of the Reverend John Brown.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9400
Scope and Contents
Includes genealogical tables and diaries concerning the Brown family.
Dates:
circa 1774-1832.
Papers of the Reverend Prof Franz Hildebrandt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9251
Scope and Contents
Includes sermons, lectures, notes for published works, correspondence, pastoral notebooks and diaries.
Dates:
1926-1985.
Papers of the Reverend Prof Franz Hildebrandt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9985
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries and registers of sermons.
Dates:
circa 1929-1985.
Papers of the Seaforth family., 1788-1834.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6396-6401
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
There is also some correspondence of the Seaforth family, Henry's son, Joshua Henry, having married Helen, daughter of Lord Seaforth.
Dates:
1788-1834.
Papers of the Stewart and Christie families.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5058
Dates:
19th century to 20th century.
Papers of the Stewart and Christie families, and concerning the Murdostoun estate.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.164- is now Acc.5058.
Dates:
19th century-20th century.
Papers of the Sutherland Estates.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents
This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.
Dates:
15th century-1814.
Papers of Verney Lovett Cameron.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10120/1-21
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, notebooks and correspondence.
Dates:
1872-1892.
Papers of Wendy Wood.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9915
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, memoirs, short stories and articles.
Dates:
circa 1930-1980.
Papers of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13593
Scope and Contents
Papers, c.1910-1970s, of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.Werner Bienert was born in Thale Am Harz, Germany in1902 to a sawmill owner. His early life until 1922 was spent working in the timber trade in Germany and Holland before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924 on a year’s visa. There he met his future wife, Rose Tinney, with whom he had three children. They were married in 1925 before Bienert was forced to move back to Germany, settling in Hamburg. The...
Dates:
c.1903-1979
Papers of William Hutchison Murray and Anne Burnet Murray
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13936
Dates:
1864-2012, undated.
Papers of William Laird McKinlay relating to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.357- is now Acc.12696.
Dates:
1913-1918.
Papers of William Ronald Johnston (né Steggall.) Father of James Johnston. , 1942-1945, 1955-1968, 1970-1971.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/620-624
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:
Majority of material found within 1942-1945, 1955-1968, 1970-1971.
Papers relating to Castletown in the parish of Fordoun, Kincardineshire., 1792-1796.
File
Identifier: MS.2790
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Account of the stocking on the farm of Castletown, 14 May, 1792' (folio 1);(ii) Diary of farm work and management, 16 May 1792-17 October 1793 (folio 2 verso);(iii) Inventory of household furniture, farm utensils, books, 1792 (folio 1 inverted);(iv) 'Accompt of money paid out by Professor John Stuart of Marischal College Aberdeen as Trustee & Executor of the Will of his Father Dr. John Stuart of Inchbreck...
Dates:
1792-1796.
Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston., 1957-2002.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/9-318
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:
1957-2002.
Papers relating to the political career of David Steel., 1954-1999.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13477/32-50
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1954-1999.
Papers relating to William Anderson, missionary in Jamaica and Calabar., 1841-1893.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8943-8951
Passports of John Blythe Kinross, 1938, 1957. Also containing miscellaneous small pocket diaries, 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, relating to the boyhood and early working years of John Blythe Kinross, containing considerable annotations by him, particularly relating to the people he mentions., 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, 1938, 1957.
File
Identifier: Acc.8699/30
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1916, 1918-1921, 1923, 1938, 1957.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1818-2011, undated.
Personal and literary papers of Naomi Mitchison
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12578/1-45
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the life and work of the novelist, poet and writer Naomi Mitchison. Includes personal correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, press cuttings, family papers and photographs.Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, née Haldane, was born in Edinburgh in 1897. She was the youngest child of Louisa Kathleen Haldane, née Trotter, and John Scott Haldane (1860-1936). Her elder brother was the biologist J. B. S. 'Jack' Haldane (1892–1964).Naomi attended the Dragon School...
Dates:
1836-2002