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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 3443 Collections and/or Records:

Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 6., Circa 1784-circa 1820.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.6
Scope and Contents From the Series: The work, which was apparently intended for publication but never published, is based upon the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, which was first printed as an Appendix to ‘Minor Practicks’, but it contains considerable additional matter and the order is rather different. Hutton appears to have made further additions from his own researches at the end of...
Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.

Collection of notebooks containing a copy made by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of a `Monasticon Scoticanum` compiled by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, volume 7., Circa 1784-circa 1820.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.7
Scope and Contents From the Series: The work, which was apparently intended for publication but never published, is based upon the `Account of all the Religious Houses that were in Scotland at the time of the Reformation` by John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, which was first printed as an Appendix to ‘Minor Practicks’, but it contains considerable additional matter and the order is rather different. Hutton appears to have made further additions from his own researches at the end of...
Dates: Circa 1784-circa 1820.

Copies of the magazine of the Royal Military College of Science retained by James Johnston following his time at the academy with notebooks of Johnston., c.1961-1964

 File
Identifier: Acc.13818/21
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: c.1961-1964

Corrected typescript, 1974, of Naomi Mitchison, "Oil for the Highlands".

 File
Identifier: Acc.6299
Scope and Contents

With a notebook, undated, entitled "Oil".

Dates: 1974 and undated.

Correspondence and notebooks of the Burnett family of Monboddo., 1678, 18th century-19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24596-24614
Scope and Contents From the Series:

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.

Dates: 1678, 18th century-19th century.

Correspondence and papers, 1980-1994, of David Morrison, mostly on literary matters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11217
Scope and Contents

Includes notebook, undated, of the Reverend James Lamont.

Dates: 1980-1994 and undated.

Correspondence and papers, including sermons, lectures, diaries and photographs, of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian Adam Smith and their family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9446/1-422
Scope and Contents

The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).

Dates: 1847-1982.

Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1816-1857, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.25500-25530
Scope and Contents

Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson (1800-1849), was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet of Kilkerran, and Jean, second daughter of Lord Hailes. He inherited Newhailes in 1838 on the death of his aunt, Christian Dalrymple, when he assumed the additional surname of Dalrymple. Sir Charles was admitted Advocate in 1822, and in 1829 married Helen, daughter of David Boyle of Shewalton, Lord President of the Court of Session.

Dates: 1816-1857, undated.