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Travel journals.

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Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:

“A fortnight's cruise in the Ailsa from June 29 to July 13 1892”.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9231
Scope and Contents

An account of a voyage in an RNYC yacht round the Western Islands, by an unidentified author, illustrated with photographs, water-colour drawings, and pen sketches of the party, crew and scenery.

The party includes Jessie, Rae, Fred and cousin A. Rintoul and others.

The crew were Captain Peter MacNichol, Jack MacMillan, John MacAllister, Ronald MacDonald, Malcolm Wilkie and Dugald MacGillivray.

Dates: 1892.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

'A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent' bound with a manuscript tour, 1841, of Thomas Davison Bland of Kippax Hall, Yorkshire.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14274
Scope and Contents

The volume includes a copy of the 1841 edition of Murray's handbook alongside a handritten account of a tour taken that year, a list of recommended hotels and a summary of travelling expenses.

Dates: 1841
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Account of a voyage from Plymouth to Quebec on board the ‘Cayenne’., 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14804
Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester. / Miscellaneous manuscript volumes, received bound.

'Account of a voyage to the North West coast of America with observations on the manners of the inhabitants and on the production of that country in 1785 and 1786 by Ensign Walker of the Bombay Army.', 1785-1821.

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Identifier: MS.13778
Scope and Contents

This copy of the 'Voyage to America' seems to have been prepared for publication during Alexander Walker's first period of retirement, probably between 1815 and 1821, the original journal having been lost prior to 1815. For the most part this copy is in a hand other than Walker's with revisions by Walker himself as late as 1821.

Dates: 1785-1821.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker. / Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications. / Various versions of, and other material probably intended as a section of, ‘Voyage to America’ by Alexander Walker.

'Account of the island of St Kilda and neighbouring islands, visited in August, 1799.’

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Identifier: MS.3051
Scope and Contents The visit, which covered the 10-11 August, corresponds in many respects to that paid by Henry Brougham, John Joseph Henry, and Charles Stuart about that time. The account may, therefore, have been written by one of that party, though not by Brougham himself, who landed on the island later than the writer - see folios 4, 91, and “Brougham's life and times” (Edinburgh, 1871), volume i, page 100. From the blanks left for certain words, this appears to be a copy of a less legible...
Dates: 1799.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Album compiled by Katherine Jane Ellice, 1838-1864, entitled 'Scrabble Book Quebec, 1839', with notes 2013-2014 and undated, on Ellice family history in Canada and Glenquoich.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13651/1-3
Dates: Majority of material found within 1838-1864, 2013-2014, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Annotated edition of David Livingstone’s journal, 1861-1863, by Vero Bosazza and Rozina G Visram., 1861-1863, 1975.

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Identifier: MS.20337
Scope and Contents From the Series: Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates: 1861-1863, 1975.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Writings of Vero L Bosazza on nineteenth century explorers of African countries, chiefly David Livingstone.

Anonymous journal of a `Tour in Scotland August 1794`.

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Identifier: MS.29491
Scope and Contents The writer and his companion, Mr Booth, travelled by coach from London to Douglas Mill. From there, they continued on foot to New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde, Chatelherault and Glasgow. They then sailed to Dumbarton Castle, walked to Luss and climbed Ben Lomond, before visiting Inverary Castle and a Highland hut at Tyndrum. The writer walked on alone to Dunkeld, through the Pass of Killiecrankie to Fort Augustus, the Falls of Foyers, Inverness, Culloden Moor, Fort George, Forres, Elgin and...
Dates: 1794
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Anonymous `Observations on a Tour Through Part of Scotland’.

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Identifier: MS.29492
Scope and Contents The writer and his companion, Alexander Brodie, travelled by post chaise and on horseback from London to Newark, Harrogate, Kendal, Penrith and Carlisle. They then rode to Langholm, Hawick and Edinburgh where they spent a week with friends. Their pastimes included visiting the theatre and attending balls. In his journal, the writer comments on Edinburgh society and the habits of its leading citizens. From Edinburgh the companions travelled north to Kinross, Perth, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, and...
Dates: 1793
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Articles on Labrador, entitled ‘Klondyke gold rush’, with extra copies and a hard written journal of a trip to Cape Dorset in July., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11628/246
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir. / Articles by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, also containing broadcasts, speeches, essays and other papers.

Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment., 1793.

 Series
Identifier: MS.19200
Scope and Contents

Warren Hastings journey began and ended in Edinburgh, and among places visited are Stirling, Perth, Loch Tay, Loch Lomond, Loch Long, Glasgow, Paisley, and Lanark. Hastings is shown as a sensitive tourist, responsive to scenery and architecture. He pays special attention to the standard of food and comfort in inns, and gives some space to commercial and economic observations. Little in the journal relates to his public career.

Dates: 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journal of Warren Hastings, 1793, with a transcript and related material, 1929-1938, by Dr Sophia Weitzman, author of ‘Warren Hastings and Philip Francis’.

Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment., 13-20 September 1793.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19200
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Warren Hastings journey began and ended in Edinburgh, and among places visited are Stirling, Perth, Loch Tay, Loch Lomond, Loch Long, Glasgow, Paisley, and Lanark. Hastings is shown as a sensitive tourist, responsive to scenery and architecture. He pays special attention to the standard of food and comfort in inns, and gives some space to commercial and economic observations. Little in the journal relates to his public career.

Dates: 13-20 September 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journal of Warren Hastings, 1793, with a transcript and related material, 1929-1938, by Dr Sophia Weitzman, author of ‘Warren Hastings and Philip Francis’. / Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment.

Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment., 20-27 September 1793.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19201
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Warren Hastings journey began and ended in Edinburgh, and among places visited are Stirling, Perth, Loch Tay, Loch Lomond, Loch Long, Glasgow, Paisley, and Lanark. Hastings is shown as a sensitive tourist, responsive to scenery and architecture. He pays special attention to the standard of food and comfort in inns, and gives some space to commercial and economic observations. Little in the journal relates to his public career.

Dates: 20-27 September 1793.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Journal of Warren Hastings, 1793, with a transcript and related material, 1929-1938, by Dr Sophia Weitzman, author of ‘Warren Hastings and Philip Francis’. / Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment.

Book files for the journal of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club., 1996, 2004, 2006.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13445/91-93
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The book files include generally correspondence, accounts, photographs, art work and reviews.

Dates: 1996, 2004, 2006.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Peter Hodgkiss and the Ernest Press. / Book files for publications produced by the Ernest Press. / Book files of the Ernest Press for publications of the the Fell and Rock Climbing Club.

Book files of the Ernest Press for publications of the the Fell and Rock Climbing Club., 1990-2008, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13445/91-99
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The book files include generally correspondence, accounts, photographs, art work and reviews.

Dates: 1990-2008, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Peter Hodgkiss and the Ernest Press. / Book files for publications produced by the Ernest Press.

Bound journal letters of Robert Graham to his family forming a more detailed account of his tour through Holland and Belgium, Switzerland, Savoy, Italy, the Tyrol and Germany sketched in MS.16047: Draft journal and 'Memorandum book' of Robert Graham of a continental tour, March 1824-March 1825., 1824-1825.

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Identifier: MSS.16053-16054
Dates: 1824-1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families. / Travel diaries, journal letters and papers chiefly of Robert Graham.

Bound journal letters of Robert Graham to his family labelled ‘Italy, 1824-5’., 1824-1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.16054
Scope and Contents

The letters from Italy contain detailed description of the antiquities of Rome and Pompeii, and of the architecture and art treasures of Milan, Florence and other cities.

Dates: 1824-1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families. / Travel diaries, journal letters and papers chiefly of Robert Graham. / Bound journal letters of Robert Graham to his family forming a more detailed account of his tour through Holland and Belgium, Switzerland, Savoy, Italy, the Tyrol and Germany sketched in MS.16047: Draft journal and 'Memorandum book' of Robert Graham of a continental tour, March 1824-March 1825.

Bound journal letters of Robert Graham to his family labelled ‘Netherlands and the Rhine, Switzerland & the passes of the Alps, 1824-5’., 1824-1825.

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Identifier: MS.16053
Dates: 1824-1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families. / Travel diaries, journal letters and papers chiefly of Robert Graham. / Bound journal letters of Robert Graham to his family forming a more detailed account of his tour through Holland and Belgium, Switzerland, Savoy, Italy, the Tyrol and Germany sketched in MS.16047: Draft journal and 'Memorandum book' of Robert Graham of a continental tour, March 1824-March 1825.

Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863., 1827-1863.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9418-9424
Scope and Contents

The volumes consist of a diary of a Highland tour, 1827, and six other diaries of short jottings, chiefly records of appointments and correspondence.

Dates: 1827-1863.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him. / Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.

Carbon copy of ‘My diary. The Mediterranean 1890’ by Ian Malcolm, a journal of a tour in a private yacht, the Ceres., 1890.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.4304/1
Dates: 1890.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Travel diaries, photograph albums and other papers of Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm. / Travel journals of Ian Malcolm.

Climbing diary notebooks of Graham Brown., 1927-1954.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/41-94
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: 1927-1954.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / The Graham Brown Collection. / Notebooks of Graham Brown.

Climbing diary notebooks of Graham Brown, relating to the Alps., 1932-1933.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/42-59
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: 1932-1933.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / The Graham Brown Collection. / Notebooks of Graham Brown. / Climbing diary notebooks of Graham Brown.

Climbing journal, June-July 1931, Peter Frederick Oliver of an expedition to the Baspa Valley (in continuation of MS.24660), and June-July 1932 of mountaineering in the Swiss Alps., 1931-1932.

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Identifier: MS.24661
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver’s 'Everest' diaries for the 1936 and 1938 expeditions. The engagement diaries consist chiefly of brief factual entries while the climbing journals provide a detailed record of Oliver's mountaineering experiences.

Dates: 1931-1932.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver. / Climbing journals and engagement diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver.

Climbing journal of Peter Frederick Oliver of an expedition to Dharmsala and Dhaola Dhaur in the Kunmaon Himalayas., June-July 1930.

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Identifier: MS.24659
Scope and Contents

The journal also contains some line drawings.

Dates: June-July 1930.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver. / Climbing journals and engagement diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver.

Climbing journal of Peter Frederick Oliver of an expedition to Gahrwal in the Kunmaon Himalayas during which Oliver failed in an attempt to climb Dunagiri but later made the second known ascent of Trisul., May-July 1933.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24662
Scope and Contents

The journal contains diagrams and line drawings showing routes taken on the expedition.

Dates: May-July 1933.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver. / Climbing journals and engagement diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver.

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