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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 2591 Collections and/or Records:

Diary of a man resident in Edinburgh, consisting largely of accounts of lectures, concerts, and plays which he has attended.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3107
Scope and Contents

The writer was at different times employed by the N.B.R. (?North British Railway) Company (folio 20 verso), and Messrs Blackwell and Munro, Wholesale Fruit and Spice Merchants, Edinburgh (folio 40), and made journeys, probably on business, to Germany in 1846 (folios 4-16 verso) and in various parts of Scotland. He appears to have been a man of little education, making efforts to improve himself. He gives little information about the places visited.

Dates: 1846-1850.

Diary of a Miss Cumming.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6278
Scope and Contents

Describing her time as a Red Cross nurse in Bulgaria.

Dates: 1913.

Diary of a return trip between Edinburgh and Yokohama by Miss Madelena L Stewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12756
Scope and Contents

Comprises bound notebook compiled in pencil and loose typescript with illustrations.

Dates: 1934.