Diaries.
Found in 2591 Collections and/or Records:
Camping, hiking and climbing diary of Edward R Zenthon., 1937-1938.
This diary records the climbs of Edward R Zenthon in the years 1937-1938, although there are also details of previous camps and holidays of 1936. There are details of climbs in England, Scotland and Wales. In addition, there are illustrations, maps, photographs, postcards and a permit to camp as well as useful information such as a glossary of mountaineering terms and diagrams of useful knots for climbers.
Camping, hiking and climbing diary of Edward R Zenthon., 1938-1940.
This diary records the climbs of Edward R Zenthon between 28 August 1938 and 14 April 1940. There are details of climbs in England, Scotland and Wales. In addition, there are maps, photographs, articles from journals and postcards included. There is also a list of climbs led by Zenthon and many references to the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland, London Association.
Camping, hiking and climbing diary of Edward R Zenthon., 1940-1941.
This diary records the climbs of Edward R Zenthon between 21 April 1940 and 12 May 1942. There are details of climbs in England, Scotland and Wales. In addition, there are photographs, articles from journals and postcards included. There is also a list of climbs led by Zenthon and many references to the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland, London Association.
Cash-book for Woodhouselee, Midlothian, 1827-1834, 1844-1855, containing detailed accounts of expenditure by the gardeners, with a journal, January 1827-May 1834, on inverted pages, giving brief particulars of the daily work of the two permanent gardeners.
Many of the entries in the cash-book relate to transport tolls and the employment of occasional labour. Some are concerned with minor repairs to the mansion house.
Climbing diaries and articles on mountaineering of Alexander Cunninghame Douglas Small, Schoolmaster and climber.
Climbing diaries, narratives and photograph albums of Una Cameron.
Climbing journals and engagement diaries of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver., 1928-1944.
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.
'Common-day book’ of William Soutar., 1939-1940.
This is largely a record of William Soutar's conversations with his many visitors, together with some interesting or amusing anecdotes.
Commonplace book, 1863-1896, of Robert Dickson Glover, a merchant at Roslin and later in Portobello.
The book contains verses, historical and literary material, notes of events in Roslin, 1869-1873, and fragments of a diary for 1895-1896. A later hand has added copies of poems and of the will, May 1927, of John Glover who died in 1933 (folio 96).
Complete typescript, undated, of 'The unquiet king', a novel about James V by Edith Anne Robertson, recast in the form of a journal kept by the king., Early 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Computer print-out of 'The Referendum: a journal', by Sir Charles Fraser.
The diary, which covers the period February 2013 to September 2014, records the views of Sir Charles Fraser on the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. It notes conversations with friends and family on issues raised by the referendum, and includes comments on the nature of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaigns, Devo-max, key political figures, foreign and domestic policy, currency and social union.
Contemporary journal kept by Alexander Walker, which describes the part played by General Stuart's force in the final campaign against Tipu Sultan., 1799.
The journal begins on 9 March 1799 just after the battle of Sedaseer and ends on 23 May 1799 when the Bombay army returns to its quarters on the fall of Seringapatam. There is a gap between the entries for 27 April and 5 May.
Continuous diary of George Combe., 1841-1858.
Copies of correspondence and journals of John Malcolm at Masulipatam, sent to the 1st Earl of Minto., 1 September 1809.
Copies of emigration papers of Ernest Robb.
Copy by Sir James Balfour of the diary of Robert Birrell, burgess of Edinburgh.
Apart from a few entries at the beginning, recording major events since 1370, it covers the period between 1566 and 1603, breaking off in July of that year. All the entries concern public events.
Copy of a diary of French onion-seller, known as "Onion Johnnie" in South East Scotland.
Copy of MS.13712: ‘Journal of a route through the Peninsula of Guzerat’ kept by James Macmurdo, made by Macmurdo himself., 1809-1810.
Also included are James Macmurdo’s notes, July 1809, on ‘History of Alexander’ by Arrian.
Copy of "Richards's universal daily Remembrancer" for 1826 containing entries for almost all the days of the year., 1826.
The compiler who is unidentified appears to have been resident in Rome, travelling overland to England and returning by sea.
A small quantity of papers formerly pinned to some of the leaves have been bound in at the back of the volume.
Copy of the diary of the early part of the Crimean War compiled by Major Alexander Irving, Royal Artillery (later Major-General), in an unidentified late nineteenth or early twentieth- century hand (presumably that of a descendant).
Copy of "The Endurance Diary of Harry McNeish", carpenter with Ernest Shackleton`s 1914-1916 Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition.
Transcribed by Shane Murphy from a microfilm in the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Includes copy of "The Diary of Thomas H Orde-Lees`s Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition, 1914-1916" being notes made by Margot Murrell, 1997.
Corrected typescript drafts of `Points in time: an autobiography` by Dr William Johnstone, and related materials.
Corrected typescript of Richard Meinertzhagen, "Kenya Diary, 1902-1906" (Edinburgh, 1957).
Correspondence, 1930-1935, of James Glen, Writer, Glasgow, chiefly with Professor Sir Herbert Grierson about questions connected with the latter's edition of Sir Walter Scott's letters and life of Scott.
Included are extracts from the diary of John Ballantyne, 1814-1818 (folio 176).