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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 John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6260-6289
Scope and Contents The diary entries consist of records of personal experiences, and rambling didactic essays. The topics include observations on religion, philosophy, current events, sex, education, music, art and literature; there are copies of songs and music, a complete essay on marriage, and accounts of travels, notably a journey to Glasgow, 1822 (MS.6260), and a sea-trip to the Irish coast (MS.6272).Some miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and catalogues are inserted in the diary; and there are...
Dates: 1822-1836.

Diary of John Maclaren Barclay, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, contained in a "Cameron's commercial diary" (Glasgow, 1856).

 Item
Identifier: MS.9761
Scope and Contents

The entries (which are not continuous) record sittings for portraits and brief notes of travels and appointments. Petty cash pages record his disbursements throughout the year.

Dates: 1856.

Diary of John Nicoll, Writer to the Signet.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.1
Scope and Contents

The diary records political and other events of the time, and includes copies of proclamations and other current publications.

Dates: 1650-1667.

Diary of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9553
Scope and Contents

Concerns trip to Iceland in 1867, and a visit to the Baltic and Russia by Adam Hay Gordon of Mochie and Mayen in 1868.

Dates: 1867-1868