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 Chisholm, in “Campbell's counting house diary”., 1883.
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Identifier: MS.21077
Diary of John Chisholm, in “Campbell's extended scribbling diary”., 1884.
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Identifier: MS.21078
Diary of John Chisholm, in “Campbell's extended scribbling diary”., 1885.
Item
Identifier: MS.21079
Scope and Contents
The leaves for 1 January-21 April have been torn out.
Dates:
1885.
Diary of John Chisholm, in ‘Collins handy diary’., 1882.
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Identifier: MS.21076
Diary of John Chisholm, in ’Manuscript every day book’., 1886.
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Identifier: MS.21080
Diary of John Chisholm, in “T J & J Smith's official octavo diary”., 1879.
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Identifier: MS.21074
Diary of John Chisholm, in “T J & J Smith's post diary”., 1878.
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Identifier: MS.21073
Diary of John Chisholm, in ‘The Edinburgh diaries - the desk diary’., 1881.
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Identifier: MS.21075
Diary of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1833-1841.
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Identifier: MS.9261
Diary of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1842-1860.
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Identifier: MS.9262
Scope and Contents
Folios 234-249, contain John Dunlop's 'Private thoughts', a religious journal from 1842 to 1860.
Dates:
1842-1860.
Diary of John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh., December 1827-May 1828.
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Identifier: MS.6263
Dates:
December 1827-May 1828.
Diary of John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh., October 1828-January 1829.
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Identifier: MS.6265
Dates:
October 1828-January 1829.
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 Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh, containing an account of a journey to Glasgow., November 1822.
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Identifier: MS.6260
Dates:
November 1822.
Diary of John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh, containing an essay on music., March-April 1834.
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Identifier: MS.6283
Dates:
March-April 1834.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1835.
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Identifier: MS.9419
Dates:
1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1836.
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Identifier: MS.9420
Dates:
1836.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1843.
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Identifier: MS.9421
Dates:
1843.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1845.
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Identifier: MS.9422
Dates:
1845.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1848.
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Identifier: MS.9423
Dates:
1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Hill Burton., 1863.
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Identifier: MS.9424
Dates:
1863.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.
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Brief and fragmentary diaries kept by John Hill Burton at various intervals between 1827 and 1863.
Diary of John Maclaren Barclay, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, contained in a "Cameron's commercial diary" (Glasgow, 1856).
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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.
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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
Diary of John Ramsay., 11 December 1782-16 July 1783.
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Identifier: MS.1833
Dates:
11 December 1782-16 July 1783.