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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 Sergeant Harry Hawthorne, 5th Battalion, King`s Own Scottish Borderers as a prisoner-of-war in Germany.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.12791
Scope and Contents

Includes donor`s identity tag as PoW, Stalag 357.

Dates: 1945.

Diary of Sir Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled 'Tome I, memoir et notice genealogique de la famille de Bannerman de Elsick....1769-1830'., 1824-1830.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1685
Scope and Contents

Bound in with the diary is ‘Some account of the family of Bannerman of Elsick’ (Aberdeen, 1812), which has interleaved and marginal notes by Sir Alexander Bannerman.

Dates: 1824-1830.

Diary of Sir Alexander Grant, 1st Baronet.

 Series
Identifier: MS.15978
Scope and Contents Sir Alexander (1864-1937), a native of Forres, was chairman and managing director of MeVitie and Price, biscuit manufacturers. His generosity contributed substantially to the foundation of the National Library of Scotland. His diary, chiefly in typescript, starts at the beginning of 1917 and continues till a week before his death. It is concerned almost exclusively with his business activities - ordering of material and equipment, industrial relations, dealings with other manufacturers,...
Dates: 1917-1937.

Diary of Sir Frederick William Traill-Burroughs of Trumland as a Captain of the 93rd Regiment, in India., 1855, 1858.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2234
Scope and Contents The diary, recorded in "De La Rue’s improved Indelible Diary and Memorandum Book, 1855", describes the March through Fatehgarh, Cawnpore, and Unao to Lucknow, with the capture of the Martinière and the Begum's Palace in Lucknow.The diary is held in a leather travel writing set in the form of a wallet, produced by Thomas De La Rue and Co., London, which contains: a blotting pad, an ink bottle, a pen, pen-nib box and 2 spare pen-nibs, read sealing wax, 6 unused envelopes, an ivory...
Dates: 1855, 1858.

Diary of Sir George Maxwell of Pollok., 1655-1656.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3150
Scope and Contents The diary contains:(i) Persons, etc., 'to be prayed for', 4 July-16 September 1655 (folios 2, 18 verso);(ii) 'Vowes', 1 July-16 September 1655 (folio 6 verso);(iii) 'Experiences', i.e., spiritual experiences, 29 July 1655-20 April 1656 (folio 9 verso);(iv) Notes on ecclesiastical affairs, Perth, Stirling, etc., circa 1654 (inverted folio 1);(v) Diary, 29 September 1655-April 1656, personal expenditure, accounts, etc. (inverted folio...
Dates: 1655-1656.