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:
Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9827-9833
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.
Dates:
1856-1925, undated.
Correspondence chiefly of Hugh Elliot and his second wife., 1777-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.12960
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of letters from Hugh Elliot's mother, 1777 (folio 1) and from his second wife, 1802-1810 (folio 5); letters of Elliot to his second wife, 1793, 1802-1803, 1806, 1810-1813 (folio 31); and Elliot's journal, May 1810-January 1811, intended for his wife (folio 249).
Dates:
1777-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Family correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
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Family correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19329-19405
Scope and Contents
Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates:
1645-1897, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873), of Abbotsford.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3667-3695
Scope and Contents
The papers cover the main interests of James Robert Hope-Scott's life, including the foundation of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, his Fellowship at Merton, his travels in Europe, and various religious, ecclesiastical, and legal matters.Among the correspondents are Gladstone, Manning, and Pusey. The letters of these men and of other correspondents are extensively quoted by R Ornsby in his ‘Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott’, 1884. Ornsby also...
Dates:
1824-1873, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, and photographs, of and relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver (1909-1945).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13124
Dates:
1903-1977.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20351-20400
Scope and Contents
The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates:
1773-1933, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1905-1946, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts and photographs of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059
Dates:
circa 1930-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1894-1977, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, invitations, programmes and other papers of the Reverend Ian Paterson Renton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9212/1-27
Dates:
1940-1990.
Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents
Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates:
1896-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, speeches, library and music inventories, and electronic database of Sir Lewis Robertson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13065/1-76
Scope and Contents
The collection reflects Sir Lewis Robertson`s personal and business activities during the later years of his life. The correspondence files, 2003-2008, and letter books, 2004-2008, show his active involvement in many charitable and cultural bodies until his death in November 2008. Of particular interest are several volumes of speeches and interviews, 1989-2003, and three diaries, 1978-1980, dated during his time as Director of the Scottish Development Agency. Sir Lewis Robertson kept an...
Dates:
Circa 1940-2008.
Correspondence, diary, verse and other papers of and relating to John Wilson ‘Christopher North’, author and journalist [1785-1854].
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13436
Scope and Contents
The bulk and principal interest of the papers lie in the letters written by John Wilson to his mother, sister Jane and his wife Jane. Many of the letters relate to Wilson’s early life and shed light on his relations with his family, his life as a student in Glasgow and later in Oxford, and also at Elleray in the Lake District.
Dates:
1798-1854, undated
Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19711-19733
Scope and Contents
The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.
Dates:
1685-1890, undated.
Correspondence, four diaries, two photograph albums and other papers of Rawdon Goodier.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11178
Scope and Contents
Concerns climbing in the UK, the Alps and the Andes.
Dates:
circa 1950-1983.
Correspondence, journals, and other papers of the Russells of Ashiesteel.
File
Identifier: MSS.3220-3235
Dates:
1776-1858, undated.
Correspondence, journals, and songs, chiefly in the autographs of Lady Nairne and of her sisters, Mrs Stewart of Bonskeid, Mrs Steuart of Dalguise, and Mrs Keith of Ravelston.
Series
Identifier: MSS.980-986
Dates:
1763-1847.
Correspondence, letter-books, diaries and other papers of missionaries and missionary societies.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.99- is now Acc.4393.
Dates:
19th century.
Correspondence, notebooks and journals of the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Rosebery's stepfather., 1840-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10206-10216
Correspondence, notebooks, notes and papers of Helen Haldane, née Spurway, second wife of J B S Haldane., 1934-1976, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20641-20654
Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8801-8824
Dates:
1895-1962, undated.
Correspondence of Elizabeth Mure., Circa 1817, 1822, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8508/34-35
Dates:
Circa 1817, 1822, undated.
Correspondence of the family of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8508/1-57
Scope and Contents
Papers, 19th-20th century, relating to the family of the 7th and 8th Dukes of Argyll especially the circle of Joan Glassel, second wife of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll, and her children and grandchildren.
Dates:
1778-1942.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane., 1907-1964, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20534-20640