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:
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3942-3988
Scope and Contents
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1608-1913, undated.
Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1844-1954, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9338-9347
Field diary, 4 April-13 May 1859, of David Livingstone., 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.20315
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
First World War diary of Alexander Meiklejohn, Royal Engineers, serving with the ANZAC signals at Gallipoli.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13692
Scope and Contents
Diary of Alexander Meiklejohn, Royal Engineers, serving with the ANZAC signals at Gallipoli during the First World War. The diary covers the period March-November 1915, and begins when Meiklejohn arrives in Egypt, where he witnesses the Battle of the Wazzir, a riot involving large numbers of ANZAC troops in Cairo, on 2 April 1915. He is stationed onboard the ‘Arcadian’ in the signals office, and attached to Ian Hamilton’s staff. Meiklejohn witnesses the landing on 25 April...
Dates:
1915.
Folder, annotated 'Milne diary of Event Reports', containing diary of events July-August 1914 of Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne with letters, and extracts from papers of Admiral Sir Howard Kelly., 1914.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4321/8
Forbes Family diaries., 1851-1868.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/313-331
Dates:
1851-1868.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland., 1826-1875, 1912, undated.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.8954-8976
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1826-1875, 1912, undated.
Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.8942-8989
Dates:
1820-1893.
Foreign Mission records of the United Presbyterian Church., 1841-1893.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.8943-8953
Dates:
1841-1893.
Four diaries of Muriel Thomson, Headmistress of Niddrie Mains Infants and Nursery School, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.11356
Dates:
1941-1946.
Four field-diaries, numbered 21, 22, 24 and 26, 1867-1871, and notebooks, numbered 2 and 4, 1850-1854, of David Livingstone.
Series
Identifier: Dep.343
Dates:
1850-1854, 1867-1871.
Four pocket diaries and one address book., 1887, 1894, 1896, 1926.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4886/6
Dates:
1887, 1894, 1896, 1926.
Fragmentary diary of Patrick Geddes for 1883., 1883.
Item
Identifier: MS.10632
Scope and Contents
Entries begin in August, and many folios are blank.
Dates:
1883.
Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Ems, 1883, and Paris, Nice and Monte Carlo, 1884, interspersed with observations on Cleveland's reading and domestic affairs, 1881-1884., 1881-1884.
File
Identifier: MS.10213
Dates:
1881-1884.
Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Germany for reasons of health., 1874, 1877-1881.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10210-10211
Scope and Contents
While at Kissingen in 1880, Lord Cleveland had several meetings with Prince Bismarck.
Dates:
1874, 1877-1881.
Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Germany for reasons of health., 1874.
File
Identifier: MS.10210
Dates:
1874.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence, notebooks and journals of the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Rosebery's stepfather.
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Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Germany for reasons of health.
Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Germany for reasons of health., 1877-1881.
File
Identifier: MS.10211
Dates:
1877-1881.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence, notebooks and journals of the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Rosebery's stepfather.
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Fragmentary journals of Lord Cleveland of visits to Germany for reasons of health.
Fragmentary notes probably connected with Alexander Walker's proposed publications on Malabar., 1798-1805, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13956
Scope and Contents
The notes include (folio 19) the copy of a diary of a journey from Calicut through the Wynaad, apparently in continuation of MS.13626: Various drafts of 'Journal from Ceylon to Madras and from thence through the Carnatic and Travancore to Calicut, 1796'.
Dates:
1798-1805, undated.
Fragments of a [?diary] and letter., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.9417/91
Fragments of diaries and a letter to Ruth Ziegler of Ruthven Todd., 1960-1977, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26882
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragments of diaries, 1960-1974, undated (folio 1); (ii) Letter to Ruth Ziegler, 1976-1977 (folio 9). Ruthven Todd began this as a letter, but it developed into a long document, partly a detailed record of his daily activities for two months, and partly rambling reminiscences. Folios 44-48 and 57-60 are photocopies.
Dates:
1960-1977, undated.
Fragments of diaries and manuscripts of Alasdair Gray., 1944-1977.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9417/65-72
Dates:
1944-1977.
French notes, diary and sketches., 1830.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/370
Dates:
1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Forbes Family Notebooks.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).
Dates:
1968-1983.
Gardening diary of Margaret Macintyre, Connel, Argyll.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11101
Scope and Contents
Mostly concerns Swanley Horticultural College, Kent, and Wycombe Abbey School, Buckinghamshire.
Dates:
1900-1918.
Gardening diary of William Mills
Item
Identifier: Acc.13655
Scope and Contents
This diary records the daily gardening activities of William Mills in series of gardens. As well as listing work undertaken Mills makes occasional comments on plants including their varieties, source and condition as well as the weather. There are also some passages of gardening advice, lists of plant varieties, a description of a Table Decoration and instructions for constructing a Lawn Tennis court.As recorded on the front endleaves, Mills was employed as a gardener on a number...
Dates:
1898-1907