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, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates:
1907-1964, undated.
Correspondence, papers and photographs of Ray Wolff, a refugee from Nazi Germany.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12475
Dates:
1925-1976.
Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents
Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.
Dates:
1745-1961.
Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents
The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.
Dates:
[1923]-2005, undated.
Daily diaries kept by Margaret Ritchie. , 1976-1986.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/587-597
Dates:
1976-1986.
Dairies of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1736-1797.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17768
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick., 1837-1839.
Item
Identifier: MS.1691
Dates:
1837-1839.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '3rd volume of Scraps and Nonsensicals'., 1831-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.1687
Dates:
1831-1833.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '4th volume of Scraps and Nonsensicals'., 1833-1834.
Item
Identifier: MS.1688
Dates:
1833-1834.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, '5th volume, Private Manuscripts, Nothings'., 1834-1836.
Item
Identifier: MS.1689
Dates:
1834-1836.
Dairy of Alexander Bannerman, 7th Baronet of Elsick, titled, 'Sixth volume of Scraps and Personal Memoranda'., 1836-1837.
Item
Identifier: MS.1690
Dates:
1836-1837.
Dairy of Christopher K Mylne entitled ‘Observations and camera-work on third pair of Scottish Ospreys’ , 28 June 1967-4 July 1967.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14534/2
Scope and Contents
This diary covers the time that Mylne spent at Loch Garten observing and photographing ospreys.
Breeding pairs of ospreys had been extinct in Britain by the beginning of the 20th century, but they ospreys first returned to Loch Garten in 1954, generating much interest. Mylne went in 1967 to record the activities of the third breeding pair and kept this journal of his experiences there.
Dates:
28 June 1967-4 July 1967.
Dairy of Mary Monica Maxwell Scott, daughter of James Robert Hope-Scott., 1867.
Item
Identifier: MS.3695
Deputy Chief of Staff Appointment diary belonging to James Johnston., 1981
File
Identifier: Acc.13818/164
Dates:
1981
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating James Johnston on his posting as Deputy Chief of Staff at 4th Armoured Division, British Army of the Rhine.
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Documents relating to the Administration of the 4th armoured division retained by James Johnston.
Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters. , 1931-1941.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9338-9345
Dates:
1931-1941.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.9338
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1932.
Item
Identifier: MS.9339
Dates:
1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1934.
Item
Identifier: MS.9340
Dates:
1934.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1935.
Item
Identifier: MS.9341
Dates:
1935.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1936.
Item
Identifier: MS.9342
Dates:
1936.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1937.
Item
Identifier: MS.9343
Dates:
1937.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1938.
Item
Identifier: MS.9344
Dates:
1938.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Desk diary of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1941.
Item
Identifier: MS.9345
Dates:
1941.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers, correspondence and family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960), Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh University.
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Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson.
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Desk diaries of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing short entries by Grierson, mostly notes of appointments and of correspondence, and reminders of family and household matters.
Detailed medical journal kept by the 2nd Earl of Minto to record the treatment of his terminal illness, apparently disease of the prostate., 26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.12005
Dates:
26 March 1858-2March 1859.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.