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:
Journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs., 14 October 1848-12 June 1849.
Item
Identifier: MS.11995
Dates:
14 October 1848-12 June 1849.
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.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs.
Journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs., 13 June 1849-26 June 1850.
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Identifier: MS.11996
Dates:
13 June 1849-26 June 1850.
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.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs.
Journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs., 26 June 1850-24 July 1851.
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Identifier: MS.11997
Dates:
26 June 1850-24 July 1851.
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.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs.
Journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs., 25 July 1851-17 November 1852.
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Identifier: MS.11998
Dates:
25 July 1851-17 November 1852.
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.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl of Minto chiefly political in content and including detailed reporting of discussions in Cabinet on foreign and home affairs.
Journal of the 2nd Earl of Minto kept during residences in Switzerland and Savoy., June 1816-August 1817.
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Identifier: MS.11978
Scope and Contents
The journal includes political notes on the Swiss cantons and on Geneva, and descriptions of the effect of altitude on Mont Blanc, of the first ascent of the Breithorn (1813) by Jean-Marie Couttet with Maillet de St Sorlin, and of the glaciers of the Chamonix valley.
Dates:
June 1816-August 1817.
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.
Journal of the Calabar Mission of the United Presbyterian Church, kept by the Reverend Hope M Waddell, volume 9., 1851-1853.
Item
Identifier: MS.8953
Scope and Contents
The journal originally covered the years 1846-1858 in 13 volumes, but only volumes 1 and 7-11 have survived. Volumes 1, 7-8, 10-11 are at MSS.7739-7753.
Dates:
1851-1853.
Journal of the expedition to St Malo and Cherbourg, 27 May-11 September 1758, in which Lord Charles Hay's regiment took part., 1758.
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Identifier: MS.7097
Dates:
1758.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.
Journal of the Honourable Frances Catherine Mackenzie, daughter of Lord Seaforth. , 1811, 1813.
Item
Identifier: MS.2540
Scope and Contents
The journal contains entries for 1811, which are purely social, written at Sidmouth, and for 1813, which describe a journey from Brahan to Dalwhinnie.
Dates:
1811, 1813.
'Journal of the Secret Expedition against the French in Sept. 1757': an account of the successful expedition to Rochefort., 1757.
Item
Identifier: MS.7096
Dates:
1757.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.
Journal of William Anderson in Calabar and the United Kingdom., 1851-1852.
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Identifier: MS.8944
Journal of William Soutar entitled ‘Diary of a dying man’., 1943.
Item
Identifier: MS.8669
Journal (one of a series) possibly of Margaret, 2nd wife of George Haldane of Gleneagles.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10411
Scope and Contents
Consists largely of religious reflections.
Dates:
1807-1815.
Journal, probably of C J Crawshaw, teacher at Lovedale Institution, South Africa.
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Identifier: Acc.7917
Dates:
1883-1887.
Journal, probably of Mary Graeme, sister of Robert, describing the daily life of her sister, Eliza, and herself, in Edinburgh; the sudden death of her brother and the disposition of his picture collection, including portraits by Gainsborough and Raeburn; and some comments on current public events., 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.16107
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Journals, diaries, notebook and account books chiefly of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Journal, undated, by the Very Reverend John Lee describing the daily behaviour of two condemned criminals, David Dobie and John Thomson, carters in Gilmerton, whom he visited in prison., Mid 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3457
Journal, unsigned, but, from internal evidence, of Major Patrick Henderson, 42nd Madras Native Infantry.
Item
Identifier: MS.7183
Scope and Contents
The journal includes a description of a journey from India to England through Arabia, Egypt, Italy, and France, from February to August 1836, some notes on the French Army, and an account of Patrick Henderson's experiences in India from July 1839 to June, 1843.
Dates:
1836, 1839-1843.
Journalist's notebooks of Neal Ascherson.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13676/1-185
Scope and Contents
The notebooks and engagement diaries cover Ascherson's career as correspondent for the Manchester Guardian (1956-57), The Scotsman (1959-60), Observer (1960-1975 and 1979-1990), and The Independent on Sunday (1990-1998), as well as his later career as a writer and academic. They contain descriptive notes relating to his research and reporting on international and home politics and affairs. From 1987, the notebooks also contain detailed personal diary entries.Ascherson's time as...
Dates:
1957-2013
Journals, 1891-1892, of a tour in Italy by John Jackson, Craiglands, Edinburgh, and his daughter Emily. Also included is Emily`s account of her holiday in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, Scotland, 1887., 1887, 1891-1892.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23627-23628
Journals, 1916-1917, of Mary Lee Milne, kept while serving with a unit of the Scottish Women`s Hospitals in Russia and Romania.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6318
Scope and Contents
With article, 1918, of Milne, "The Dobruja Retreat".
Dates:
1916-1918.
Journals and an autobiography of Alexander Murray, a farmer of Blackhouse, Peterhead.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9597-9600
Dates:
1835-[circa 1860].
Journals and autobiographical notes, with transcriptions., 1902-1946
Series
Identifier: Acc.14377/1-8
Journals and diaries of John William Ballantyne., 1889-1923.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13189/21-77
Journals and other papers of David Wilson Bogie.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13267
Scope and Contents
The papers include a memoir of David Bogie`s time at George Watson`s College, an account of the Law Faculty at Edinburgh University and memorials of: the Faculty of Advocates; the Court of Session in the 1970s, and also of the Shrieval Bench in Aberdeen. The papers are accompanied by notes by Alan Bell, Bogie`s unofficial literary executor.
Dates:
1960-1999.
Journals and papers of David Stephen, composer and organist.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14377
Content Description
The collection contains journals and some other papers of David Stephen (1869-1946), organist and composer in Dundee, Arbroath and St Andrews, and from 1903 music director of the Carnegie Trust, Dunfermline.
Dates:
1902-1946.