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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:

Letters chiefly to or concerning David Livingstone, and to Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; with other papers concerning Livingstone., 1852-1894, 1922-1971, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20317
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Envelopes, 1857-1875, from some of David Livingstone's and Robert Moffat's letters; letters, 1856-1858, to Livingstone from among others Arthur Tidman and John Smith Moffat; draft indenture, 1857, between Livingstone and his trustees; two accounts for the Zambesi Expedition (one for the Lady Nyassa), 1858, 1861; and papers, 1874, 1891, undated, concerning Livingstone's appointment as Consul, his will and his journals (folio 1); (ii) Letters, 1852-1897,...
Dates: 1852-1894, 1922-1971, undated.

Letters of Dr David MacLagan, Army Medical Service, written to his family from the Peninsular War.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11767
Scope and Contents

Includes two diaries giving an account of his service in the campaign.

Dates: 1811-1814.

Letters of members of the Walker family of Dundonald, Ayrshire.

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Identifier: Acc.12085
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from relations in America and one reporting on anti-Catholic riots in Edinburgh 1779, also includes a 19th century transcript (and 20th century typescript copy) of a journal of Josiah Walker, originally written in 1780.

Dates: circa 1772-1783.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hart, M. to Harvey, J., 1826-1927.

 File
Identifier: MS.40529
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hart, Mary Kerr.Letters, 1830, of Mary Kerr Hart to John Murray II. Folios 1-6.Folios 3-4. Prospectus, 1830, advertising for subscribers to a volume of poems by ‘the wife of a lunatic’ i.e. Mary Kerr Hart. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1830, of Mary Kerr Hart to John Murray II, folios 1-2.Hart, Reginald Clare.Letter, 1894, of Sir Reginald...
Dates: 1826-1927.

Letters to Raymond Greene from other members of the 1933 Everest expedition.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8254
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Hugh Ruttledge, 2 June 1933, Sir Jack Langland, 1970, and Tom Brocklebank, 1975.

With signed transcript of Greene`s diary concerning the establishment of Camp V.

Dates: 1933-1975.

Literary and personal papers of, and relating to, David Thomson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13259/1-78
Scope and Contents

As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.

Dates: 19th century, circa 1916-1996.

Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13217
Scope and Contents The archive contains the complete literary papers of Christopher Rush to date (2010), relating to all his creative writing, published and unpublished. This includes manuscript notebooks and drafts, typescripts, and literary correspondence relating to `Peace Comes Dropping Slow` (1983), `A Resurrection of a Kind` (1984), `A Twelvemonth and a Day` (1985), `Into the Ebb` (1989), `Last Lesson of the Afternoon: a satire` (1994), `To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold` (2005),...
Dates: 1962-2010.

Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26116-26162
Scope and Contents

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: 1922-1980, undated.

Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10686
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.

Dates: circa 1803-1821.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13416
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, circa 1999-2012, of Alasdair Gray comprising: nine notebooks; two ledgers; papers, drafts and proofs mainly relating to `A Life in Pictures` (2010) and `Every Short Story` (2012). With audio-cassettes, CDs and DVDs, circa 1990-2012.

Dates: c. 1989-2012.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of George Blake.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11930
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.

Dates: 20th century.

Literary papers of Hugh Provan Crosbie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12197
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, diaries, photographs and press cuttings concerning his service in World War II.

Dates: 1941-1991.

Log books of Hamish Brown., 1961-2008.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13060/4-53
Scope and Contents Fifty log books, 1961- 2008, recording Hamish Brown's climbing activities (including the many expeditions he led from Braehead School, Fife), but also his endeavours in many different fields, the logs are also travel journals notably of visits to Morocco, and diaries recording daily life. The meticulously kept notebooks have been bound together to make manuscript volumes. The notebooks include verse together with numerous pasted in photographs, sketches, press-cuttings, postcards, verse and...
Dates: 1961-2008.