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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:

Papers concerning Richard Haldane's visit in 1913 to America and Canada at the invitation of the American Bar Association., 1913.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20054-20055
Dates: 1913.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane. / Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911. / Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.

Papers concerning Richard Haldane’s visit to America and Canada., 1913.

 File
Identifier: MS.20054
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of menus and invitation cards (folio 1), a few press-cuttings (folio 36), and typed copies of the diaries of the visit kept by his sister Elizabeth (folio 42) and his private secretary Sir Kenneth (later Lord) Muir Mackenzie (folio 68).

Dates: 1913.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane. / Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911. / Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane. / Papers concerning Richard Haldane's visit in 1913 to America and Canada at the invitation of the American Bar Association.

Papers concerning the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan., 1694-1886.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9978-9981
Dates: 1694-1886.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Estate, legal and family papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies, including some of the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan.

Papers concerning the family of Reddie, in Fife.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5060-5065
Dates: 1823-1847.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers formerly loosely enclosed in MSS.21072-21095: Diaries of John Chisholm., 1889-1925.

 File
Identifier: MS.21096
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of diaries of John Chisholm for January-March 1908, December 1908-January 1909, 11 November 1918, and June-September 1925; a translation of Horace, 'Odes' III 30, 1889; a postcard, 1915, of Walwyn Tyson from internment in Germany; a photograph of Jedburgh Abbey; two sketches, one dated 1920; and press cuttings, 1889-1928, chiefly obituaries.

Dates: 1889-1925.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

Papers, including journals, scrapbooks, press cutting books, photographs and other items of Sir Robert Heatlie Scott and Lady Rosamond Aeliz Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8181 Box 1(1)-Box 2(20)
Scope and Contents

The collection relates particularly to Sir Robert Scott's wartime imprisonment in Singapore (1942-1945), and to his period as Commissioner-General in South East Asia.

Dates: 1923-1982, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers, including literary notebooks and drafts of novels, plays and short stories, of James Kennaway.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5696 Box 1(1)-Box 5(2)
Dates: 1944-1971, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9417/1-100
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.

Dates: 1944-1986.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alastair McTavish Dunnett.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12136
Dates: circa 1960-1980.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alexander Fraser Tytler.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11737/1-8
Scope and Contents

Includes commonplace books, diaries, books of etchings, sketchbooks and a manuscript "Remembrances of Woodhouselee".

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Elizabeth Oliver., 1905-1946, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24681-24720
Dates: 1905-1946, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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.

Papers of and concerning John Franklin., 1821-1836.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42236-42238
Scope and Contents Arctic explorer John Franklin (1786-1847) became a national hero in Britain for his naval expeditions to find a north-west passage that would link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He died whilst on his third expedition to locate the passage.Franklin published accounts of his first two expeditions through John Murray. Both were successful and helped to establish Franklin as a respected explorer. The letters of Franklin to John Murray discuss his published works, as well as...
Dates: 1821-1836.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver., 1921-1944, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24680
Dates: 1921-1944, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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.

Papers of and concerning Norman Douglas.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11365
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, 1917-1951 and undated, and photographs, 1943-1971 and undated, of Norman Douglas, and papers, 1954-1957, of John Davenport concerning a proposed biography of Douglas. These papers formerly formed part of the collection of John Sanderson.

Dates: 1917-1971 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Robert James Batchen Sellar, containing tpescripts of plays and short stories, associated correspondence, and other related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8802/1-124
Dates: 1912-1978.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning William Murray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7323
Scope and Contents

Including photographs and copies of letters concerning Murray`s military service in the First World War.

The papers were received in three installments.

Dates: 1911-1977 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14111/1-19
Content Description

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, notes, photographs, press cuttings and papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon. With notes of and papers collected by Ernest Eugene Laws for his proposed biography of Dillon.

Dates: 1854-1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8258
Scope and Contents

Comprising eight notebooks and one photocopied notebook.

Including diary, 1899, of the Boer War, journal, 1905, of voyage from Johannesburg to Europe, via Egypt, Palestine and Greece, and poetry and reflections.

Dates: 1899-1905.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew Hunter, son of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside., 1846-1869.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19722-19732
Scope and Contents Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...
Dates: 1846-1869.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.

Papers of Charles Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton., 1884-1942.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/162-173
Dates: 1884-1942.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo. / Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families. / Papers of the Trefusis Family.

Papers of David Angus.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6905
Scope and Contents

Concerning his life and work in South America and Damaraland.

Dates: 1882-1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of David Angus, civil engineer, relating to his life and work in South America and Damaraland, 1882-1926, with some later material; and miscellaneous papers and diaries of Nancy Angus, his daughter, 1907-1960.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.257- is now Acc.6905 and Acc.12365.
Dates: 1882-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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