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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 3337 Collections and/or Records:

Notebooks of factors Donald MacLean and John Morrison., 1885-1918, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10853/72-159
Scope and Contents

Many of the notebooks include memoranda of business discussed with the Duke of Sutherland and Lord Stafford.

Dates: 1885-1918, undated.

Notebooks of General Henry Fletcher., 1769-1790.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17892-17893
Scope and Contents

There are some entries in hands other than that of General Fletcher. The contents are very miscellaneous - financial and estate matters, medical recipes, draft letters, etc.

Dates: 1769-1790.

Notebooks of General Sir George Murray containing his account of a journey from Dublin to Johnstown made in the summer of 1805., 1805.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.7-46.1.11
Scope and Contents

Of the 5 volumes, only the first entry in the first volume is dated, June 29. There is a gap in the narrative between Adv.MSS.46.1.10 and 46.1.11, caused by the loss of one (or more) of the notebooks.

Dates: 1805.

Notebooks of George Campbell Hay., [Circa 1938-1983.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26734-26740
Scope and Contents

These notebooks chart George Campbell Hay's return to regular poetic activity. They contain drafts of most of the poems he composed from circa 1975 to 1983, as well as some book reviews, translations and linguistic notes.

Dates: [Circa 1938-1983.]

Notebooks of George Crabbe., 1779-1827.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42067-42079
Scope and Contents

George Crabbe filled notebooks with poetry, ideas for sermons and observations on the natural world. Some have been used for just one purpose, but many are of mixed content. Some of the notebooks also include a variety of pressed flowers and some preserved insects.

Dates: 1779-1827.

Notebooks of Graham Brown., 1743-1777, 1835-1859, 1886-1899, 1924-1955, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/41-159
Dates: Majority of material found within 1743-1777, 1835-1859, 1886-1899, 1924-1955, undated.

Notebooks of J B S Haldane containing notes on various topics and first versions of lectures, books and papers on scientific topics, and on some of public concern., [1905]-1964, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20574-20636
Scope and Contents

In many of the notebooks, leaves left blank after the original use were reused later and most are written on the rectors only, the versos being used for additions and corrections, and occasionally for other unrelated writings and calculations. A few papers are in French.

Dates: [1905]-1964, undated.