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:
Sketchbook of Christopher Norton, business partner of James Byres, 1764-1765.
File
Identifier: Acc.11873
Scope and Contents
Includes a note and copy-letterbook of Norton, 1788-1794.
Dates:
1764-1794.
Sketchbook of R M Ballantyne entitled "Chronicles of the R M B Family".
Item
Identifier: Acc.12640
Dates:
circa 1870.
Small notebook containing details of the `Names of the Several Parishes, Ministers and presbyterys in Scotland`, originally in the collections of Walter MacFarlane, of MacFarlane, and having a few additions and corrections in his hand.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.8
Scope and Contents
The list is arranged by presbytery, beginning with Edinburgh (folio 2) and ending with Zetland (folio 26 verso). The final page of the volume has a summary table of the number of parishes and ministers in the various presbyteries and a national total for Scotland.
Dates:
Circa 1750-1753.
Small notebook of Robert Graham containing 'Estimates & jottings of expenditure in building the new bridge of Dalcrue'., 1832-1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.16277
Dates:
1832-1838.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Papers and correspondence concerning roads, bridges and churches.
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Correspondence and papers concerning building a new bridge over the River Almond at Dalcrue, and repair of the old Almond Bridge.
Small notebook of Thomas Graham containing general orders and notes., 1798-1801.
Item
Identifier: MS.16182
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) General orders, etc., 18 October 1798-2 May 1799, concerning the military and naval expedition to Minorca and the occupation of the island (folio 1); (il) General orders and notes, 4 October 1800-19 February 1801, concerning the military expedition to Egypt (folio 1 (reversed)).
Dates:
1798-1801.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Small notebook, undated, containing notes from James Burnett, Lord Monooddo's reading and from this own manuscripts., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.24585
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Notebooks of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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Miscellaneous notes and contents lists of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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Small notebooks, undated, containing notes from James Burnett, Lord Monooddo's reading and from this own manuscripts.
Small notebook, undated, containing notes from James Burnett, Lord Monooddo's reading and from this own manuscripts., Late 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.24586
Scope and Contents
The beginning and end of MS.24586 are missing.
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Notebooks of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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Miscellaneous notes and contents lists of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
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Small notebooks, undated, containing notes from James Burnett, Lord Monooddo's reading and from this own manuscripts.
Small notebooks from the Riddell Collection, containing extracts and some notes, written for the most part in connexion with peerage cases on which John Riddell was engaged., 1809-1844
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.4.1-26.7.37
Scope and Contents
The extracts are taken mainly from the public records of Scotland (Registers of the Great Seal and the Privy Seal, and the Acts of the Lords of Council and of Parliament), from Justiciary and Commissary Court Records, and from Burgh Records of various towns, with some from charter chests and other records in private hands, and range from the 14th to the 18th century. The contents, which in some notebooks are very miscellaneous, have not been indexed. Most of the notebooks are...
Dates:
1809-1844
Small notebooks, undated, containing notes from James Burnett, Lord Monooddo's reading and from this own manuscripts., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24585-24586
Small notebooks written almost entirely in pencil containing part of a diary of an officer of the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons (Hussars), probably Edward Simpson Grey, whilst on service in India.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15394-15400
Scope and Contents
The first six volumes cover the period from 5 October 1857, when he embarked from Ireland, to 12 January 1860, and the seventh from 21 November 1863 to 27 April 1864, when he returned to England. Although the notebooks are numbered consecutively (perhaps in another hand) from 1 to 7 it seems clear that if the diary was kept continuously, several more notebooks, covering the period from 13 January 1860 to 20 November 1863, must be missing. Although none of the notebooks is signed, it seems...
Dates:
1857-1864.
Small red morocco notebook of Thomas Graham containing lists of the officers and men of the 90th Regiment of Foot., [Circa 1795.]
Item
Identifier: MS.16423
Scope and Contents
Originally received with a wallet stamped 'Colonel Graham'. The wallet does not appear to have been retained.
Dates:
[Circa 1795.]
Small red pocketbook of John Francis Campbell, undated, which he has entitled, ‘What is the Name of That. English-Tamil. How to get on Abroad, and get drink, food, lodging. How to buy, sell and pay while travelling’. The book has an introduction and is mainly filled with English words and phrases and a small section of Tamil words., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.7.6b
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
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Miscellaneous small items of John Francis Campbell.
Some papers of Hew Morrison, Fellow of the Society of Antiquities Scotland, Edinburgh City Librarian, and editor of ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ by Rob Donn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14953-14955
Dates:
1882-1926, undated.
"Statistical Notes Compiled by David Gilmour, Glasgow".
Item
Identifier: Acc.7556
Dates:
circa 1830.
Student notebook of reading, possibly of a John Frances., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3591/6
Dates:
19th century.
Student's notebook containing notes and essays on 18th century literature with some corrections in the hand of John Purves., Early 20th century-[before 1962.].
Item
Identifier: MS.15641
Dates:
Early 20th century-[before 1962.].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
Students` notebooks containing lecture notes, problems and notes on mathematics.
File
Identifier: Acc.10071
Dates:
1878-circa 1889.
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.24-81.3.26
Scope and Contents
These were originally in small notebooks, but have now been gathered into volumes, the title-pages of the notebooks being preserved and reproduced in the catalogue records for the individual volumes.
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1901, or before.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.24
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Resolutions Holland I’ (folio 1).(ii) ‘Resolutions Holland II’ (folio 21).(iii) ‘Resolutions Holland III’ (folio 38).(iv) ‘Resolutions of Councilors in Committee Holland’ (folio 51).(v) ‘Resolutions Council of State 1793-1795’ (folio 73).(vi) ‘Resolutions Council of State Scottish Reg[iments] 3’ (folio 102).(vii) ‘Resolutions Council of State Scottish Brigade 4’...
Dates:
1901, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Summaries and extracts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Summaries of estate accounts., 1861-1879.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15160-15162
Scope and Contents
Leaves have been torn out between folios 5 and 6, and 18 and 19.
Dates:
1861-1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
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Estate finance books.
Survey notebook of John Rennie concerning canals and navigations in Chelmer and Blackwater., 1792.
Item
Identifier: MS.19779
Survey notebook of John Rennie for the Rochdale Canal: Colne to Farside branch., [Circa 1791.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19784
Survey notebook of John Rennie for the Rochdale Canal: Dean Royd to Touchethole branch., [Circa 1791.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19785
Survey notebooks of John Rennie for the Rochdale Canal., [Circa 1791.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19784-19885
Teacher training and early career, 1950-1962 and undated
Series
Identifier: Acc.14003/94-106
Scope and Contents
Notebooks containing records of Macintosh's professional training and history teaching notes. Acc.14003/94 has details of his placement in King's Park Secondary School, Glasgow. Further volumes contain history teaching notes written for his teaching experience at Greefield Academy, Hamilton, and Glasgow Academy. Acc.14003/100-101 contain history essays by a pupil named D.T. Donaldson, Glasgow Academy. Acc.14003/106 contains teaching notes and examination papers dating from Macintosh's time...
Dates:
1950-1962 and undated