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:
Microfilm of notebooks of Leonard Horner, containing notes on a journey from London to Ems.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.896-897
Dates:
1830.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir James Hall entitled "Chemical experiments made with a view to obviate some of the difficulties in Dr Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth'"., 1798-1806, 1809.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.344
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1798-1802, of Sir James Hall entitled "Chemical Experiments made with a view to obviate some of the difficulties in Dr Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth'" (MS.5019, folios 61-end);
Notebook, 1803-1806, 1809, of Sir James Hall entitled "Chemical Experiments made with a view to obviate some of the difficulties in Dr Hutton's 'Theory of the Earth'". (MS.5020).
Dates:
1798-1806, 1809.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., 1784-1791.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.489
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1784, containing descriptions with many rough diagrams of mills, bridges etc., visited by John Rennie in the course of a journey through the south of Scotland and England as far south as Birmingham (MS.19831);Notebook, 1789, of John Rennie containing a note of a conversation with John Southern of Boulton and Watt, and of miscellaneous millwork (MS.19832);Notebook, 1789, of John Rennie: Millwork, Dover harbour, North Foreland...
Dates:
1784-1791.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., 1791-1794.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.490
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1791-1792, of John Rennie: Stowmarket canal, Ipswich harbour, Rochdale canal, Shadwell new steam-engine, Lancaster canal, southernmost mill at Dartford (MS.19841);Notebook, 1792, of John Rennie: Crinan canal, Thurso bridge, harbours at Scrabster, Kiess, Staxigoe, and Wick, mills on the Hempriggs Burn, spring at Taymouth, Glennie's mill (MS.19842);Notebook, 1792, of John Rennie: Agreement with Goodey, brickmaker in Ipswich,...
Dates:
1791-1794.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., 1801-1804.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.493
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Grand Trunk canal, Peak Forest canal, inclined plane at Chapel-en-le-Frith, lime burning at Preston and Chester, cost of stone at Lancaster, navigation of the river Douglas at Tarleton, Standish colliery horse gin, Harecastle new furnace, limekilns at Clough, Leek canal, Wolseley bridge, Caldon canal, Uttexeter canal (MS.19871);Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Croydon canal, Grand Surrey canal, weir at Blairdrummond,...
Dates:
1801-1804.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., 1786-1818.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.494
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1808, of John Rennie: Soundings at Woolwich dock, experiments on a Woolf steam-engine at Meux's brewery, Fen drainage, Albury Park papermill (MS.19891);Notebook, 1808, of John Rennie: Cranes for London docks, springs at Woolwich, Fen drainage, Margate harbour, London and Portsmouth canal (MS.19892);Notebook, 1808, of John Rennie: Experiments in cutting copper bolts at Sheerness, undermining of the cliff at Reculver, Sheerness...
Dates:
1786-1818.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.500
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1788, of John Rennie: Hankins' cornmill at Ware (MS.19911);Notebook, 1790, of John Rennie: Johnston and Gould's mill, Brentford (MS.19912);Notebook, 1791, of John Rennie: Elgar's papermill, Chatford (MS.19913);Notebook, 1794, of John Rennie: Severn's mill at Whitechapel (MS.19914);Notebook, 1796, of John Rennie: King's brewhouse, and dock, at Gosport (MS.19915);Notebook, 1796, of John Rennie:...
Dates:
[?1784-?1818.]
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., 1786-1809.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.339
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1802, of John Rennie: Skating match on London docks when frozen, limestone burnt at Limehouse, Tate's distillery at Thames Bank, Fen drainage, Elstone and Nicholson's mill at Wisbech, Rutt and Jameson's engine in London, Pont Cyssyltau aqueduct, Menai straits (MS.19875), folios 11v- 1 filmed backwards);Notebook, 1803, of John Rennie: London docks, Kennet and Avon canal, Portsmouth harbour, Chichester harbour, Dublin water supply...
Dates:
1786-1809.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie., [1784-1818.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.340
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1896, of John Rennie: King's brewhouse, and dock, at Gosport (MS.19915);Notebook, 1796, of John Rennie: George Bishop's mill at Maidstone (MS.19916);Notebook, [1784-1818], of John Rennie: Glennie's mill (MS.19925);Notebook, [1784-1818], of John Rennie: Dunkin and Stibb's mill (MS.19924);Notebook, [1784-1818], of John Rennie: Brandram and Templeman's lead mill (MS.19923);Notebook, 1802, of John...
Dates:
[1784-1818.]
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.336-340
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
1784-1818.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1794-1798.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.491
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1794, of John Rennie: Drawing of Staines bridge, Lancaster canal, Chelmsford navigation, Grand Junction canal, Muirkirk ironworks, Lympley Stoke bridge, various mills on or near the Thames between Staines and Isleworth, Smith's silk mill at Mackney Wick. (MS.19851);Notebook, 1795, of John Rennie: Kennet and Avon canal, canalboats, Taunton and Bridgwater canal, Taunton and Topsham canal and several of the mills on the line of the canal...
Dates:
1794-1798.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1798-1800.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.492
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1798, of John Rennie: Darenth calico ground, Stamswood mill near Andover, Stavertonmill near Bradford on Avon (MS.19862);Notebook, 1799, of John Rennie: Salisbury and Southampton canal, Huddart's rope machine, Kelso bridge, Simmond’s pump at Reading, Billinge's mill at Twyford, millwright’s wages, Goodives colliery near Coleford in Somerset, Chelmer and Blackwater canal, Wraysbury coppermill, Colnbrook paper and leather mill, Avoncliff...
Dates:
1798-1800.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1784-1793.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.336
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1784, containing descriptions with many rough diagrams of mills, bridges etc., visited by John Rennie in the course of a journey through the south of Scotland and England as far south as Birmingham (MS.19831);Notebook, 1791-1792, of John Rennie: Stowmarket canal, Ipswich harbour, Rochdale canal, Shadwell new steam-engine, Lancaster canal, southernmost mill at Dartford (MS.19841);Notebook, 1791, of John Rennie: Burgess’ mill at...
Dates:
1784-1793.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1793-1801.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.337
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1793, of John Rennie: Kennet and Avon canal (calculations and notes connected with water supply), notes concerning the sugar trade in London (MS.19847);Notebook, 1793, of John Rennie: Lock on the Bath navigation, dimensions of Rennie's house in Stamford St Southwark, Lancaster canal, Rochdale canal, Sabatier's cotton press, dimensions of vessels at Greenock, soundings in Ardrishaig Bay, Wiltshire and Berkshire canal, Huddersfield canal,...
Dates:
1793-1801.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1798-1802.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.338
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Croydon canal, Grand Surrey canal, weir at Blairdrummond, Menai straits, Conway river crossing, Perth harbour (MS.19872);Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Grand Trunk canal, Peak Forest canal, inclined plane at Chapel-en-le-Frith, lime burning at Preston and Chester, cost of stone at Lancaster, navigation of the river Douglas at Tarleton, Standish colliery horse gin, Harecastle new furnace, limekilns at Clough, Leek...
Dates:
1798-1802.
Microfilm of notes in “Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912), notebooks and a journal of William Soutar.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1132-1133
Dates:
1912-[Before 1944].
Microfilm of original letters, 1831-1838, and copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters 1841-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn; and, notebook, [1852, or before], of Cockburn containing biographical details of Jeffrey.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.142
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters, November 1841-October 1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn (Adv.MS.9.1.11);
Original letters, 1831-1838, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, almost all of the period 1831-1834, and concerned with political and official business (Adv.MS.9.1.12);
Notebook, [1852, or before], of Henry Cockburn containing details of Francis Jeffrey’s family, and early life and career. (Adv.MS.9.1.13).
Dates:
1831-[1852, or before].
Microfilm of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service at the East India Station., 1842-[?1847, or after].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1037
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
'Letters to India Governments', 1842-1847 (MS.2420), 282 frames;
Index, [1847, or after], to 'Letters to India Governments' (MS.2421), 81 frames;
Notebook, 1844-1847, concerning purchases, containing lists, notes, and copies of correspondence (MS.2422), 32 frames;
Dinner-lists, 1845-March 1846 (MS.2423), 41 frames;
Dinner-lists, April 1846-July 1847 (MS.2424), 88 frames.
Dates:
1842-[?1847, or after].
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Dates:
[1925, or after-?1959.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk from the National Library of Scotland. Reel 4. Diaries and Notebooks., [?1858-?1875.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1727
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk from the National Library of Scotland. Reel 5. Diaries and Notebooks., [?1870-?1902.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1728