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:
Notebook, 1896, of Sir Graham Balfour containing transcriptions of essays written by Robert Louis Stevenson and of letters written to him., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.9901
Scope and Contents
The original letters were sent to Sir Graham Balfour by Mrs R L Stevenson for Sidney Colvin's use in writing the biography of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Notebook, 1945 or 1946, of J B S Haldane containing an essay on race, doubtless intended for publication., 1945-1946.
Item
Identifier: MS.20604
Dates:
1945-1946.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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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.
Notebook, '1989, Vess, Gavin Maxwell, An Lanntair'. , 1989.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 22(2)
Notebook and accounts, possibly of William Mure of Caldwell (succeeded 1776)., 1784-1793.
File
Identifier: MS.4985
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1784-1793.
Notebook and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19637-19641
Dates:
1882-1883, undated.
Notebook and notes of Tom Pow relating to 'Scabbit Isle', a novel for children, containing typescript and draft., 2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/69-70
Dates:
2001, undated.
Notebook and parochial roll of Samuel Cameron, Minister of Logierait.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20401-20402
Scope and Contents
Samuel Cameron was Minister of Logierait from 1842 until his death in 1872. These volumes are a useful source both for his lifestyle as a country minister in the mid-19th century and for the history of Logierait.
Dates:
1837-1861.
Notebook, apparently the last of a group, containing a fair copy of an account of the end of a tour in Switzerland, presumably from France, made apparently by Mary E Haldane in company with her sister Jane Burdon-Sanderson., [?1870.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20148
Scope and Contents
The contents are dated 1876 (folio iv) but this seems to be a mistake as Mrs Haldane was at home in August that year (cf. MS.20096). Possibly the correct date should be 1870.
About half of the volume is blank.
Dates:
[?1870.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Diaries, a few notebooks and some miscellaneous papers chiefly of Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson, with some of her parents, brother and sisters, her husband and daughter.
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Diaries and notebooks of Mary E Haldane.
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Notebooks of Mary E Haldane chiefly containing travel and autobiographical writings.
Notebook, April-May 1915, concerning transport of horses and mules by sea., 1915.
Item
Identifier: MS.10408
Notebook begun 1928 for recording the planting of seeds and later used for papers, 1931, on popular science possibly for publication in the ‘Daily worker’., 1928-1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.20587
Scope and Contents
The papers were written in or about 1931 possibly for publication in the ‘Daily worker’ (folio 9 inverted).
Dates:
1928-1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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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.
Notebook belonging to James Johnston which contains reports and remarks on the performance of staff members and units., 1979
File
Identifier: Acc.13818/126
Dates:
1979
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating to James Johnston on his posting as Commander of the REME 3rd armoured division, British Army of the Rhine.
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Reports written and received by James Johnston during posting as Commander, REME 3rd armoured division.
Notebook belonging to John, 4th Earl of Loudoun., 1750-1753.
Item
Identifier: MS.5728
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains accounts for travelling expenses between England, Wales, Ireland and south-west Scotland from August 1750 to January 1753 (folio 1), and notes concerning the estate of Loudoun (folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
1750-1753.
Notebook belonging to John, 4th Earl of Loudoun., 1764-1765.
Item
Identifier: MS.5729
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains memoranda relating to the running of John, 4th Earl of Loudoun‘s household and estate.
Dates:
1764-1765.
Notebook belonging to Miss Agnes Murray Kynnymound, containing rental records and a catalogue of books., 1733, 1742-1746, [circa 1790.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13275
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains 'Rental Book of the Barony of Wester Kynymound and Urquhart and Belonging to Miss Agnes Murray Kynnynmound', 1742-1746 (folio 1), a catalogue of books at Kirkness, Lochgelly, circa 1790 (folio 41), and (reversed) a rental of Lochgelly and Kinninmonth, 1733 (folio 52).
Dates:
1733, 1742-1746, [circa 1790.]
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Item
Identifier: MS.6159
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Memoranda relating to financial and other transactions of Rankin of Orchardhead, 1605 (folio 1); 1605-1609 (folio 2 inverted);(ii) Miscellaneous material, mid-seventeenth century: 'Lactari cordato et greca lingua studioso' (folio 4); latin verses (folio 12 inverted); sermons and historical notes (folio 13 inverted);(iii) Material relating to Alexander Mure, portioner of Grange of Bothkennar: 'Rentall of the Bacraw', 1639,...
Dates:
1605-1725.
`Notebook C` of George Crabbe., 1813-1824.
Item
Identifier: MS.42071
Scope and Contents
Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 295 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.
Dates:
1813-1824.
Notebook, circa 1620, containing part of the Aberdeen Confession of Faith, 1616.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4867
Scope and Contents
With a poem concerning the Gunpowder Plot, seven sonnets, and a didactic poem, "Of Wisdome".
Dates:
1616-circa 1620.
Notebook compiled apparently by David J Mackenzie presumably at about the time when the contents of MS.15370: ‘Volume of typed copies of letters and memoranda of Alexander Marshall’ were being typed, containing biographies in note form of the children of William Marshall., [?1899.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15377
Scope and Contents
The notes chiefly summarize the military careers of most of William Marshall’s sons. The notes break off after 1831 but a few additional entries in pencil refer to events as far as 1856. Much of the volume is blank.
Dates:
[?1899.]
Notebook, compiled by a student at Glasgow United Free Church Training College.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4919
Scope and Contents
Containing drawings and notes on nature study, architecture, and other subjects.
Dates:
1904-1906.
Notebook compiled by James Stuart including extracts from correspondence of the East India Company with the Madras Council, 1768-1771 and 1774-1775, and extracts from correspondence of Madras government with members of the company and with native rulers, 1767-1775., 1767-1775.
Item
Identifier: MS.5381
Dates:
1767-1775.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras.
Notebook compiled by James Stuart including extracts from correspondence of the East India Company with the Madras Council, 1768-1771 and 1774-1775, and from papers relating to the Tanjore expeditions of 1771 and 1773., 1768-1775.
Item
Identifier: MS.5382
Dates:
1768-1775.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras.
Notebook compiled by James Stuart including extracts from correspondence of the Madras government with members of the East India Company and with native rulers., 1767-1775.
Item
Identifier: MS.5383
Dates:
1767-1775.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras.
Notebook compiled by James Stuart including geographical and historical information about the Carnatic., 1773.
Item
Identifier: MS.5384
Dates:
1773.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras.
Notebook compiled by James Stuart including geographical and historical information about the Carnatic., 1774.
Item
Identifier: MS.5385
Dates:
1774.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Major-General James Stuart, a younger brother of Andrew Stuart, who, as an officer in the service of the East India Company, became involved in the disturbed politics of Madras.
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Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras.
Notebook, compiled by 'W.B.', containing notes about the history of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, particularly in the eighteenth century., [Circa 1850.]
Item
Identifier: MS.14094
Scope and Contents
It would be reasonable to assume that this volume came into the hands of W S Walker as a prominent member of the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
Dates:
[Circa 1850.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.