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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:

Notebook of the Earl of Rosebery labelled 'Historical papers'., 1814-1897.

 File
Identifier: MS.10186
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Notes, 1884, from Lord Aberdeen's correspondence (page 1); (ii) 'Notes from the Pitt papers at Orwell', 1897 (page 110); (iii) Notes from the journals of Queen Victoria (page 136) and Elizabeth, Lady Holland (page 140); (iv) "'The three emperors' bond 1872-1878” (page 164); (v) Notes from the diaries of Lord Dover, 1814-1833 (page 221) and Lord Kimberley's memoirs (page 252).

Dates: 1814-1897.

Notebook of the Reverend Robert Kirk, later Minister of Aberfoyle and author of ‘The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies’, titled, ‘First Manuscript. A Miscellany of occurring thoughts on various occasions. Ro: Kirk. Love and Live; August i at Balquhidder, 1678'.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3932
Scope and Contents

Reverend Kirk’s reflections on moral, religious, ecclesiastical, and general questions (including traditions about witches and fairies) give, incidentally, a picture of life in a Highland parish.

Dates: 1678.