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 W S Walker entitled ‘Notes of lectures by Professor Wilson on moral philosophy, University of Edinburgh, session 1830,1831’., 1830-1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.14147
Dates:
1830-1831.
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.
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Notebooks containing essays and notes from lectures, kept by William Stuart Walker as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University.
Notebook of W S Walker entitled ‘Notes of lectures on nat[L]. history delivered by Profʳ. Jamieson, summer session MDCCCXXX’., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.14148
Dates:
1830.
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.
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Notebooks containing essays and notes from lectures, kept by William Stuart Walker as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University.
Notebook of W S Walker entitled "Notes which occurred in reading Herodotus’s history, Edinburgh A.D. 1830"., 1830-1831.
Item
Identifier: MS.14145
Dates:
1830-1831.
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.
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Notebooks containing essays and notes from lectures, kept by William Stuart Walker as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University.
Notebook of Walter Macfarlane, in his own hand, containing scattered notices on various subjects.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.4.12a
Scope and Contents
The contents are on the following subjects:
(i) Lundors Abbatum successio (page 1);
(ii) Rates of assessment of cess in Scotland 1695 (page 3);
(iii) Vicecomites de Forfar (page 8);
(iv) Justiciarii Scotiæ (only one noticed) (page 12);
(v) Prepositi de Linclouden (page 14);
(vi) Galic derivations (Alan & Muirean) (page 17);
(vii) Kininmund of that ilk (page 18);
(viii) Cairncroft (page 19);
(ix) Monypenny of Pitmilly (page 20);
(x) Falconer of Halkerton (page 36)....
Dates:
1742-1764.
Notebook of Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster and session clerk of St Ninians., 1778-1803.
Item
Identifier: MS.9823
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains the following: Lists of births and deaths in the parish, 1783-1803 (folio 1); Heritors' minutes, 1778-1785 (folios 90, 121); Notes for the first Statistical Account, circa 1795 (folio 111); 'Some remarks on the Parish of St Ninians with relation to the poor', circa 1759 (folio 123).
Dates:
1778-1803.
Notebook of weekly notes made by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes on sermons heard chiefly at Inveresk Church and the Tron Kirk, Edinburgh., 1750, 1771-1775.
Item
Identifier: MS.25412
Scope and Contents
The book was previously used for historical notes and is inscribed 'David Dalrymple June 14th 1750'.
Some pages have been torn out.
Dates:
1750, 1771-1775.
Notebook, of which the principal contents are short notes on Scottish families., [Circa 1699.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2823
Scope and Contents
The name of Thomas Crawfurd, perhaps 2nd of Cartsburn, occurs.
Dates:
[Circa 1699.]
Notebook of Willa Muir containing a short story titled, 'Folk are queer'., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.19701
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Notebook of Willa Muir containing verses and notes on ballads and witchcraft., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.19702
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Notebook of William Anderson containing brief journal, list of meetings held, letters received and sent, travelling expenses, dates of New York steamers, recipients of the 'Witness', and miles travelled., 1876-1877.
Item
Identifier: MS.8945
Notebook of William Anderson, musician.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13983
Content Description
Notebook containing records of William Anderson's income and expenses while travelling and performing as a musician at the theatre of Arbroath, 1791-1792. Places listed are Aberdeen, Arbroath, Banff Montrose, Elgin, Forres, Fort George and Inverness. With some genealogical information and financial accounts of later owners dated up to 1842.
Pp. 69-71, including the interleaved blotting paper, contain lists of operas, possibly performed by Anderson and his colleagues.
Dates:
1791 - 1842
Notebook of William Barclay David Donald Turnbull, with entries at both ends, titled 'Memoranda chiefly for a Monasticon Scoticanum'., 1843.
Item
Identifier: MS.2105
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, containing notes on continental travel, probably based on his visit to Germany in 1833., [?1833.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4926
Scope and Contents
The notebook also contains fragments of poetry (folios 16 verso-17 verso).
Dates:
[?1833.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing notes on fishing and a fragment of dialogue entitled 'Castle on the Danube'., 1836.
Item
Identifier: MS.4927
Dates:
1836.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, containing notes on the settlement of a boundary dispute at Laxobigging, Shetland, presumably made by William Edmondstoune Aytoun in his capacity of Sheriff of Orkney and Shetland., 1863.
Item
Identifier: MS.4929
Dates:
1863.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing three prose translations from German and Latin, part of a political dialogue, various notes and fragments, and forty-four poems., [Circa 1836.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4917
Scope and Contents
Of the poems, the following were published in “Blackwood's Magazine”: a translation of 'The twenty-second book of the Iliad', May 1839 (folio 14); four poems published as 'Ballads from the Romaic', May 1840 (folios 29 verso, 30, 122, 122 verso); 'The burial march of Dundee', April 1843 (folio 110); 'Who'll buy my Cupids', July 1844 (folio 56); a poem published as 'Magus Muir', November 1847 (folio 127); two versions of 'The widow of Glencoe', December 1847 (folios 69, 107); 'Edinburgh after...
Dates:
[Circa 1836.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'Hocus Pocus, 1834-1837', containing epigrams, poems and unfinished verses., 1834-1837.
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Identifier: MS.4916
Scope and Contents
Most of the volume (folios 10-70, 115 verso-152 verso) is taken up with a draft of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion, which was apparently unpublished (see also MS.4915). The remainder of the volume contains sixteen shorter complete poems, of which the following were published in “Blackwood’s magazine”: 'The minstrel's curse' (folio 96), 'The Count of Greiers' (folio 98), 'The castle by the sea' (folio 99 verso), 'Midnight music' (folio 100 verso) in March 1836; 'The Dream' (folio 99),...
Dates:
1834-1837.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notebook of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, originally labelled on the spine, 'My Barbarossa Succedaneum 1833-1834'., 1833-1834.
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Identifier: MS.4915
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains various jottings and quotations, fragments of a verse drama on Richard Coeur de Lion (folios 31 verso, 46) (see also MS. 4916), an early draft of parts of a translation of Goethe's 'Faust' (folios 36-44, 60-98, 100-124, 128-135) (see also MS. 4923), and thirty-one poems. Of the poems, 'Blind old Milton', only part of which is in existence here, was published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1841 (folio 27). The following were published in “Tait's...
Dates:
1833-1834.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Notebook of William Fraser chiefly concerning the Carnegie family., 1863.
Item
Identifier: MS.8903
Scope and Contents
The notebook records visits to Leuchars (folio 1), Inverkeillor (folio 16), Eltrie (folio 23), Balnamoon (folio 34 verso), Farnell (folio 44 verso), and Kinnaird (folio 50 verso).
Dates:
1863.
Notebook of William Fraser chiefly concerning the Colquhoun family., 1861-1863.
Item
Identifier: MS.8902
Scope and Contents
The notebook records visits to Rossdhu (folio 1), St Andrews (folio 13 verso), Helensburgh (folio 17 verso), Dumfries (folio 20), and Glenfruin (folio 24).
Dates:
1861-1863.
Notebook of William Fraser chiefly concerning the Dukes of Atholl., 1865-1868.
Item
Identifier: MS.8905
Scope and Contents
The notebook records visits to Dunkeld (folio 1), Ballechin (folio 19), Grantully (folio 22, 36 verso), Murthly (folio 33), and Birnam (folio 48 verso).
Dates:
1865-1868.
Notebook of William Fraser chiefly concerning the Elphinstone family., 1864-1883.
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Identifier: MS.8904
Scope and Contents
The notebook records various visits to Carberry Tower and Tulliallan.
Dates:
1864-1883.
Notebook of William Fraser on various subjects. , 1866-1880.
Item
Identifier: MS.8906
Scope and Contents
The notebook records visits to Drummond Castle (folio 1) and Johnstonburn (folio 12). Most of the volume consists of notes on charters at HM General Register House (folio 22).
Dates:
1866-1880.