Travel journals.
Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers of George Moncrieff-Scott., 1951-1970, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Andersons of St. Germains., 1792-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe., 1805-1877, undated.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Miscellany of journal drafts and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto associated with MSS.11991-11992., 1787, 1830, undated.
"Mr. Alexander Sinclair's Journal" of a visit to Caithness on which he accompanied his father, Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, of Ulbster, and his brother George Sinclair.
The Sinclair's route from Edinburgh was by Stirling, Dunira, Weem, Aviemore, Beauly, and Golspie to Wick and Thurso, and they returned by Elgin, Peterhead, Aberdeen, and Kinross. The writer, aged 15, chiefly describes things of personal interest, such as food and social activities. He refers to Sir John's interests in road-building and herring-fisheries.
Mrs and Mrs Beecroft`s Third Tour in Scotland.
‘My diary. India 1902’ by Ian Malcolm, several typescripts bound into one volume., 1902.
The typescripts are as follows:
(i) Diary beginning 9 January;
(ii) Diary Vol III from Quette to Bombay;
(iii) Frontier policy.
‘My diary. United States 1898-1899’ by Ian Malcolm, several typescripts bound into one volume., 1898-1899.
The typescripts are as follows:
(i) Carbon copy of ‘Tales of a traveller’, with annotations apparently in the hand of Ian Malcolm.
(ii) Top copy of ‘An election in New York’. A revised version appears in ‘Trodden ways 1895-1930’ by Malcolm (1930), pages 209-215.
(iii) Top copy of ‘Washington’.
(iv) Top copy of ‘Niagara in winter’.
Near contemporary fair copies of MSS.13768-13769: Private journals kept by Alexander Walker and William Stuart Walker, together with a copy of a private journal kept by James Walker, about the age of 8, during the voyage of the 'Repulse'., 1823.
'North of England & Scotland. Journall, 1704.'
Notebook and travel journal of a family from Portobello.
The notebook contains an account of a woman's voyage from Leith to Copenhagen with her husband and three small children, and an inventory of the contents of the 'top flat', no. 1 Pitt Street, Portobello. With a transcription of the travel account by Dr Alan Marchbank.
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.]
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.
Notebook containing a tour of Scotland by an unidentified tourist.
Tour of the highlands including a visit to Mull and Staffa. Contains pen sketches including a Roman bridge near Glasgow, a druidical circle near Kenmore, rock strata at Oban, and a map showing the location of a lake at Aviemore where nuphar minima water lillies can be found.
Notebook containing notes and observations made during the 2nd Earl of Minto's Alpine expedition., 1821.
With a portion of journal, 6 September 1821 (folio 5-9).
Notebook of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford: volume VI., 2nd half of 19th century.
Notebook of Andrew Stuart chiefly containing memoranda concerning his genealogical researches., 1787-1788.
The notebook also contains a journal, with financial accounts, of the beginning of Andrew Stuart's journey to Italy.
Notebook of Christina Struthers entitled 'Household Inventories and Commonplace Book'., 1864-1875.
The volume contains:
lists of household goods, 1864-1868 (folio 1);
a few diary entries, 1871 (folio 16);
an account of a visit to Braemar, 1873 (folios 24, 58);
an account of a tour in Switzerland, 1873 (folio 30);
and various literary, religious, and social observations, 1864-1875.
Some leaves were loose in the volume, and have been tipped in (folios 58-75); of these, folio 75 is an apparently unrelated recipe dated 1935.
Notebook of David Maule, a dresser at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
The first part (folios 1-17) consists of a case-book giving details of the symptoms, treatment, and daily progress of five patients admitted to the Infirmary. Particulars of another case had been removed before acquisition by this Library. The rest of the volume (folios 19-46) contains a journal kept by David Maule on a voyage from Greenock to British Guiana on the 'Brilliant', 22 February-16 April 1801.
Notebook of Edward Ellice (died 1880) containing notes of a journey to St Petersburg via Copenhagen made by him as private secretary to the Earl of Durham, of his subsequent travels in Russia and of his journey back to London through Europe., 1832.
Notebook of Leonard Horner, containing notes on a journey from London to Ems., September 1830.
Notebook of Leonard Horner, titled 'Notes on a journey from London to Ems, 1830'., 27July 1830-September 1830.
Notebook of Sir George H Scott-Douglas containing, with other pencil notes, a diary of his travels in Europe., March-May 1849.
Notebook of the 2nd Earl of Minto containing a journal of a tour through the Southern Highlands from Blair Atholl to Dunkeld, Callander, Loch Katrine, and returning to Edinburgh via Stirling., 15-21 July 1808.
The 2nd Earl of Minto refers (folios 3-4) to extensive current emigration from the Atholl district to Prince Edward Island, and to its deliberate stimulation by emigration agents. The journal is incomplete, pages 37-60 only.