Travel journals.
Found in 772 Collections and/or Records:
Notebooks and journals of the family of Borthwick of Crookston., 17th century-1900, undated.
Notebooks and travel writings of Tom Pow., 1971-2002.
Notebooks containing 'Resolutions, Remarks, Minutes, Observations, and Travelling Memorandum' made on a journey from Newcastle into Scotland., 22 November-6 December 1795.
Notebooks containing 'Resolutions, Remarks, Minutes, Observations, and Travelling Memorandum' made on a journey from Newcastle into Scotland., 8 December 1795-10 January 1796.
Notebooks containing 'Resolutions, Remarks, Minutes, Observations, and Travelling Memorandum' made on a journey from Newcastle into Scotland., 10 January-14 January 1796.
Notebooks containing 'Resolutions, Remarks, Minutes, Observations, and Travelling Memorandum' made on a journey from Newcastle into Scotland by coach and on horseback during the winter of 1795-1796.
The record stops abruptly soon after the commencement of the third volume, on 14 January, when the writer is passing Blair [Atholl]. This English traveller has been identified as John Pease (1775-1808) of the Quaker family of Pease, cloth merchants in Leeds, by Peter Barber, who has printed the full text in 'Journal of a traveller in Scotland', in 'Scottish Historical Review', volume xxxvi (1957).
Notebooks of Andrew Stuart chiefly containing memoranda concerning his genealogical researches., 1787-1789.
Notebooks of Christina Struthers, wife of Sir John Struthers, the anatomist.
Notebooks of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson consisting chiefly of journals of tours abroad., 1852-1889.
Notebooks of Leonard Horner containing notes on a journey from London to Ems., 1830.
Notebooks of Roland Eugene Muirhead concerning travel in Canada, America, Europe, England, Scotland and Ireland., 1897-1937, undated.
Notebooks recording a tour of Scotland.
Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.
Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.
The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.
'Notes taken during a tour of Italy in the autumn of 1830'.
The writer embarked at Berwick on 20 July, and returned to England on 25 December. His journals are mainly concerned with architecture, antiquities, and the fine arts, and he shows himself to be a thorough and sensitive tourist. His fastidious reactions to local customs and hospitality are described throughout. A few references to a second visit in 1840 have been added.
'Notes taken during a tour of Italy in the autumn of 1830', Part I, covering the journey to Italy through Holland, Germany and Switzerland., 1830.
The main Italian towns visited are Venice, Bologna, Milan, Genoa, and Pisa.
The last folio is a printed flysheet guide to the Church of Notre Dame, Verona, and has been tipped in.
'Notes taken during a tour of Italy in the autumn of 1830', Part II., 1830.
The main towns described are Florence, Rome, and Naples.
Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831., 1734-1830, undated.
Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.
Original sketchbooks and portfolios of loose artworks by Lucinda Mackay, 1960-2021
Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Loch, his wife, and their family., 1805-1837, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);
(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);
(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);
(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).
Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto., 1836-1881, undated.
Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1826-1878, undated.
Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, the son of Hugh Elliot, Diplomatist, spent his entire career either in or attached to the Colonial Office. In the 1830's he was in Canada for some years and his memoranda and correspondence for the period are of great interest. He was also involved in the organisation of the penal colonies, in emigration, and in the running of the Colonial Office itself.