Commonplace-books
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook on legal matters, including copy of transcript of the trial of Capt. John Porteous
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1244
Scope and Contents
Much of this notebook contains a part-copy of the transcript of the trial as it was published in Edinburgh, 1818, in - Criminal Trials Illustrative Of The Tale Entitled The Heart Of Mid-Lothian: Published From The Original Record . Also in the notebook are some law notes on Cox v. Coleridge and the Rights of Allornies (or Attornies?); Rex v. Inhabitants of Middlesex; and, the Assizes at Lewes. There are also notes from Lacon, or Many...
Dates:
1818-1824
Papers of John Ferguson (1846-1913), minister of Linlithgow
Fonds
Identifier: MS FER
Scope and Contents
Papers of John Ferguson, Minister of Linlithgow (1846-1913). Arranged in two sections:MS FER 1.1-13 - Scrapbooks with extracts and transcripts of historical documents relating to Linlithgow and district. 13 volumes. From the General Assembly Library. Presented to the Library in 1915 by Rev. Dr. Fergusson's widow.MS FER 1.1 - David I to Robert III, 1124-1406MS FER 1.2 - Edward I, II, III. James I, II, III. 1290-1488MS FER 1.3 - James IV, V and...
Dates:
c.1915; Other: c.1124-1915
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of Robert Kirk
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-394
Scope and Contents
These might be referred to loosely as commonplace books. Extracts of texts by others predominate alongside original notes by Kirk.
Dates:
1660-1674
Scrapbooks of Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter and Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2080
Content Description
These two scrapbooks were compiled by Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter (a.k.a. Mrs Burnley-Campbell of Ormidale (1857-1938)) and her daughter Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell (later Warrand (1891-1973)). Dealing with both public and private life, they contain a substantial quantity of material relating to Margaret’s participation in the Gaelic movement, including events devoted to Gaelic language, Highland culture, games and music. They also record her involvement in the suffragette movement,...
Dates:
1909-1919
Volume entitled "James Ferguson's Common Place Book"
Fonds — Volume Dk.7.33
Identifier: Coll-2222
Scope and Contents
Fergusson, James. Volume entitled "James Ferguson's Common Place Book", 1775. Some inscriptions, or small portions of text in Hebrew, Greek, Latin. Contains highly detailed, illustrations, graphs, tables, diagrams, some with moving-parts, or folding-out. Interleaved with printed material.
Dates:
c 1775
Volumes of Thomas Elder
Fonds
Identifier: MS ELD
Scope and Contents
MS ELD 1: A commonplace book from 1834. Volume is primarily handwritten, with a clipping of a recipe for bread pasted to the back board.
MS ELD 2: A scrap book of newspaper cuttings, c. 1830-1840. Cuttings are pasted into the volume, and are mostly of topographical interest.
Dates:
c.1830-1840
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections