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Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/38 · Item · 1875
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Written while James Young was abroad. Expresses admiration for Garibaldi in Italy, his interest in Art and deals with Egyptian Bonds.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/19 · Item · 1852
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Murrayfield, Edinburgh'. Details of experiments at Bathgate and expenses of visits to Scotland, Wales and France. Also weekly expense account for production at Bathgate.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/22 · Item · [1854]
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Endorsed, 'James Young, Murrayfield, Edinburgh'. Personal affairs; interest in preserving eggs; itemised accounts for business and household.

With enclosures; two newspaper cuttings, a receipt and a note in Young’s hand.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/23 · Item · 1855
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young of Easterhouse, Ballieston, Glasgow'. Deals with production at Bathgate; James Young’s will; a family holiday in Arran; visits to St Rollox and Paris; copper and tin patents; and itemised expenses and receipts.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/34 · Item · January - May 1866
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Business and personal affairs. The scale of production of all oils is noted as 4 million gallons per year; £70,000 is required to complete the installation of new retorts and £30,000 for buildings. Disagreement with other directors and accident at work.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/35 · Item · 1867
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Mainly business affairs, visit to Paris Exhibition, education of working men, yachting on the River Clyde, meeting at Anderson’s University, his interest in the gas companies in Glasgow and Edinburgh and his visit to the House of Lords because of the Gillespie vs. Young case.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/37 · Item · 1874
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Dealing with Young’s visits to France, Italy and Egypt. Egyptian bonds, the death of David Livingstone, Karnak and Luxor, rock structure of the River Nile, a visit to Palestine and Jerusalem, the possession of David Livingstone’s journals, copy of the letter regarding bringing David Livingstone’s native servants to London and the publication of Thomas Graham’s papers.

Diary of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/1 · Item · 3 May 1830- 27 April 1831
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Detailed day by day accounts of jobs done in his father’s business, education, leisure and early interest in science.