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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)

 Person

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Dates

  • Existence: 1771 - 1832

Biography

For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.

Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Melrose from Turn-Again, 1844

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/85(i)
Scope and Contents

Melrose from Turn-Again. Line engraving. 1844. Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867, Artist; Smith, William Raymond (Engraver), Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Publisher statement: R. Cadell, Edinburgh.

Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford Edition), vol. V The Monastery (1844).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] ABB0047. Duplicated by Coll-10/3/85(ii).

Dates: 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

[Melrose from Turn-Again], 1844

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/85(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Melrose from Turn-Again]. Line engraving. 1844. Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793-1867, Artist; Smith, William Raymond (Engraver), Engraver; Cadell, Robert, 1788-1849, Publisher.

Published in: Walter Scott, Waverley Novels (Abbotsford Edition), vol. V The Monastery (1844).

Note: Illustrating Scott [http://illustratingscott.lib.ed.ac.uk] ABB0047. This state before letters; duplicates Coll-10/3/85(i).

Dates: 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick

Note about Invernahyle House, 18 August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/29
Scope and Contents

Note about Invernahyle House, [An Apainn/Appin, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] describing the remains of the old house and its connections with Sir Walter Scott. He also states that the nearby Craobh a' Phrionnsa and Uamh Phrionnsa were both hiding places for Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

Dates: 18 August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about priests preaching on Sgeir a' Phobuil, 29 August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/67
Scope and Contents

Note about priests preaching on Sgeir a' Phobuil [An Apainn/Appin] and that Cill Mhodain in Ardchattan [Cille Mhaodain/Àird Chatain] was the oldest [priory] in Argyllshire, probably collected from Donald MacColl [foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire]. Also notes that Sir Walter Scott was in Glencreran several times, while Donald was there.

Dates: 29 August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about the miller at Innerfola, 27 September 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/153
Scope and Contents

Note, probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, that the millar at Innerfola [Inbhir Pholla/Inverfolla, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] when [Sir Walter] Scott was there was Cailean Livingston [Colin Livingston].

Dates: 27 September 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note from Sir Walter Scott to Lady Louisa [Stuart], nd

 Item — Box CLX-A-169
Identifier: Coll-1147/98-54
Scope and Contents

Note from Sir Walter Scott to Lady Louisa [Stuart]

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Letters of, and other papers relating to, Sir Walter Scott

Note which reads 'Portrait of Clarinda in Scotts [Burns]', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/201
Scope and Contents

Note which reads 'Portrait of Clarinda in Scotts [Burns].'

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Notebook No.147, 15 June 1846 - July 1846

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/147
Content warning: This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s return to the UK after his second travel to America (Notebooks 121- 145), and so covers American and UK topics, whilst he is based on London, before travelling to Kinnordy - via Edinburgh, Granton and Craig Crook Castle. Note on pg. 70 indexed as 'Ld Cockburn, Hill's daguerrotype' indicates they visited Bonaly, where the Lyell were photographed. This notebook has a hard light brown cover with red on the spine and in triangles on the corners....
Dates: 15 June 1846 - July 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notes on index-cards made by Clive Wainwright while researching for works on Abbotsford

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1299
Scope and Contents This collection of around 200 index-cards with manuscript research notes written in ink (cards 20 cm x 13 cm dimension) are divided by 15-index tabs into the following sections: WS Visits Hay, Bullock, Terry, Blore, Atkinson WS Tradition and Folklore WS Friends and Visitors WS on Collecting and Architecture Abbotsford...
Dates: 1979-1989
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Other research on Sir Walter Scott, 20th century

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS/OR
Scope and Contents This series consists of research materials on Sir Walter Scott that are not immediately relatable to a specific publication by Corson or to the management and documentation of the Corson Collection. Closer study may, however, reveal such connections. The material consists of: Sheaf indexes of editions of Scott’s works; Sheaf index to the Waverley Novels; Catalogue of engraved illustrations of the Waverley Novels; Sheaf index to illustrations of Scott’s works; Sheaf index of quotations in the...
Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson / Research on Sir Walter Scott