Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)
Person
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 184 Collections and/or Records:
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
Papers of Arthur Melville Clark
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-65
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Arthur Melville Clark contain lecture notes; lectures and articles on Sir Walter Scott; material on Shakespeare; Edinburgh University examinations material; some work on rhyme; material on heraldry and genealogy, and on the Order of St. Lazarus; correspondence, personal material and some photographs; speeches; reviews; and, books and a notebook containing poems with some inserted letters....
Dates:
circa 1920
Papers of James Clarkson Corson, 20th century
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Corson Collection consists of materials assembled by James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988), Deputy Librarian of Edinburgh University and Honorary Librarian of Abbotsford.It is comprised of two sub-divisions. The first consists of materials related to Sir Walter Scott, including manuscripts, artworks, realia, memorabilia, press-cuttings, and critical materials, which were purposely collected by Corson to complement his extensive collection of printed works by or about...
Dates:
20th century
Pencil Portrait of Sir Walter Scott by Robert Scott-Moncrieff, c 1816-1820
Item
Identifier: Coll-1147/25-0040
Scope and Contents
Pencil Portrait of Sir Walter Scott, from life, head and shoulders, facing left, by Robert Scott-Moncrieff, c. 1816-1820. Very worn inscription on reverse of frame: "Robert Scott-Moncrieff, born 1793, decd. 18[69], father of Canon William Scott-Moncrieff, also of Fossaway, died in 1901; father of Susan Mary, afterwards, Mrs Herbert L[unn]; her daughter, Constance Lunn, afterwards Mrs Colin Scott-Moncrieff. Pencil portrait of Sir Walter Scott from life, by Robert Scott-Moncrieff of Fossaway....
Dates:
c 1816-1820
Personal copies of David Douglas of "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" (1890) and "Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott", extra-illustrated with correspondence
Fonds — Box CLX-A-481
Identifier: Coll-2098
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of publisher and editor David Douglas' personal copies of The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (1890, vol. I and II) and Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott (1894, vol. I and II), extra-illustrated with correspondence.David Douglas, an Edinburgh publisher, oversaw the editing and publication of The Journal of Sir Walter Scott in 1890 and ...
Dates:
1890-1894
Publications of James Clarkson Corson, 20th century
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS/PUBS
Scope and Contents
Working materials (typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, notes, index slips) for publications by James Clarkson Corson, including: A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott (Oliver and Boyd, 1943); William Gell’s Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott's residence in Italy, 1832, ed. Corson (Nelson, 1957); Notes and Index to Sir Herbert Grierson’s Edition of The Letters of Sir Walter Scott (Clarendon Press,...
Dates:
20th century
Queen Mary's Bed Chamber, 1835
piece
Identifier: Coll-10/1/127(ii)
Scope and Contents
Queen Mary's Bed Chamber. Line engraving. 1835. Cattermole, George, 1800-1868, Artist; Lewis, James, Engraver; Longman & Co., Publisher.
Publisher statement: London: Published for the Proprietors by Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, & Rittner & Co., Paris.
Published in: Leigh Ritchie, Scott and Scotland (Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1835).
Dates:
1835
Reference note to 'Legend of Montrose', August 1886
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/29
Scope and Contents
Reference note to 'Legend of Montrose' which reads 'See Legend of Montrose Scott for Children of the mist " - Aoidh clann Aoidh".
Dates:
August 1886
Research on Sir Walter Scott, 20th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Corson Collection consists of materials assembled by James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988), Deputy Librarian of Edinburgh University and Honorary Librarian of Abbotsford.It is comprised of two sub-divisions. The first consists of materials related to Sir Walter Scott, including manuscripts, artworks, realia, memorabilia, press-cuttings, and critical materials, which were purposely collected by Corson to complement his extensive collection of printed works by or about...
Dates:
20th century
Scott Dictionary, 20th century
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-1022/JC/JCRS/SD
Scope and Contents
An alphabetically ordered index of ca. 200,000 slips covering every aspect of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott, compiled by James Clarkson Corson who referred to it as his 'Scott Dictionary'.
Dates:
20th century