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

 Person

Staff Only

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:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson / Research on Sir Walter Scott

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 1. Edinburgh

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

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Corson Collection / Papers of James Clarkson Corson / Research on Sir Walter Scott

[Sir Walter Scott], undated

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/58(ii)
Scope and Contents

[Sir Walter Scott]. Etching. Undated. Unknown creator.

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

Sir Walter Scott, 1829

 piece
Identifier: Coll-10/3/51(i)
Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott. Line engraving. 1829. Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859, Artist; Danforth, Moseley Isaac, 1800-1862, Engraver; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green.

Published in: Literary Souvenir (1829).

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 3. Peebles, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick