Letter from the National Library of Scotland concerning the Sir Walter Scott Appeal Fund, 17 March 1986
Item — Box: CLX-A-378
Identifier: Coll-1657/6/17
Scope and Contents
Letter from Denis Roberts (Librarian and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, National Library of Scotland) on 17 March 1986, about a successful appeal for funds to bring the Scott manuscripts (including the lost interleaved working copies of his Waverley Novels, the "Magnum Opus") back to Scotland from the Pforzheimer Library in New York.
Dates
- Creation: 17 March 1986
Creator
- National Library of Scotland (1925-:) (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
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Full Extent
1 letter
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Originally from accession: SC-Acc-2024-0022
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Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk