Papers of William Kirk Dickson
Scope and Contents
The papers include: valedictory address by Robert Louis Stevenson to the Speculative Society, 1873; drawing of David Masson, drawn by William Hole; illustrations of the Men's Union building, and the Old Quad; notes on lectures of Henry Calderwood taken by Dickson; notes on Professor Masson's lectures, 1880; two letters to Dickson from John Ruskin, Honorary President of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh, 1883; two letters and copy letters to Dickson from Robert Browning, Honorary President of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh, 1885-1887; letter to Dickson from S.R. Crockett, Penicuik, 1895; bibliography compiled by Dickson, 1880-1934; and, two photographs of Dickson.
Dates
- Creation: 1877-1934
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 box
Previous reference
Dk.1.3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession no. E78.1.
Subject
- Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949 (Librarian and Historian) (Person)
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 (Poet) (Person)
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 (art and social critic | London | England) (Person)
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (author and Traveller) (Person)
- Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) (Presenter, Person)
- Title
- Papers of William Kirk Dickson, 1877-1934
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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