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Letters of William Fowler of Selkirk

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2937

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence of William Fowler of Selkirk. 85 letters, received between 1909 and 1932. Arranged mostly alphabetically, and addressed to Fowler unless stated otherwise. Some letters are accompanied by photographs, postcards, and other Stevensonalia.

Item number

  1. William Agge. 19 March 1918. About Woodrow Wilson and Robert Louis Stevenson
  2. William Agge. 17 April 1918
  3. William Agge. 17 July 1925
  4. Robert Anderson. 21 November 1919
  5. Robert Anderson and Mrs Anderson. Undated.
  6. Robert Anderson. 13 February 1920
  7. William Armstrong. 4 July 1918
  8. William Armstrong. 17 May 1922
  9. William Armstrong. 23 August 1922 and 5 August 1922. With attached newspaper clipping.
  10. William Armstrong. 12 July 1923
  11. William Armstrong. Undated, with attached clipping.
  12. David Barnett. 12 December 1909. With enclosure and 3 photographs of tree and monument.
  13. David Barnett. 8 November 1909
  14. David Barnett. 3 August 1921
  15. David Barnett. 27 December 22
  16. David Barnett. 3 December 1929
  17. W. G. Lockett to W. Guthrie. 28 October 1929. (Copy from David Barnett to William Fowler, sent 3 December 1929)
  18. Photograph of Mrs Stevenson (sent from David Barnett to William Fowler 3 December 1929)
  19. W. B. Blaikie. 30 May 1926
  20. George Blake. 31 January 1929
  21. George Blake. 12 February 1929
  22. A. S. Boyd. 30 December 1913
  23. A. S. Boyd. 18 April 1917
  24. A. S. Boyd. 19 April 1917
  25. George St J. Bremner to Mr Anderson. 20 January 1920. (Copy made for William Fowler)
  26. Alexander L. Brown. 30 October 1909
  27. Sir Sidney Colvin. 7 July 1920
  28. Henry J. Cowell. 28 May 1924. With attached newspaper clipping.
  29. William Fowler to Henry J. Cowell. 4 July 1924. With attached magazine cutting.
  30. Henry J. Cowell. 7 July 1924. With envelope of clippings.
  31. Henry J. Cowell. 20 August 1924
  32. Henry J. Cowell. 28 October 1924
  33. Henry J. Cowell. 1 November 1924
  34. Henry J. Cowell. 8 November 1924
  35. Henry J. Cowell. 3 June 1925
  36. Margaret Isabella Stevenson to Mrs Fell. 15 March 1892. (Copy made for William Fowler)
  37. Henry J. Cowell. 19 September 1925. With attached clippings.
  38. Henry J. Cowell. 9 October 1925
  39. H. A. Crowe. 16 May [no year]
  40. Alison Cunningham. 21 December 1909
  41. Alison Cunningham. 15 June 1911
  42. Alison Cunningham. 23 January 1912
  43. Alison Cunningham. 18 April 1913
  44. R. Edmiston. 14 July 1918
  45. R. Edmiston. 4 January 1923
  46. R. Edmiston. 22 June 1923
  47. R. Edmiston. 12 April 1927. With attached transcription of Sotheby's catalogue.
  48. Joseph Hawley. 18 November 1929. With attached photographs of Swanston.
  49. William Fowler. Headed paper with note regarding Stevenson's birthday anniversary. 18 December 1924
  50. John Grant. 30 March 1931
  51. Charles John Guthrie (Lord). 31 July 1918
  52. Charles John Guthrie (Lord). 15 December 1919
  53. Anne Jemima Burns (Lady Guthrie). June 1920
  54. George G. Harrap and Company Ltd. 31 January 1920
  55. Joseph Hawley. 28 November 1929. With attached postcards of Swanston.
  56. Joseph Hawley. 8 July 1932. With attached postcards of Skerryvore
  57. H. M. Hendrie. 25 October [no year]
  58. H. M. Hendrie. 31 October [no year]
  59. T. W. Hill. 27 February 1919
  60. John Hogben. 14 March 1922
  61. Jean Lang. 6 July 1918
  62. Kate Lawrie. 15 April 1923
  63. Annie R. Lisle. 10 January 1922
  64. J. H. Lorimer. 28 November 1921
  65. Thomas Marjoribanks (Rev). 26 June 1920
  66. Rosaline Masson to L. L. Bilton. 6 April 1923
  67. Rosaline Masson. 20 April 1923
  68. Rosaline Masson. 3 November 1921
  69. Rosaline Masson. 20 November 1922
  70. Arthur Henry Mee. 3 January 1930
  71. Mollie Merylees. 5 January 1931
  72. James Milne. 13 March 1920
  73. O. Miyabara. 18 March 1931
  74. O Miyabara. 30 March 1931. With enclosed photographs
  75. M. L. Oliver. 23 August 1926
  76. G. E. Oliver. 25 August 2026
  77. G. A. Johnston Ross. April 12 1924
  78. Eve Blantyre Simpson. 26 March [no year]. With attached newspaper clipping titled 'Jazzin'
  79. Hilda T. Skae. 2 September 1932
  80. Hilda T. Skae. 25 September 1932
  81. K. S. Smith. 27 June 1932
  82. Alexander Stevenson (Sir). 16 November 1931
  83. John Stevenson. 9 January 1932
  84. Alexander W. Stewart. 29 December 1920. With attached newspaper clippings
  85. Marie Stewart. 16 July 1928
  86. Lachlan Maclean Watt. 19 February 1921 [postmark]
  87. Joseph Laing Waigh. 20 January 1920
  88. Willliam Wight. 18 February 1929
  89. J. R. Young. 8 March 1922
  90. J. R. Young. 9 March 1923
  91. J. R. Young. 12 March 1923
  92. Edith [no surname]. 16 March 1923.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909-1932

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Gen. 784/4

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in December 1964. Previous enclosure labelled with accession number E64/64, but identified in accession register as E65/12.

Related Materials

Heritage Collections also hold the Papers of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club, Edinburgh (Coll-2938).

Processing Information

Catalogued by Elin Crotty in July 2026

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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