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Lecture notes on English literature and language, taken down by Marie Wilson Stuart

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Identifier: Coll-2950

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Scope and Contents

8 notebooks with lecture notes relating to English literature, language and dramatic performance, taken down by Marie Wilson Stuart. The first 7 volumes date from 1916-1919 when Stuart was a full time student at the University of Edinburgh, and the final volume is from a period of later study in the 1940s. See further detail below:

Coll-2950/1
English, 1916-1917. Professor Herbert Grierson. Printed reading list pasted to front board.
Coll-2950/2
English, 1916-1917, volume 2. Professor Herbert Grierson.
Coll-2950/3
English Language, 1917-1918. Professor's name not given.
Coll-2950/4
English Literature, 1917-1918. Professor Herbert Grierson
Coll-2950/5
English Literature, sessions 1917-1918 and 1918-1919. Professor Herbert Grierson.
Coll-2950/6
English Literature, 1918-1919. Professor Herbert Grierson
Coll-2950/7
English Language, 1918-1919. Catherine MacDonald MacLean. With three leaves of additional notes laid in
Coll-2950/8
History of English Drama, 1943-1944. With several additonal notes laid and pasted in - mostly typed extracts of literary texts.

Dates

  • Creation: 1916-1919
  • Creation: 1943-1944

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Biographical / Historical

Herbert Grierson was Knight Professor of English Literature at the University in 1915-1935.

Full Extent

8 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Gen. 2096-2103

Custodial History

Previously catalogued as "Coll-245" (Lectures and Correspondence of Sir Herbert J. C. Grierson)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in August 1979. Accession no. E.1979.53

Related Materials

Heritage Collections also hold:
Lecture notes on English Literature given by Prof. Grierson, taken down by Margaret Low and David Macrae Aitken (Coll-2951).
Lecture notes on English literature given by Professor Herbert Grierson, taken down by Janet H. Kirkwood (Coll-2952).

Physical Description

Eight clothbound notebooks, some with scraps and notes laid in.

Processing Information

Catalogued by Elin Crotty in July 2026

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

https://library.ed.ac.uk/heritage-collections
Contact:
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