Scottish Authors S-Z

Manuscripts of Scottish writers including Sir Walter Scott, Nan Shepherd, Catherine Sinclair, Iain Crichton Smith, Tobias Smollett, Robert Louis Stevenson, Margaret Tait, and James Thomson.

R. (Robert) Crombie Saunders (1914-1991)

Alexander Scott (1920-1989)

Tom Scott (1918-1995)

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Self-Standing Materials
  • Corson Collection (Coll-1022)
  • Letters from Walter Scott to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (Coll-1712)
  • Letters of, and Other Papers Relating to, Sir Walter Scott (Coll-1147)
  • 'Tales of a Grandfather', fragment (Dk.3.8/13)
  • Letter to Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 16 Feb [1809] (Gen. 1732/S/7)
  • Letter to Anna Eliza Bray, [24 May 1828] (Gen. 1732/S/13)
  • Letter to David Brewster, [182-] (Gen. 1732/S/5)
  • Letter to James Carmichael, 8 September 1824 (Gen. 1732/S/12)
  • Letter to Allan Cunningham, 24 December 1825 (Gen. 1732/S/27)
  • Letters to Walter Dickson, 27 October 1827, and to Rev. Anthony Dow, 5 March 1830, which make reference to Helen Walker (Coll-1703)
  • 8 letters to M. W. Hartstonge, 1812-1819 (Gen. 1732/S/28-35)
  • Letter, probably to Prof. R. Jameson, 1809 (Gen. 1999/1/31)
  • Letter to Sir John Leslie, ca. 1826, photocopy (Phot.534)
  • Letter to John Manderston, 8 July 1820 (Gen. 1732/S/8)
  • Letter to Rev. James Mitchell, 1786 (Mackinnon Coll.(1924) 8/5)
  • Letter to John Taylor, 1814, copy (Gen.1995/68)
  • Letter to Josiah Walker, 1819 (Dk.3.8/14)
  • Letter to unidentified correspondent, [1830-1831], typescript of destroyed original (Gen. 1732/S/1)
  • Design for bookplate, drawn by Sir Walter Scott for himself, signed by him, but unfinished (Coll-1961)
  • Notes on index-cards made by Clive Wainwright while researching for works on Abbotsford (Coll-1299)
  • Satirical illustration, 'The Balance of Public Favor', showing Sir Walter Scott, 1827 (Coll-1770)
  • Sketchbooks containing drawings and notes by John Williamson for the illustration of works by Sir Walter Scott (Coll-1301)
Materials in Other Collections

Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914-1943)

George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974)

Charles Senior (b. 1918)

Self-Standing Materials
  • TS copies of poems, some corrected, and holograph drafts (Gen. 2093/6-7)
Materials in Other Collections

John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885)

Alan Sharp (1934-2013)

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (1781-1851)

Self-Standing Materials
Materials in Other Collections

Nan Shepherd (1893-1981)

Margaret W. (Winefride) Simpson (1888-1971)

Catherine Sinclair (1800-1864)

Self-Standing Materials
  • 'Private Memorials of Helen Late Mrs Stewart of Physgill', MS notebook, 1845 (Coll-1848/20-0023)
  • 2 letters to D. R. Hay, 1857 (Dc.2.59)
  • Letter to Mr King, 1851 (Dc.4.101-103)
Materials in Other Collections

Burns Singer (1928-1964)

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)

Self-Standing Materials
Materials in Other Collections

Alexander Smith (1830-1867)

  • ‘While in this delicious weather’, poem (Dc.4.101-103)
  • Letter, 1856 (Dk.8.4/3)

Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998)

John Smith (1747-1807)

Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975)

W. (William) Gordon Smith (1928-1996)

Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)

William Soutar (1898-1943)

Muriel Spark (1918-2006)

Alan Spence (1947- )

Lewis Spence (1874-1955)

Lady Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810-1900)

  • 'Lament for the Auld House of Spottiswoode', MS Poem (Coll-1477)

Olive M. (Maud) Squair (b. 1902)

Hunter Steele (1949- )

Ian Stephen (1955- )

John Sterling (1806-1844)

  • 2 letters to Anna Maria Fox, 1841-1843 (Dc.4.101-103)

John A. (Alexander) Steuart (1861-1932)

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Self-Standing Materials
  • Material relating to the R. L. Stevenson Memorial in St Giles, sculpted by Augustus Saint Gaudens (Coll-1549)
  • Notes taken at the Zoology class, Edinburgh University, microfilm copies of originals belonging to the Speculative Society (Mic.M.480)
Materials in Other Collections

John Stewart of Baldynneis (c. 1545–c. 1605)

J. I. M. (John Innes Mackintosh) Stewart (1906-1994)

Peter Still (1814-1848)

Alice V. Stuart (1899-1983)

Annie S. (Shepherd) Swan (1859-1943)

Self-Standing Materials
  • Letter, 6 February 1892, to Mr Barbour (Gen. 1981/46)
  • Letter, 3 Nov., n.y. to Miss Openshaw (Gen. 1981/49)
  • Letter, 26 March 1930, to unknown correspondent (Gen. 1981/48)
Materials in Other Collections

Andrew Symson (1638-1712)

Margaret Tait (1918-1999)

William J. Tait (1918-1992)

Andrew Tannahill (1900-1986)

Robert Tannahill (1774-1810)

C. P. (Cecil Philip) Taylor (1929-1981)

Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960)

James Telfer (1800-1862)

Self-Standing Materials
  • ‘To a Fairy’, and ‘To the Flower Called Queen of the Meadow’, sonnets (Dc.4.101-103)
  • Letter from Telfer to Mr White (Dc.4.101-103)
Materials in Other Collections

Emma Tennant (1937-2017)

William Tennant (1784-1848)

William Thom (1798?-1848)

Derick S. (Smith) Thomson (1921-2012)

James Thomson (1700-1748)

Self-Standing Materials
  • ‘Ah wise too late’, song, transcript in the hand of David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan (Gen. 1429/26
  • Letter to William Cranstoun, 172- or 173-, copy (Dc.6.111, ff. 55-57)
  • 12 letters to Miss Young, 1743-1745, photocopies (Phots. 495-506)
Materials in Other Collections

Joseph Thomson (1858-1895)

Ruthven Todd (1914-1978)

Nigel Tranter (1909-2000)`

Sydney Tremayne (1890-1986)

Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984)

Gael Turnbull (1928-2004)

W. (William) Price Turner (1927-1988)

Self-Standing Materials
  • 17 letters from British and American authors, 1951-1963 (E2001.20)
Materials in Other Collections

Margaret Tytler (19th century)

Joan Ure (1918-1978)

Fred Urquhart (1912-1995)

Vagaland (Thomas Alexander Robertson) (1909-1973)

David Vedder (1790-1854)

John Veitch (1829-1894)

  • Testimonial in favour of J. H. Stirling, 1868 (Dc.4.104/3, ff. 41-42)
  • 4 letters to Victor Cousin, 1857-1860, microfilm copies, with copies of letters concerning Veitch (Mic.M.792)

Raymond Vettese (1950- )

Charlotte Ann Waldie (1788-1859)

  • Letter to Dugald Stewart, 1827 (Dc.6.111, ff. 154-155)

Alexander Watson (18th century)

William Watson (1931-2005)

Nannie K. (Katherine) Wells (b. 1875)

James White (1803-1862)

  • Letter to Mr Roberts, 1853 (Dk.8.4/3)

Kenneth White (1936- )

Robert White (1802-1874)

G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville (1821-1878)

Gordon Williams (1934-2017)

William Wilkie (1721-1772)

John Wilson (1785-1854)

Self-Standing Materials
  • 'Unimore', extract from the poem, possibly autograph (Dc.4.102)
  • 3 letters to R. Findlay, 1804-1807 (Dk.3.48)
  • Letter to Prof. R. Jameson (Ja.9)
  • 3 letters, 1 to J. Nairne, 1 to Dr Blair, and 1 to ‘George’, 1837 and undated (Dc.4.101-103)
  • Letter to P. Robertson, 1843 (Dc.4.101-103)
  • 7 letters to various correspondents including A. Ballantyne, 1833-1839, and undated (Gen. 1732/W/6-7, 9-10, 12-13, 17)
  • Notes of lectures on Moral Philosophy, 1825-1826 (Dc.8.14)
  • Notes of lectures on Moral Philosophy, 1843-1844 (Gen. 631-633)
Materials in Other Collections

John Mackay Wilson (1804-1835)

Andrew Young (1885-1971)

Douglas Young (1913-1973)

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