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)
- Typescript Poems and Review: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers
Alexander Scott (1920-1989)
- Typescript Poems: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
- Secondary Materials: Norman MacCaig Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
Tom Scott (1918-1995)
- See: Tom Scott Papers
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)
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Notes on index-cards made by Clive Wainwright while researching for works on Abbotsford (Coll-1299)
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Satirical illustration, 'The Balance of Public Favor', showing Sir Walter Scott, 1827 (Coll-1770)
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Sketchbooks containing drawings and notes by John Williamson for the illustration of works by Sir Walter Scott (Coll-1301)
Materials in Other Collections
- Fiction: Laing Collection
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Miscellaneous Writings: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Ian R. Grant Collection, Laing Collection
- Secondary Materials: John Baillie Papers, Carmichael-Watson Collection, Arthur Melville Clark Papers, Louisa Matilda Crawford Papers, Elizabeth E. Dexter Papers, Ian R. Grant Collection, H. J. C. Grierson Letters, Andrew Graham Grieve Papers, Marion Lochhead Papers, Thomas Nelson Archive, Collection of Romantic Era Scottish Borders Poetry, Walter Scott Digital Archive (incl. Walter Scott Image Collection), Symbolae Scoticae, Fred Urquhart Papers
Ann Scott-Moncrieff (1914-1943)
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974)
- Typescript Poem and Essay: Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Charles Senior (b. 1918)
Self-Standing Materials
- TS copies of poems, some corrected, and holograph drafts (Gen. 2093/6-7)
Materials in Other Collections
- Typescript Poems: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: George Mackay Brown Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers
John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885)
- Correspondence: Margaret Duncan Campbell Collection, Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, Laing Collection
Alan Sharp (1934-2013)
- Secondary Materials: Norman MacCaig Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe (1781-1851)
Self-Standing Materials
Materials in Other Collections
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Miscellaneous Writings: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Ian R. Grant Collection, Laing Collection
- Secondary Materials: Thomas Nelson Archive
Nan Shepherd (1893-1981)
- Correspondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Secondary Materials: Helen Cruickshank Papers
Margaret W. (Winefride) Simpson (1888-1971)
- Correspondence: Tom Scott Papers
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
- Correspondence: John Johnstone Papers
- Secondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers
Burns Singer (1928-1964)
- Manuscript Poems: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Tom Scott Papers
Samuel Smiles (1812-1904)
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)
- Typescript Poems: Norman MacCaig Papers,Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
- Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
John Smith (1747-1807)
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975)
W. (William) Gordon Smith (1928-1996)
- Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers
Tobias Smollett (1721-1771)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
- Secondary Materials: Sir Charles Lyell Papers
William Soutar (1898-1943)
Muriel Spark (1918-2006)
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Alan Spence (1947- )
- Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Lewis Spence (1874-1955)
- Manuscript Poem: Maurice Lindsay Papers
- Correspondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Charles Saroléa Papers
- Secondary Materials: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers
Lady Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (1810-1900)
- 'Lament for the Auld House of Spottiswoode', MS Poem (Coll-1477)
Olive M. (Maud) Squair (b. 1902)
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
Hunter Steele (1949- )
- Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers
Ian Stephen (1955- )
- Manuscript Poems: Hamish Henderson Archive
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive
John Sterling (1806-1844)
- 2 letters to Anna Maria Fox, 1841-1843 (Dc.4.101-103)
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
- Speech to Speculative Society: William Kirk Dickson Papers
- Secondary Materials: John Baillie Papers, George Goudie Chisholm Papers, Edinburgh College of Art Typography Collection, Marion Lochhead Papers, Thomas Nelson Archive, Tovey Collection, Fred Urquhart Papers
John Stewart of Baldynneis (c. 1545–c. 1605)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
J. I. M. (John Innes Mackintosh) Stewart (1906-1994)
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Peter Still (1814-1848)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
Alice V. Stuart (1899-1983)
- Typescript Poems: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
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
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Andrew Symson (1638-1712)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
Margaret Tait (1918-1999)
- Typescript Poems and Short Story: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, John C. Weston Papers
William J. Tait (1918-1992)
- Manuscript Poems: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers
Andrew Tannahill (1900-1986)
- Typescript Poem: Hamish Henderson Archive
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
Robert Tannahill (1774-1810)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
- Secondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection
C. P. (Cecil Philip) Taylor (1929-1981)
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960)
- Correspondence: Fred Urquhart Papers
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers
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
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
Emma Tennant (1937-2017)
- Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers
William Tennant (1784-1848)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
William Thom (1798?-1848)
- Memorandum: Laing Collection
Derick S. (Smith) Thomson (1921-2012)
- Typescript Poems: Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers
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
- Poetry: Laing Collection
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
Joseph Thomson (1858-1895)
- Correspondence: Sir Archibald Geikie Papers
Ruthven Todd (1914-1978)
- Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers
Nigel Tranter (1909-2000)`
- Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Sydney Tremayne (1890-1986)
- Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers
Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984)
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
Gael Turnbull (1928-2004)
- Typescript Poems and Short Story: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
W. (William) Price Turner (1927-1988)
Self-Standing Materials
- 17 letters from British and American authors, 1951-1963 (E2001.20)
Materials in Other Collections
- Typescript Poems: Hamish Henderson Archive, Norman MacCaig Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Robert Nye Papers, John Wain Archive
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Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers
Margaret Tytler (19th century)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
Joan Ure (1918-1978)
- Correspondence: Records of 'Scottish International Review'
Fred Urquhart (1912-1995)
- See: Fred Urquhart Papers
Vagaland (Thomas Alexander Robertson) (1909-1973)
- Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers
David Vedder (1790-1854)
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
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- )
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
Charlotte Ann Waldie (1788-1859)
- Letter to Dugald Stewart, 1827 (Dc.6.111, ff. 154-155)
Alexander Watson (18th century)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
William Watson (1931-2005)
- Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers
Nannie K. (Katherine) Wells (b. 1875)
- Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
James White (1803-1862)
- Letter to Mr Roberts, 1853 (Dk.8.4/3)
Kenneth White (1936- )
- Typescript Poems and Review: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
Robert White (1802-1874)
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
Gordon Williams (1934-2017)
- Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers
William Wilkie (1721-1772)
- Poetry: Laing Collection
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
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
- Miscellaneous: Laing Collection
John Mackay Wilson (1804-1835)
- Correspondence: Laing Collection
Andrew Young (1885-1971)
- See: Andrew Young Papers
Douglas Young (1913-1973)
- Manuscript Book Chapter and Typescript Poems: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers
- Correspondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, 'Jabberwock' Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart Papers