Ballantyne, Robert Michael, (1825-1894), author

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Surname:	Ballantyne
Forenames:	Robert Michael
Gender:	Male
Date:	1825-1894
Biography:	ODNB link for Ballantyne, Robert Michael (1825-1894), author
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P131894 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1378 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	literary MSS	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 1698-1702, 1760-61, 20443	See Annual Report 1988-89 p13
2	1801-65: corresp and papers incl some of his father	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11961	See Annual Return 2001
3	c1870: sketchbook	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.12640	See Annual Return 2006
4	1887-91: letters from him	Edinburgh Central Library	NRA(S)3563	NRA 38890 Edinburgh CL See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
5	c1850-68: (copies) diaries and letters	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 275
6	1869: autograph manuscript (386 leaves) of R. M. Ballantyne’s Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings, a novel of Viking life, inspired by Icelandic sagas. Working manuscript with alterations, clarifications and revisions	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll-2074 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0086)	See Annual Return 2022