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Scott, Sir Walter, (1771-1832), 1st Baronet, poet and novelist

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Surname: Scott
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Walter
Gender: Male
Date: 1771-1832
Title: 1st Baronet
Biography: ODNB link for Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 1st Baronet poet and novelist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P164332 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P25593 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Walter Scott
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1825-34: personal accounts and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
2
corresp, literary MSS and papers
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
See Index to MSS 1964, suppl 1981; Annual Return 1993
3
printer's MS of Kenilworth
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
4
literary MSS
London University: Senate House Library
5
1817-23: letters (8)
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
See Annual Return 1995
6
1814-30: letters (5), MS of 'Helvellyn'
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1991
7
1800: MS of "The House of Aspen"
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 1999
8
1812-31: letters and papers, mostly rel to trust administering his business affairs
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2000
9
1816: annotated draft of 'The Pibroch of Donuil Dhu'
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2013
10
1803-31: literary MSS and letters (c110 items)
Huntington Library
See NUC MS 62-356
11
1828-29: History of Scotland (3 vols)
Huntington Library
See Guide to British MSS 1982
12
literary MSS
The King's School, Canterbury
NRA 15260
13
letters, MSS, etc
Writers' Museum
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
14
papers
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
15
literary MSS
Signet Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16
letters (4) and an assignment of copyright
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
NRA 38887 Forster
17
manuscripts
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
18
1800-29: letters, mostly rel to his work as sheriff
Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19
1814-30: letters (17)
Leeds University Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
20
1806-26: letters to Lady Abercorn
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 15790 Hamilton
21
1817-1831: letters (c50) to William Adam
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 9954 Adam
22
1808-28: corresp with Joanna Baillie (66 items)
Royal College of Surgeons of England
See ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993
23
c1826-1827: letters to James Ballantyne
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 6184 Montagu-Douglas-Scot

See NRAS1275
24
1802-31: corresp with James Ballantyne (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25
1808-26: letters (66) to James Ballantyne and others
Signet Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26
1805-30: letters to Blackwoods
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
27
c1818-23: letters to Edward Blore
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
28
c1807-29: letters (235), mostly to Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Montagu
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34806 Buccleuch
29
letters to Buchanan and Edmonston families
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 11636
30
1812-17: letters to Lord and Lady Byron
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 21980
31
corresp with Robert Cadell
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
32
1809: letters (10) to Sir Ilay Campbell
Glasgow City Archives
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
33
1788-1827: letters (14) to William and Sir George Clerk
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 29182
34
1796-1831: corresp with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell and others
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
35
1816-26: letters (30) to George Craig
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Report 1976-77
36
1804-9: letters to Lady Frances Douglas
Trinity College: Watkinson Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
37
1804-09: letters to Lady Frances Douglas (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38
letters (33) to Maria Edgeworth
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1972
39
1803-32: letters (31) to Maria Edgeworth and others
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
40
1801-09: letters to George Ellis (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
41
1800-26: letters (105) to Charles Erskine
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Report 1973-74 p46, 1975-76 p49
42
letters to General Fairfax
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10206 Johnston

See NRA(S)1236
43
1778-1802: letters to Sir William Forbes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
44
1826-31: letters to John Gibson (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
45
1825-31: letters (10) to Rachel Jobson and others (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
46
1802-31: letters to William Laidlaw
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
47
1810-31: letters (48) to David Laing
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
48
corresp with Sir TD Lauder (copies)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
49
1823-24: corresp with Lady Anne Lindsay
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
50
1805-31: corresp with JG Lockhart
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
51
1803-12: letters (12) to Longman & Rees
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Friends of National Libraries Annual Report 1994 pp9-10
52
1803-25: letters (10) to Marquesses of Lothian
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10737 Kerr

See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
53
1822-32: letters to Robert Lundie
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
54
1807-25: corresp with Henry Mackenzie
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
55
1806-28: letters to Lord Minto
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
56
1793-1832: letters (19), mostly to Patrick Murray (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
57
1809-30: letters (c100) to Lady Northampton
Castle Ashby
NRA 21088 Compton
58
letters (8) to Oliver & Boyd
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 10785
59
1811-30: letters (37) to Charlotte Champion Pascoe, Robert Pitcairn and others
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
60
1822-29: corresp with Sir Robert Peel (14 items)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
61
1810-30: letters (10) to John Richardson
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 1995
62
1797-1815: corresp with his wife, Charlotte Mary
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
63
1803-32: corresp with Hugh and Harriet Scott
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 32440 Hepburne-Scott

See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
64
letters to John Scott of Gala
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10544 Scott
65
1795-1831: letters to William Scott
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
66
1802-08: letters to A Seward
British Library, Manuscript Collections
67
letters to Sir Cuthbert Sharp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
68
1802-1831: letters (67) to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe
Hornel Library
NRA 10173 Hornel Library
69
1792-1831: letters to Shortreed family
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
70
letters to Sir John Sinclair
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10552
71
1805-31: letters (92), mostly to James Skene
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
72
letters to Mary, Thomas and William Somerville
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
73
1783-1830: corresp with Lady Louisa Stuart
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10169 Douglas-Home
74
1808-30: letters to Louisa Stuart (copies)
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
75
1806-23: letters (28) to Robert Surtees
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
76
1808-26: letters to Lady Sutherland
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 11006
77
letters to John and Archibald Swinton
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 10561
78
letters to John Taylor
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 34966 Bruce & Kerr
79
1805-21: letters to G Thomson
British Library, Manuscript Collections
80
1791-1831: letters to Thomas Thomson
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
81
1814-29: letters to Joseph Train (copies)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
82
1806-c1815: letters (12) from William Wordsworth
Wordsworth Trust
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
83
papers
New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
84
papers
The Morgan Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
85
papers
New York University: Fales Library
See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
86
misc items
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
87
1807-16: (copies) misc letters
British Library, Manuscript Collections
88
1815-1839: literary ms, corresp
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
89
1820: portion of the original ms of Kenilworth
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2017
90
1820: leaves from the manuscript of Kenilworth
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2022
91
manuscripts from the Library of Honresfield House
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2022
92
1828-1831: letters of Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Macdonald
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2023
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