Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson and of his wife, Fanny, to Anne Jenkin, with related papers.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13744/1-6
Scope and Contents
Fleeming Jenkin was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and Stevenson’s tutor in that capacity. Stevenson showed little aptitude or interest in engineering but the two men became firm friends. After Jenkin’s sudden death in 1885, his widow Anne asked Stevenson to write a memoir of her husband and this correspondence arose from that connection.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1914, undated.
Creator
- Stevenson, Frances Matilda Van de Grift (née Van de Grift, then Osbourne, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson) (Person)
- Jenkin, Anne (née Austin, wife of Henry C. Fleeming Jenkin, engineer) (Recipient, Person)
- Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd, 1868-1947 (author, stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist) (Person)
- Strong, Austin (playwright) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
6 Folders
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk