The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, 1822 of Sir Walter Scott with James Wylie, Writer to the Signet, on the illumination of their house-fronts for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh, and a note of Scott to Wylie regarding the installation of oil gas in their houses (MS.539);

Items of or concerning Sir Walter Scott, collected by William Finlay Watson and titled 'Burns and Scott', late 18th century-early 19th century (MS.587, numbers 1144B, 1144C 1147-1251);

Miscellaneous collection of letters and other papers, [?1791-?1850], of Sir Walter Scott and his contemporaries (MS.786).