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: Letters, 1812-1854, to John Gibson Lockhart relating to Sir Walter Scott and Lockhart’s ‘Life of Sir Walter Scott’, with copy of one letter of Scott (MS.934, folios 103, 223-225);

Letters, ?1805-?1831, of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly to the Ballantynes, with several to other persons (MS.997);

Letters and papers, ?1802-?1832, of and concerning Sir Walter Scott, collected by J R N Macphail (MS.1036, number 5, folios 48-70);

Letter, [?1820], of Sir Walter Scott to James Maidment probably regarding a reprint of ‘Sir James Galloway, his prophesy, anno 1649’, (MS.1790 [Ry.IV.c.4]);

Letters, 1799-1857, of friends and other contemporaries of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Wilfred Partington for a grangerized copy of his ‘Private letter-books of Sir Walter Scott’ (MS.2255);

Letters, ?1816-?1823, concerning ‘Provincial antiquities and picturesque scenery of Scotland’ by Sir Walter Scott, addressed to Edward Blore, the architect, by the author, and some of the artists and engravers engaged on that publication (MS.3029);

Letters, 1797-1831, of and relating to Sir Walter Scott (MS.3112, number 9, folios 160-203);

Letters, 1796-1803, to Sir Walter Scott (MS.3874).