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Correspondence and papers of Sir Graham Balfour, and material collected by him for his ‘The life of Robert Louis Stevenson’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9891-9911

Dates

  • Creation: 1870-1960, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

19 Volumes

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

The papers are arranged as follow: MSS.9891-9893. Stevenson papers. MSS.9894-9896. Balfour correspondence. MSS.9897-9904. Balfour notes and notebooks. MSS.9905-9911. Cuttings, photographs and printed books.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1961, 1968, by Michael Balfour, Sir Graham's son.

Separated Materials

Printed material has been transferred to the Department of Printed Books.

Bibliography

Balfour, Graham. ‘The life of Robert Louis Stevenson’ (London, 1901).

See Michael Balfour, 'How the biography of Robert Louis Stevenson came to be written', in 'Times Literary Supplement', 15 January 1960, page 37, and 22 January 1960, page 52.
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

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