Letters, press-cuttings, printed catalogues and articles of and relating to Charles K N Ballantyne, Secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13342
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters relate Charles Ballantyne’s scholarly interests particularly Sir Walter Scott, Marc Raffalovich, John Gray and Aubrey Beardsley. As well as personal letters, some of the correspondence relates to requests to borrow paintings from the collection at the New Club, Edinburgh, the acquisition of which he had been in no small measure responsible for.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1984, undated.
Creator
- Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) (Second party, Person)
- Ballantyne, Charles K N, Secretary of the New Club, Edinburgh, 1903-1985: recipient (Recipient, Person)
- Gray, John Henry (Canon of St Peter's, Edinburgh, and author) (Second party, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The greater part of this accession was previously TD.3411
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by John Ballantyne.
Subject
- Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford, Knight, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 1866-1960 (Person)
- Corson, James C, collector and bibliographer of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, 1905-1988 (Person)
- Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 (Person)
- Jones, Henry Festing, Artist, 1851-1928 (Person)
- Beardsley, Aubrey, Illustrator and Author, 1872-1898 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- 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
George IV Bridge
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