Archives of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, consisting of incoming correspondence, lectures and papers read to the Society; including the original manuscript, 1871, of the essay of Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Intermittent Lights'.
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise two distinct yet related groups, giving in all quite a comprehensive account of the Society's history, and spanning more than a century of rapid scientific and technological achievement.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1940, 1946, undated.
Creator
- Royal Scottish Society of Arts (Organization)
- Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
183 Consultation units
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The two groups are 1. 'The General Series' mainly correspondence and administrative material, and 2. 'The Lecture Series', comprising lectures read to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Further arrangement and content notes can be found under the series heading for each in the catalogue record hierarchy.
Other Finding Aids
A chronologically arranged index, and an author and subject index are available for the Lecture Series. These indexes are appended to the PDF inventory under the 'External documents' heading.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1968, Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Edinburgh.
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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk