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Special Collections in Scottish Literature and Theatre
Sir Walter Scott
A collection of editions of Sir Walter Scott, published during the author's lifetime. Founded on a donation by Mr Burt Eddy Taylor of Michigan. All listed in the online catalogue.
First edition
of Scott's Life of Napoleon Buonaparte (1827)
James Hogg
Holdings include a group of early editions and manuscripts presented by James Hogg's great-grandaughter, Mrs Norah Parr of Wellington, New Zealand. Among these manuscripts are Hogg's surviving household and farm accounts for the period 1818-1835, correspondence with Margaret Phillips (later Hogg) during their courtship and marriage, the poet's journal of a tour to the Western Highlands and Hebrides in 1803. All listed in the online catalogue.
For further images, documents, bibliographies and audio files relating to James Hogg, see James Hogg: Research.
A number of Stirling theses on James Hogg have been digitised and added to STORRE:
Robin W. MacLachlan, The literary development of James Hogg, 1977
Plan of
Altrive Lake, James Hogg's house. This is a plan drawn up by the architect,
James Brown of Innerleithen, for an extension to the house in 1831.
Letter
of 1835 from Hogg to a merchant in Selkirk. Hogg returns some bonnets which
have proved unsatisfactory, and now requires some coarse cotton for covering
archery targets.
Norman MacCaig
Books and manuscripts of Norman MacCaig (1910-1996), who was Reader in Poetry at Stirling University. Holdings include many books in his personal poetry collection, as well as a collection of some 525 holograph poems sent by MacCaig to Miss Morven Cameron. View the list of books in the collection. The books are also listed in the online catalogue. A handlist of the manuscript collection (MS 81) is available on request.
Helen B. Cruickshank
Books donated by the poet Helen B. Cruickshank (1886-1975). Some are shelved in the Haldane Room, and appear in the catalogue with Reserve and Cru before the classmark. Others are shelved in the main stock, and these have Cru after the classmark.
Macleod Theatre Collection
A collection of Scottish theatrical history and related subjects founded on a donation by Mr Joseph Macleod. In online catalogue: Macleod and a classmark.