Management and documentation of Corson Collection

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1022/CCWS/CCMD
• Dates of Creation:1917-1988
• Name of Creator:
  Corson, James Clarkson, 1905-1988 (Scottish librarian and scholar)
• Physical Description:
  3 linear metres 10 boxes, 32 binders, 16 notebooks

• Scope and Content

  This series contains the following finding aids and registers compiled by James Clarkson Corson:
  catalogue of the printed materials in the Corson Collection
  catalogue of the manuscript materials in the Corson Collection
  catalogue of newspapers cuttings in the Corson Collection
  card index of manuscript materials in the Corson Collection
  card index of journal articles in the Corson Collection
  card index of illustrations and artworks in the Corson Collection
  Card index of other Scott-related visual materials in the Corson Collection
  accession register of the printed and manuscript materials in the Corson Collection
  accession register of artworks and illustrative materials in Corson Collection

  There is also a provisional shelf list compiled by Edinburgh University Library upon the accession of the first instalment of the Corson Collection.

• Personal Names

  Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)