a guide to the rls collection at the writers’...

A Guide to the RLS Collection at the Writers’ Museum, Edinburgh

Writers’ Museum Catalogue Listing Accession No Description

Battledores LSH 1/1-2/91 Bats threaded on one side, vellum or stretched parchment

Book LSH58/91 Rag-book, The Child’s Own Alphabet, painted by RLS

Book LSH59/91 Facsimile of RLS's baby book. Original in Beinecke Library, Yale

Book LSH 60/91 Wallace and His Time, inscribed and gifted to RLS for winning “First English Prize”

Bracelet LSH 61/91 Bracelet of plaited hair worn by Margaret Stevenson, said to be Mrs Stevenson's hair

Kaleidoscope LSH 62/91 Belonging to RLS

Watch and Key LSH 63/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham

Photograph LSH 64/91 RLS wearing hat, cape, frock

Framed Pencil Drawing; Lock of Hair LSH 65 / 91 Drawing of RLS age 4, with lock of hair

Hymn Book LSH 66/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham

Skelt's Sheets LSH 67/1-/91 For juvenile drama, the kind RLS would have used

New Testament LSH 68/91 Inscribed to RLS as child from his mother

Scissors LSH 69/91 Found in the garden of Swanston cottage

Sash LSH 70/91 Silk sash in black, white and red tartan (Macpherson chief tartan). RLS wore this as a child

Miniature Portraits LSH 71/91 John Balfour and his wife and Mary Cecilia Balfour

Books LSH 72/1-2/91 Complete Works of Charles-Louis, Baron de Montesquieu, with RLS's signature on the inside, dated 1871

Book LSH 73/91 Bible of Spain, RLS's card in the inside cover

Pamphlet LSH 74/91 Pentland Rising by RLS

Slip Cover LSH 74a/91 Red leather, golden lettering on spine: Pentland Rising, Intermittent Light, Thermal Influence

Golf Ball LSH 75/91 The letters RLS scratched on it, from Swanston

Cigarette Papers LSH 76/91 RLS favoured this brand - Papier Person Paille de Ring

Photograph LSH 77/91 RLS in “Baronet's hat”

Cuff Studs LSH 78/1-2/91 Belonging to RLS

AGuidetotheRLSCollectionattheWriters’Museum,Edinburgh, 2

Cuff Studs LSH 79 /1-2/91 Belonging to RLS, different pattern from above

Pipe and Carrying Case LSH 80/1-2/91 Belonging to RLS

The Charity Bazaar - An Allegorical Dialogue LSH 81/91 Signed by RLS

Fishing Basket LSH 82/91 Belonging to RLS

Fishing Rod LSH 83/a-c/91 Belonging to RLS

Umbrella LSH 84/91 Inscribed 17 Heriot Row

Box Settle LSH 85/91 Carved with the words of Alison Cunningham

Bed End LSH 86/91 RLS born in this bed

Booklet LSH 87/91 Moral Emblems by RLS, printed on the Davos Press

Miniature Bust LSH 88/91 RLS (by H.S. Granley)

Booklet LSH 89/91 "The Graves and the Pen of Scenes from Nature" by RLS

Davos Press LSH 90/a-c/91 Davos Press

Framed Letter LSH 91/91 Autographed letter from RLS to Robert Chambers Esquire

Framed Letter LSH 92/91 Autographed letter from Mrs R.L. Stevenson, with autograph from RLS to Mrs MacMoralnd

Book LSH 93/91 Across the Plains and Other Essays by RLS

Magazine LSH 94/91 Bound copy of Atlanta Magazine, serial story David Balfour by RLS appears here

Magazine LSH 95/91 Bound volume of Young Folks Magazine, containing Treasure Island by RLS

Book (First Edition) LSH 96/91 A Child's Garden of Verses, by RLS, 1885, first edition

Book LSH 97/91 A Child's Garden of Verses by RLS

Play LSH 98/91 Deacon Brodie by RLS, plate on the inside for Lord Guthrie, Swanston Cottage

Silver Pap-Boat in Case LSH 99/1-2/91

Gift from RLS to W.E. Henley's daughter. Henley then gave it to Rudyard Kipling's daughter. Mrs Kipling gave it to the RLS club, who donated it to the museum

Wooden Food Bowl LSH 100/91 8-legged wooden food bowl

Basket LSH 101/91 Samoan basket

Coconut Cup LSH 102/91 Coconut cup

2 Shells LSH 103/1-

Sent from Samoa by RLS to his cousin Lady Kyllachy


2/91

Lucky Charm or God LSH 104/91

Cut from rafters where the Stevensons lived at Apemama in Gilbert Islands - Fanny says "My first, and I trust my last, theft"

2 Sea Shells LSH 105/1-2/91 Possibly from Samoa

Wine Glass LSH 106/91 Reputedly used at Vailima

Plate LSH 107/91 Dinner service used by RLS in Samoa

"Tusitala" Ring LSH 108/91 RLS's tortoiseshell and silver ring

Ivory Box LSH 109/91 Given to Mrs Margaret Stevenson by RLS

Head Rest LSH 110/91 Samoan bamboo pillow used by RLS

Fish Hooks LSH 111/1-7/91 Samoan fish hooks

2 Fans LSH 112/1-2/91 Samoan fans

Samoan Brush LSH 113/91 Grass brush

Framed Document LSH 114/91 Extract of RLS's registry of birth

Framed Etching LSH 115/91 Etching of Skerryvore

Boots LSH 116/91 (1-2) Worn by RLS in Samoa

Spurs LSH 117/91 (1-2) Worn by RLS in Samoa

Riding Cap LSH 118/91 Worn by RLS in Samoa

Riding Whip LSH 119/91 Used by RLS in Samoa

Wardrobe LSH 120/91 Made by William Deacon Brodie. RLS gifted the wardrobe to W.E. Henley

Bookcase Containing 20 Volumes

LSH 121/91 (1-20) The Swanston Edition of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Collection of Books ex Alison Cunningham

LSH 123/1-48/91 Books belonging to Alison Cunningham

Collection of Books

LSH 124/1-15/91 15 books relating to places associated with RLS

Collection of Books

LSH 125/1-26/91 The Vailima Edition of The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Collection of Books

LSH 126/1-29/91 Biographies and books containing biographical materials on RLS

Collection of LSH 127/1-43 works by RLS


Works by RLS 43/91

Collection of Books

LSH 128/1-6/91

6 books containing biographical material of other authors connected with RLS

Collection of Books

LSH 130/1-13/91 13 books of reminiscences of RLS

Collection of Books

LSH 131/1-17/91 17 critical works

Collection of Books

LSH 132/1-4/91 4 books with RLS themes

Collection of Books

LSH 133/1-10/91 10 books by or about members of the Stevenson family

Collection of Books

LSH 134/1-2/91

3 books from RLS's library: Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra; Poetical Works by George Herbert; and The Synagogue by G Harvey

Manuscript Book LSH 136/91 Robert Louis Stevenson, 2 Poetical Epistles to his friend Charles Baxter - original manuscripts

Manuscript of Poems LSH 137/91

Bound volume of poems by RLS, "Adieu to the City" & "Spring Song"

Lett's Australasian Diary and Almanac LSH 138/91 Belonging to Lloyd Osbourne at Vailima

Letters LSH 139/91

2 manuscript letters from RLS to Alison Cunningham, typed by Lord Guthrie and bound in a book. Handwritten questions by Guthrie and answers by Cummy.

Book LSH 140/91 Alison Cunningham's diary. She kept the diary while travelling with RLS on the Continent in 1863

Bound letters (Manuscript) LSH 141/91 May go with the box of RLS letters.

Books (Printed foreign languages)

LSH 142/1-2/91

2 books - Japanese RLS bibliography, German book on RLS and Davos

Sheet Music LSH 143/1-50/91 50+ sheet music, chiefly poems

2 Plays & Programme LSH 144/91 The RLS Club: An Hour of Stevenson

Century Magazine LSH 145/91 Article on RLS

Correspondence LSH 146/91 Typewritten correspondence between RLS and W.E. Henley in 1888. Also Charles Baxter, Katherine de Mattos, Fanny Stevenson.

Book LSH 147/91 History of the Speculative Society

Book LSH 148/91 Magazine of Art, containing "A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured" by RLS

Album of LSH 149/91

Entitled "Cruise of the Equator". Photos taken by the Stevenson party


Photographs during travels in the South Seas, June-December 1889

Album of Photographs LSH 150/91

Belonging to Lloyd Osbourne. Scenes and incidents connected to RLS on various Pacific Islands (Marquesas, Sandwich, Hawaii, Tahiti)

Album LSH 151/91 Collected by Jane Whyte Balfour. Watercolour, sketches, pen and ink, photos. From Samoa

Album LSH 152/91 Photos and letters relating to RLS - mainly Scotland

Album of Photographs LSH 153/91

Belonging to Lloyd Osbourne. Photos of scenes with RLS on various Pacific Islands

Album - Photos, Letters, Cuttings LSH 154/91

Miscellaneous cuttings, letters and photos relating to opening the RLS rooms at Saranac Lake, NY

Album - Photos, Correspondence LSH 155/91

Correspondence to Lord Guthrie from 1908-1917, referring to RLS's friends and haunts

Album - Photos, Illustrations LSH 156/91 Mostly from Swanston. Originally belonging to Alison Cunningham

Album LSH 157/91 Photos and proof copies of illustrations "From Saranac to the Marquesas"

Album - Swanston LSH 158/91 Photos relating to Swanston. Taken by R.H. Raynor

Photograph Album LSH 159/91

Album places associated with RLS. Compiled by William F. Alexander of the RLS Club

Album - Photos and Cuttings LSH 160/91 Scrap book by Lord Guthrie

Collection of Magazines

LSH 173/1-8/91 Pall Mall Magazine: Articles on RLS or by his friends

Scribner’s Magazine

LSH 1644/1-20/91 Various articles by RLS, Fanny Stevenson, Sidney Colvin, etc

The Bookman LSH 175/1-3/91 The April edition has a reference to RLS

Cornhill Magazine

LSH 176/1-3/91 Articles on RLS

Empire Review LSH 177/1-7/91 Unpublished letters from RLS to Lady Colvin (Fanny Sitwell)


LSH 178/1-4/91 "The Myth of Robert Louis Stevenson" by E.F Benson.

Magazines, 2 Pamphlets

LSH 179/1-17/91 Miscellaneous magazines, 2 pamphlets

Framed Book LSH 180/91 Songs Divine and Moral for the Use of Children. Presented to RLS aged 1

Framed Photograph of RLS LSH 181/91

While RLS was a student at Edinburgh University. Presented to him by Alison Cunningham


Framed Photograph LSH 182/91

Photograph of portrait by John Singer Sargent: RLS seated in a basket chair

Frame of 7 Photos LSH 183/91 RLS in Honolulu

Photos of Paintings by Katherine de Mattos LSH 185/91 Photos of paintings by Katherine de Mattos


Mrs Margaret Stevenson wearing a Hibiscus wreath and gazing at a photo of her husband

Frame Containing a Photograph of RLS LSH 187/91 Frame containing a photograph of RLS

Cabinet and Books

LSH 188/1-12/91

Oak cabinet containing 11 books from the library of Reverend Lewis Balfour

Pulpit Bible LSH 189/91

The minister of Glencorse Church (Rev Alexander Torrence) used this bible. RLS heard him preach and refers to him in chapter 6 of Weir of Hermiston

Visitor Book (2) LSH 190/1-2/91

2 books containing names and visitors to 8 Howard Place: 9 June 1926 - 15 April 1954 and 20 June 1953 - 31 September 1964

Toy theatre LSH 191/1-12/91 Toy theatre

Atlantic Monthly Magazine

LSH 192/1-3/91 Contains articles on RLS

Cosmopolitan Magazine

LSH 193/1-3/91 Article by Lloyd Osbourne: "A South Sea Island Story", July 1899

Miscellaneous Journal Articles by and about RLS

LSH 194/1-45/91 Miscellaneous journal articles by and about RLS

Periodical Magazine LSH 197/91 Scotia Magazine article on Alison Cunningham

Corpus Juris Civilis LSH 200/91 4 volumes of Corpus Juris Civilis

Tea Pot LSH 201/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Engraved with her name

Cream Jug LSH 202/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Engraved with her name

Handbag LSH 203/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Black leather handbag

Box LSH 204/91

Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Japanned box - contains thread, needle case, needles, metal lid, black tape, buttons, book, metal spoon

Cedar Box LSH 205/91 Contains collection of visiting cards which belonged to Cummy

Work Box LSH 206/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Contains letters to Cummy from the San Francisco Stevenson Fellowship


Pictures (2) LSH 208/1-2/91

In round wooden frames. By Paul Braddon, 8 Howard Place, 17 Heriot Row

Pocket Book LSH 207/91 Leather pocketbook with notebook belonging to Alison Cunningham inside

Soap Carving in Box LSH 209/91 Relief carving in soap

Coconut (Souvenir) LSH 210/91

From a tree planted by RLS and decorated by Mrs Reid, a native Samoan

Photograph in Case LSH 211/91

Early photograph in embossed case. Possibly an aunt of RLS's who died young

Essay (Tartan Bound) LSH 212/91

"RLS in Saranac Lake" by Agnes Elizabeth Johnson. The prize essay at Saranac Lake High. Presented to RLS

Piece of Oak LSH 213/91 Piece of oak recovered from Spanish galleon sunk in Tobermory Bay in November 1588. Story told in "The Merry Men" by RLS

Bag LSH 214/91 Dark green velvet bag. Embroidered by Mrs Margaret Stevenson

Album LSH 215/91 Contains pressed flowers and leaves from Colinton, Swanston and Samoa

Scarf LSH 216/91 Belonging to Alison Cunningham. Knitted scarf with pale yellow bands

Needlework LSH 217/91 Pieces of needlework by Margaret Stevenson

Box of Sea Shells LSH 218/91 Shells from the shore in front of RLS's house in Samoa. Collected by his neighbour and friend Alexander Fraser

Photograph in Box LSH 219/91 RLS as child wearing cape

Needle Box LSH 220/91 Containing 67 needles made by RLS's aunt Miss Balfour

Framed Photograph LSH 221/91 RLS as child wearing cape

Tie-pin or Brooch LSH 222/91 With Rosette of Miss Jane Whyte Balfour's hair

Bowl LSH 223/91 Porridge bowl

Typescript LSH 224/91 Article on Stevenson by George Edgar Montgomery

Typescript on William E Henley LSH 225/91 Article by John Drinkwater

Minutes of Agreement

LSH 226/1-3/91

Between Edinburgh and District Water Trustees and the RLS Club, 1920

Last Will and Testament RLS LSH 227/91 Typescript copy of will made at Honolulu 14 June 1889

Sketch (Portrait of RLS) LSH 228/91 A portrait of RLS, sketched by Sir William Blake Richmond


Letter Referring to a Photograph LSH 229/91 Letter from A. A. Brown to J. Mullo Weir

Typescript and Copies

LSH 230/91 (1-3)

"The Friendship of RLS and Jules Simoneau" by Katherine D Osbourne

Article LSH 231/1-2/91 "San Carlos Day" by RLS

Letter from Katharine D Osbourne LSH 232/91

Letter to Mr Mullo Weir, secretary of the RLS club, thanking him for her membership

Letter from Alison Bain LSH 233/91 Cummy's niece, about her giving the RLS Club various RLS objects

Letter from Sidney Colvin to Mr Mullo Weir LSH 234/91 Dated 29 November 1921, states that RLS was not a spiritualist

Printer's Block LSH 235/91 A sketch of RLS "after" his last photograph

Match box LSH 236/91 Ebony match box, in form of crown

Samoan Bleached Tapa and Letter

LSH 237/1-2/91 Sent by RLS to his cousin Mrs James Milne (nee Miss Traquair)

Album of Newspaper Cuttings and Correspondence

LSH 238/1-2/91 Relating to RLS, collected by David Barnett

Paper on RLS's Associations with Bridge of Allan LSH 239/91

Robert Louis Stevenson: Ancestral, Personal and Literary Associations with Bridge of Allan, by Alexander Morrison, 1931

Paper by J.A. Lovat - Fraser LSH 240/91 About Stevenson and the Jacobite tradition

The Rising Generation Magazine LSH 241/91 Copy in Japanese

A Stevenson Study LSH 242/91 "Treasure Island" by David Barnett, 1924, autographed

Lecture paper by J.A. Lovat-Fraser

LSH 243/1-2/91 About Scott and Stevenson

"An Old Manse" LSH 244/91 By Norman MacLean

Bust LSH 246/91 Bronze bust of RLS

Bamboo Box Containing Coral Lime LSH 247/91 Lime was taken with food as a condiment

Descriptive Notes on the Letters of RLS LSH 248/91 Descriptive notes on the letters of RLS


"These Forty Years" LSH 249/91 Pages from a journalist's notebook

Gold collar stud LSH 250/91 Gold collar stud belonging to RLS

Invitation to the Funeral of 'Cummy', 18 July 1913 LSH 251/91 Invitation to Cummy's funeral, 18 July 1913

Biographical Sketch of RLS LSH 253/91 Biographical sketch of RLS by Alan Stevenson

The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson LSH 254/91 Biography of RLS by Jenny Vulcan

Magazine: The London Quarterly and Holburn Review LSH 257/91 Contains a letter from RLS to Charles Guthrie

Hawaii Quill Magazine

LSH 260/1-2/91 2 copies

RLS: A Character Study from his Writings LSH 262/91 By James Randall Philip

Alan Breck Stewart LSH 265/91 By Tinsley Pratt

Juridical Review LSH 267/91 "Robert Louis Stevenson" by Lord Guthrie

Tusitala: A Play LSH 269/91 By Leonard J. Hines and Frantz King


LSH 270/1-12/91 Containing articles relating to RLS

Chamber's Journal LSH 271/91 Article about RLS

"I met RLS in Samoa in 1893" LSH 272/91 By John Fraser

Stamp Album LSH 273/91 Samoan postage stamps

Article from Scribner's Magazine LSH 274/91 Recollections of sittings in Waikiki

Article from Scribner's Magazine LSH 275/91

"Some Personal Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson" by Sidney Colvin

Cheque (Framed) LSH 276/91 Cheque for £5 to the Army & Navy Cooperative Co, Ltd, 1 August 1887, signed by RLS


Article by Mrs Salisbury Field (aka Belle Strong, RLS's Step-daughter) LSH 277/91 About RLS's visit to Honolulu in 1889

Book of Prayers LSH 278/91 For the use of those employed in the lighthouse service in Scotland, c. 1810. Note by RLS's grandfather

Reminiscences of Robert Louis Stevenson

LSH 279/1-2/91 By Reverend W.E. Clarke

Various Folders & Envelopes

LSH 280/1-23/91

6 folders and envelopes containing articles and letters relating to RLS, original manuscripts and various works about RLS, photos

Death Certificate LSH 281/91 RLS's death certificate. Registered by Isobel Strong and the British Consul of Samoa, 8 March 1895

Signatures (Framed) LSH 282/91 7 signatures of Thomas Stevenson 1839-1876

Snuff Box LSH 283/91 Black paper mache, inlaid with mother of pearl

Letters (2 Framed) LSH 284/1-2/91

Letter from RLS to C. Guthrie, 8 November 1885, asking permission for Lloyd to join the Speculative Society at Edinburgh University. Letter from RLS to C. Guthrie, 18 January 1886, thanking him for getting Lloyd into the Speculative Society.

Letter & Envelope LSH 285/a-b/91

Letter from Saranac Lake, 12 November 1887. From RLS to C. Gray Robertson

Framed Photograph LSH 286/91 Siron's Inn at Barbizon in RLS's time (1875)

Lock of Hair (Framed) LSH 287/91 RLS's hair from 1854 - to Lord Guthrie from Alison Cunningham

Shot Horn LSH 288/91 John Tod's daughter of Swanston presented this to the RLS club in 1937

Letters - 2 LSH 289/91 (1-2)

Letter from RLS to C.J. Guthrie on 30 June 1881 regarding his application for chair of Constitutional Law; as above, dated 2 July 1881

Framed Photograph LSH 290/91 The house at Monterey where RLS lodged in the upstairs room, 1879

Framed Photograph LSH 292/91 RLS, Fanny, and Lloyd Osbourne outside Saranac Lake

Framed Photograph LSH 293/91 Skerryvore, Bournemouth, 1884-1887

Framed Photograph LSH 318/91 Cottage overlooking Saranac Lake

Plaque (Framed) LSH 321/91 Reads: RLS/Born in this house/November 13 1850/Presented by the Stevenson Society of America

Framed Letter LSH 339/91 Photocopy. From RLS to W. E. Henley, c. Sept 1878


Framed Photograph LSH 340/91 RLS with pony Jack in Samoa

Exhibit Information LSH 341/91 Originally on display in 8 Howard Place

Framed Manuscript LSH 342/91

Autograph letter from RLS to Mrs MacMorland, Hyeres, 6 April 1883

Framed Watercolour LSH 343/91 Davos Winter 1882/83. By Mrs Ruck-Keene

Photograph LSH 344/91 Church of Le Monastier, Haute Loire, from watercolour

Framed Photographs LSH 345/91 La Poule d'Eau Inn & Compound, Grez, France, 9 August 1929

Framed Letter LSH 436/91 Autograph letter from RLS to Sidney Colvin

Letter LSH 437/91 From RLS to Alison Cunningham, Vailima, 5 December 1893

Framed Autograph Poem LSH 348/91

By RLS to Mrs MacMorland, 2 February 1881 at Davos-Platz, Switzerland

Poems (3) - Framed LSH 349/91 3 manuscripts in 1 frame. To Lord Guthrie from Mrs W.E. Henley

Book Cover LSH 350/91 The Graver and the Pen - cover, but no text


RLS, family and household at Vailima, 31 July 1892. Inscribed by Fanny Stevenson to Cummy.

Book LSH 352/91

Nubia and Abyssinia by Reverend Michael Russell. Presented by Mr White to RLS's mother as a reward for diligence and improvement, 26 July 1844

Framed Photograph LSH 353/91 Skerryvore

Book LSH 354/91 The Scottish Church, Vol IV, 1887, December-May, in which RLS's 1st poem, "A Lowden Sabbath Morn", was first printed

Framed Photograph LSH 355/91 Skerryvore

Framed Photograph LSH 356/91 Margaret Stevenson and RLS aged 4. With verse

Framed Photograph LSH 357/91 Thomas Stevenson and RLS aged 16. With verse

Miniature Chair LSH 358/91 Miniature Windsor armchair used by RLS when young

Clock LSH 359/91 No further details

Letter Holder LSH 360/91 Cardboard and string for hanging – no further details

Paper weight LSH 361/91 Heavy brass - no further details

Teaspoon LSH 362/91 Silver and beaded - no further details


Letter-rack LSH 363/91 Oak, 3 compartments - no further details

Photograph LSH 364/91 Tinted photograph by C. Hayden of RLS's home at Saranac Lake

Plaque LSH 365/91 Plaster cast of plaque in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Letter LSH 366/91 Letter from Swanston cottage with comments on Lord Braxfield by RLS and Lord Cockburn

Paper in "Nipper" File LSH 367/91

"My Study on RLS": A Paper Read at the Annual "At Home" of the RLS Club on 23 March, 1931 - by Osame Miyalara from Tokyo, Japan

Year Book LSH 368/91 The Scottish Year Book, article on RLS clubs

Town Guides - 2 LSH 369/1-2/91 Bridge of Allan, official guide, 2 copies

"Cummy": A Paper

LSH 370/1-2/91

A paper read before the RLS club on 14 February 1923 by William Fowler, Selkirk

Page from the Scottish Review: "At Swanston Cottage" LSH 371/91 By Lord Guthrie, 12 November 1908

A Copy of "The Vagabond of the Pacific" LSH 372/91

Typescript, unpublished article on personal interviews with people who knew RLS - by Renee Haman

Collection of Year Books

LSH 373/1-16/91 Stevenson Society of America, General reports from Saranac Lake

Photograph (Framed) LSH 374/91 Mrs Balfour and Alison Cunningham, "A Quiet Crack"

Menu LSH 375/91 From Mrs Balfour's house

Laurie Donation (Cummy's Niece)

LSH 376/1-34/91

Selection of photos, pamphlets, books and newspaper clippings donated by Cummy's niece

Calendars LSH 377/1-9/91

RLS calendar with quotations from the works of RLS for years 1913, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927

Collection of Photographs

LSH 378/1-4/91 Annual meeting of the Stevenson Society of America

Collection of Leaflets

LSH 379/1-2/91

"Do you know your Stevenson?" - garden fete competition leaflet and advertising leaflets for garden fete

Cover of the Vailima Writing Pad LSH 380/91 With representation of Plaque from St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

2 Paintings and 2 Headed Paper

LSH 381/1-4/91

Paintings of RLS tomb and the British Consulate Vailima, headed paper Government House, Western Samoa

Advertising Feature

LSH 382/1-7/91 7 copies - cover with drawing of Swanston Cottage, RLS bust, etc.


2 Theatre Programmes and Ticket

LSH 383/1-3/91

For the Weir of Hermiston production on 12 November 1921 and the Treasure Island production 15 October 1923

Photograph LSH 384/91 RLS Club outing to Swanston

Collections of Postcards and Photographs

LSH 385/1-8/91 To do with Saranac and with the Stevenson Society of America

Microfilm LSH 386/91 Lett's Australasian Diary and Almanac for 1894

Microfilm LSH 387/91 Diary of Alison Cunningham, 1863

Photographs LSH 388/1-35/91

31 stereoscopic views and 4 small photos belonging to Alison Cunningham

Documents Relating to Supposed Son of RLS

LSH 389/1-13/91

Various documents relating to the supposed son of RLS, Robert Stevenson (son's name, allegedly)

Photograph LSH 392/91 "The Old Gardener" at Swanston - Robert Young

Photogravure LSH 401/91 Photogravure of memorial plaque to RLS in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Hand Fire Screen LSH 402/91 No further details

Painting LSH 403/91 Oil painting of Reverend Dr Lewis Balfour by J. Rutherford Patrick

Painting LSH 405/91 Oil painting of priest reading by W. Flockhart - painting in Stevenson home

Painting LSH 407/91 Jane Whyte Balfour (RLS's aunt) by J. Rutherford Patrick

Painting LSH 409/91 Oil painting of "Tusitala" (RLS), 1880, by J. Rutherford Patrick

Painting LSH 410/91 Oil painting of Fanny Stevenson by J. Rutherford Patrick

Tax Certificate LSH 412/1-b/91 For the sale of 8 Howard Place - £600, dated 24 April 1891

Photographs Relating to RLS

LSH 421/1-15/91 Useful photos of RLS and family and places

Printing Blocks LSH 422/1-4/91 Exterior of 8 Howard Place, garden, interior museum

Magazine LSH 425/91 The Studio Winter, 1896-1897, RLS's "A Mountain Town in France"

Magazine LSH 426/91 Black and White, Contains article on the South Seas by RLS

Pamphlet LSH 427/91 "Confessions of a Unionist" by RLS

Pamphlet LSH 428/91 "RLS - Nomad" by R.B. Strathdee

Pamphlet LSH 429/1-2/91

Printed copy of proceedings of stone carved to commemorate the period when 17 Heriot Row was RLS's home

Pamphlet LSH 430/91 Speech by Lord Carmont at RLS anniversary gathering, 9 November


1940

Pamphlet LSH 431-91 "RLS" by Edwin Muir

Magazine LSH 432/91 Articles on RLS works adapted as plays

Pamphlet LSH 433/91 "RLS: The Dramatist", lecture by Arthur W. Pinero

Magazine LSH 434/91 Christmas Books Number 1950, featuring the RLS Centenary

Pamphlet LSH 435/91 "RLS in Athole" by T. Croucher Gordon

Booklet LSH 436/91 "RLS 1880-1950" - 30 page radio commentary by the BBC

Pamphlet LSH 437/91 "Stevenson and the Jacobite Tradition"- paper read before the RLS Club

Photo Album (in Box) LSH 438/91 Album of photos presented to Cummy by RLS's mother

Pamphlet LSH 439/91 "RLS" for the Scottish Thistle Club in Honolulu

Pamphlet LSH 440/1-2/91

Descriptive notes on a unique collection of autograph letters of RLS, written to Sidney Colvin and Mrs Sitwell

Typescript LSH 441/91 "Personal Reminiscences of the University Life of RLS" by A. Bisset

Magazine LSH 442/91 Scotland's SMT magazine - includes many articles on RLS

Magazine LSH 443/91 California Historical Society, Quarterly, Vol II, no. 3, October 1924

Magazine LSH 444/91 Hemisphere Magazine - articles by Jenni Calder on p. 122

Photograph LSH 445/91 Chalet la Solitude, Hyeres, from book illustration (where RLS lived 1882-1884)

Magazine LSH 446/91 Hemisphere Magazine (see Accession no 444/91, above)

Photograph LSH 447/91 Skerryvore, Bournemouth, garden views showing summer house

Photograph LSH 448/91 Skerryvore, Bournemouth, front entrance,

Magazine LSH 449/91 Daily Telegraph Magazine, no 519, 8 November 1974, extract of James Pope-Hennessy's biography of RLS

Copy Print LSH 450/91 Photograph of the cottage at Saranac Lake showing the veranda and memorial plaque

Print LSH 451/91 Copy photograph of memorial plaque to RLS in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Magazines LSH 453/1-2/91

Edinburgh University Magazine, 3 March 1871, possibly edited by RLS, original 1st edition

Drawing LSH 454/91 Swanston cottage. Pencil drawing by M.A.H., August 1835

Walking Stick LSH 457/91 Belonging to Reverend William Torrance and son - ministers Glencorse, 1788-1877

Album LSH 458/91 Miscellaneous letters to Lord Guthrie


Album LSH 459/91 Miscellaneous letters to Lord Guthrie

Album LSH 460/91 Newspaper cuttings and obituary notices of RLS from all over the world - given to the RLS Club by Sidney Colvin

Album LSH 461/91 Album of newspaper cuttings relating to RLS and the RLS Club

MS Letter (Photograph) LSH 463/a-i/91 Letter from RLS to Jules Simoneau from Solitude, Hyeres, undated


45 photos from lantern slides. Small blue-toned photos mostly from Samoa (from Katharine D Osbourne)

Collection of Articles LSH 465-a-i/92 On RLS presented to the RLS Club by Charles Guthrie

Collection of Book Plates

LSH 466/1-21/91 Photos from the life of RLS and places associated with him

Photographs (in Box)

LSH 467/1-42/92 Box belonging to Cummy, with Stevenson family photos

Collection Miscellaneous Bookplates

LSH 468/1-16/92 Mostly photos RLS, places and people associated with

Copy Print LSH 469/92 Copy print of the plaque at Saranac Lake

Pencil Sketch LSH 470/92 Of RLS writing in bed

Collection of Photographs

LSH 472/1-6/92 Photos of Walt Disney's visit to 8 Howard Place on 8 July 1949

Photographs LSH 473/1-2/92 2 photos of Walt Disney's visit to 8 Howard Place 8 July 1849

Photograph LSH 474/92 Photo of the plaque on the exterior 8 Howard Place

Photograph LSH 475/92 Photo of the room at 8 Howard Place where RLS born

Photograph LSH 467/92 Photograph of the interior of 8 Howard Place

Photograph LSH 477/92 Photograph of the exterior of 8 Howard Place

Armchair LSH 479/92 Miniature armchair with seat upholstered with red leather. Used by RLS as a child


Framed photograph of the memorial plaque at St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Will LSH 482/92 Written copy of RLS's will

Sheets of Scenery LSH 483/92 (1-6)

Pollock's uncoloured sheets of scenery. 3 black cloths and side wings.

Letters (2) LSH 484/1-2/92 Letters from Fanny Stevenson to Mrs McMorland 1883

Letter LSH 485/92 Letter from Mrs Margaret Stevenson to Mrs Greig, 25 June 1887, following the death of Thomas Stevenson


Letters (4) LSH 486/1-4/92

Letters from Cummy to Mrs Ballingall, dated January 1910, 28 June 1910, 25 July 1910, 5 January 1911

Letter LSH 487/92 From Cummy to Mr Fowler, 3 March 1902

Letter LSH 488/92 From Lloyd Osbourne to MacDonald Millar, 20 February 1936

Book LSH 489/92 History of Moses by RLS. Privately printed 1919. From the manuscript RLS dictated to his mother in 1856

Printed Letter /Pamphlet LSH 490/92

"A Letter to Mr Stevenson's Friends". Compiled by Lloyd Osbourne. In the original envelope addressed to Mrs MacMorland. She lent it to Arthur Conan Doyle who was first to read it. February 1895

Programmes (2) LSH 491/1-2/92

Programmes of plays performed on 5 Fettes Row on 22 & 23 April 1872. RLS played Biondello in The Taming of the Shrew. Programme of plays performed on 3 Great Stuart Street on 21, 22, 23 May 1877. RLS played a messenger in Deianira and Sir Charles Pomander in The Art of Nature

Letter LSH 492/92 Letter from Lloyd Osbourne to William Bran, sent from the Bohemian Club, 4 October 1901

Sermons LSH 493/92 4 manuscript sermons by Reverend Lewis Balfour

Document LSH 494/92 Circular regarding RLS memorial fund, 27 May 1897

Letter LSH 495/92 Original letter from Robert Stevenson (RLS's grandfather) to Rev John Turnbull 23 Feb 1843

Letter LSH 496/92 Circular letter from Rev Lewis Balfour to Rev John Turnbull 4 Aug 1827

Letter LSH 497/92 Print of letter from RLS from Kingussie 22 Aug 1882 to Mr Ireland

Playbill LSH 498/92 Playbill for the Theatre Royal, 12 March 1921. For Weir of Hermiston

"The Great North Road" LSH 499/92

Unfinished story by RLS. Printed in the Illustrated London News, Christmas Number, 1895

Signature LSH 500/92

Photographic copy of a page from the Natural History class roll book, University of Edinburgh, summer session 1873. No. 198 is RLS's signature

Postcard LSH 501/92 Sketch of the toll house in Silverado as RLS knew it before the fire

Photographs (3) LSH 502/1-3/92 Monterey. 3 photographs of cypress trees

Photographs (3) LSH 503/92 Photograph and newspaper cuttings of the Casco, 23 Sept 1919

Photograph and Letter

LSH 504/1-2/92

Newspaper photograph of the Casco in Vancouver Harbour, 1912. Letter to J. Mullo Weir from George Sandison, 6 June 1924

Newspaper Cutting LSH 505/92 Vailima. From the Boston Herald, 12 February 1922

Photograph LSH 506/92 Half tone print of a portrait of RLS. Supplement to The Bookman, October 1901


Letter LSH 507/92 Letter written in a language of the South Seas regarding "Tusitala" (RLS). Dated 2 January 1895

Photograph LSH 508/92 Early copy of the original of "RLS Arrival of Pack Horses at Samoa". With Joe Strong in centre

Photograph LSH 509/1-4/92 RLS and Lewis Balfour. Copy of original from Swanston Cottage

Diary LSH 510/1-3/92

Original manuscript of Cummy's diary written when she was on the continent with the Stevensons in 1863. RLS was 12 years old

Letter Card LSH 511/92 Showing a panorama of Apia, Samoa

Newspaper Photograph LSH 512/92 Photograph of Stevenson taken at Saranac Lake

Album of Correspondence LSH 514/92 Correspondence of the RLS Club, Edinburgh

Photos of the Stevenson Family LSH 515/92 Taken by Hermann Noack, Berlin

Manuscript LSH 516/92

Written by RLS. Northern Lighthouses paper, "Monday 21st June 1869, Between Sumburgh and Fair Isle, 11:50AM". Written aboard the Pharos

Album of Correspondence LSH 517/92 Correspondence of the RLS Club, Edinburgh

RLS, Lithograph LSH 518/92 RLS (after Lloyd Osbourne's photograph)

Magazine LSH 519/92 The Sphere. Article from the RLS Club, Edinburgh

Photograph of John Tod and Wife LSH 520/92

With dog Trustie. Given to the RLS Club, Edinburgh, by the daughter of the Tods, July 1937

Postcard LSH 521/92 Postcard of the RLS table Samoa

Magazines LSH 522/1-2/92 2 issues of The Graphic. With articles on RLS

Map LSH 523/92 Map illustrating RLS's life in the South Seas

Map LSH 524/92 Map of Treasure Island. Reproduced from original

Postcard LSH 525/92 Casco

Photograph LSH 526/92 Group of natives

Annotated Diagram LSH 528/92 Hand-written plan of the house and grounds at Vailima

Photograph LSH 529/92 Certificate of Honorary Life Membership to President Calvin Coolidge. From the Stevenson Society of America, 1926

Photograph LSH 530/92 Casco at Vancouver

Fancy portrait LSH 531/92 RLS. By friend Will H. Low. Photograph of a painting


Photocopy of Letter LSH 532/a-i/92

Letter from RLS to Jules Simoneau. Bits missing, probably thrown out


Duchess of Sutherland and Cummy at the door of Swanston cottage 19 August 1908

Booklet LSH 534/92 Colinton Manse and RLS by Norman MacLean

Photograph LSH 535/92 Early spring at Swanston by A.W. Hill

Miscellaneous Photographs

LSH 536/1-6/92 Various of RLS and RLS related photos

Magazine Cover LSH 537/92 Picture of pirates, quotation from Treasure Island

Photographs and Newspaper Clippings

LSH 538/1-10/92 RLS's haunts, Cummy, etc.

Photograph of Manuscript Prayer

LSH 539/1-2/92 Photograph of prayer written on flyleaf of dictionary. By RLS

Photographs of Letters

LSH 540/1-3/92 Dated 19, 25 and 26 May 1752. Relating to Alan Breck Stewart

Galley Proof of Book LSH 542/92 With 38 illustrations

Photos of Letter LSH 543/a-b/92

From RLS to David Alan Stevenson asking him to prepare maps to illustrate Kidnapped

Book LSH 544/92 R.L. Stevenson Memories

Letter LSH 545/92 From RLS at Vailima to Mr Jonston asking for 6 books to be sent by return. 6 Nov 1894

Photographs of Poem

LSH 546/a-b/92

Photos of poem by RLS to "The Thompson Class Dinner Club from their Stammering Laureate'" Christmas 1883

Facsimile Dedication LSH 547/92 Dedication to A Child's Garden of Verses

Manuscript Letter LSH 548/92 From RLS in Pitlochry, c. 1881

Photograph LSH 549/92 Of painting of Cummy by Fiddes Watt. Photograph from book

Letters (11) LSH 550/1-11/92 From Mrs Margaret Stevenson to Rebecca, 1895-96

Notes about Scissors

LSH 551/1-2/92 How the RLS scissors were found, presented, etc.

Letter LSH 553/a-b/92

Letter from Cummy authenticating fishing rod - 31 December 1912. Letter from Thomas Grieve stating he is gifting the letter 3 November 1913

Letter LSH 554/92 Letter from the Lord Provost 2 October 1928 noting which person donated which item to RLS club

Magazine LSH 555/1-2/92 New Zealand Listener 1950. Articles on RLS


Scrapbook LSH 556/92 Newspaper cuttings, correspondence of the RLS Club

Photocopy LSH 557/92 Of photograph of RLS 1876, wearing green hat

Photograph LSH 558/92 Copy photograph of RLS wearing velvet jacket and black arm band, signed

Plaque (Miniature) LSH 559/92 Miniature version of a plaque to RLS at Saranac Lake

Card LSH 560/92 From the Davos Press. By Lloyd Osbourne and RLS

Letters (2) LSH 561/1-2/92 2 letters to Charles Guthrie regarding RLS poems set to music

Postage stamp LSH 562/92 Western Samoa, 1st class, postmarked 21 March 1946

Letter LSH 563/92 Letter donating photo of Cummy by G.C. Cunningham 1931

Letter LSH 564/92 Letter to the RLS Club from Mrs Rudyard Kipling presenting silver pap-boat, 3 January 1939

Letter LSH 565/92

Letter concerning the donation of the ring on RLS's finger when he died. Fanny gave the ring to Edmund Gosse and it was presented to the RLS Club by Lady and Misses Gosse. Letter dated 13 July 1928

Sketches LSH 566/1-2/92

Executed and presented by Mrs Ann Wright. Sketches of RLS's haunts

Exhibit Information

LSH 567/1-15/92 General exhibit information

Newspaper LSH 568/92 New York Herald, 17 June 1923. Contains 2 rare Stevenson pictures

Family Tree LSH 569/92 Typed extract from the Balfour-Stevenson family tree

Document LSH 570/92 Document

The Sentinel LSH 571/92 Article on Lord Guthrie

Card LSH 572/92 A Christmas Card. Contains extracts from "A Christmas Story" by RLS

Hibiscus Flowers LSH 573/92 From RLS's grave. Sent to the RLS Club by A.S. Corbett from Australia

Photograph LSH 574/92 Lloyd Osbourne and RLS in Samoa with 2 natives

Photograph LSH 575/92 Pilrig House at Bonnington, Edinburgh

Photographs: Swanston

LSH 576/1-20/92 Various photos and cards

Photographs (Scotland)

LSH 577/1-21/92 Scottish associations with Stevenson, black and white

Photographs (Glencorse

LSH 578/1-3/92 Photographs of Glencorse Church


Church)

Photographs: Monterey

LSH 579/1-14/92 Various photographs of Monterey & postcards

Photographs (Howard Place)

LSH 580/1-7/92 2 postcards, 1 photograph

Photographs: Casco

LSH 581/1-15/92 Casco, various

San Francisco Memorial Photographs

LSH 582/1-4/92 Various photographs of the memorial to RLS in San Francisco

Photographs: Vailima

LSH 583/1-7/92 Photographs, Vailima

Photographs: The Foundation Stone

LSH 584/a-c/92 Chaplaincy and Foundation Stone, Apia, Western Samoa

Photographs: Janet Nichol

LSH 585/1-22/92 Photographs, Janet Nichol

Photographs: Samoa (General)

LSH 586/1-2/92 Photographs, Samoa, general

Photographs: Stevenson's Tomb

LSH 587/1-6/92 Photographs, Stevenson's tomb

Photographs: Cottage at Saranac

LSH 588/1-7/92 Photographs, cottage at Saranac

Photographs: Barbizon

LSH 589/1-4/92 Photographs, Barbizon

Postcards: USA General

LSH 590/1-4/92 Areas in America with a Stevenson connection

Photographs: Edinburgh Buildings & Interiors

LSH 591/1-3/92 Photographs, Edinburgh buildings and interiors

Photographs: Heriot Row

LSH 592/1-2/92 Photographs, Heriot Row

Photographs: England General

LSH 593/1-3/92 Places in England associated with Stevenson

Photograph: Switzerland LSH 594/92 Aerial view of Davos-Platz, Switzerland

Photographs: Skerryvore

LSH 595/1-7/92 Views of the site of Skerryvore

Photographs: Sydney, Australia

LSH 596/1-4/92 Places associated in Australia with Stevenson


Photographs LSH 597/1-3/92 Ballroom at Vailima; Corbett family; Betty Corbett

Two Containers - Soil and Moss

LSH 598/1-3/92

From RLS's grave at Samoa - sent by Mrs A.S. Corbett to the RLS Club, January 1926

Photographs of the Stevenson family

LSH 599/1-2/92 Believed to be RLS and family

Photographs: Stevenson Family with Samoans

LSH 600/1-16/92 Various photographs of Stevensons and Samoans

Photographs - RLS and Family SH 601/1-9/92

RLS aged 4 by Moffat; RLS with father by Moffat; as previous; RLS & Lewis Balfour as boys; RLS writing Master of Ballantrae at Waikiki; with Prof Scott and RLS's family playing music; Stevenson family group by Freeman brothers; as previous; RLS and family playing cards Waikiki

Photograph - Belle LSH 602/92 Photograph of oil painting by Albert Herter

Photographs - Margaret Stevenson

LSH 603/1-4/92 4 photos of Margaret Stevenson

Photographs: 'Cummy'

LSH 604/1-8/93 8 photos of Cummy

Illustrations of RLS

LSH 605/1-7/92 Photos of illustrations of RLS - portraits, statues, woodcut

Photographs - Thomas Stevenson

LSH 606/1-2/92 2 images of Thomas Stevenson

Photographs - Other People

LSH 607/1-8/92

Reverend Alexander Torrance of Gencorse as young man; Madame Morel (RLS's landlady at Le Monastier, 1878); Col Robert Logan (did a lot to preserve RLS's grave; Lady Jersey, wife of the Governor of New South Wales - results in writing of "An Object of Pity"; Tin Jack; Dr Thomas Bodley Scott ( mayor of Bournemouth during RLS's residence); possibly Cummy with dog

Photographs of RLS

LSH 608/1-34/92 Various of RLS on his own

Photographs - Lloyd

LSH 609/1-3/92

Lloyd at Bournemouth; Lloyd at San Francisco before the family sail on the Casco; Lloyd aged 60

Photographs - Fanny

LSH 610/1-5/92 5 photos

Photographs - Fanny's Funeral

LSH 611/1-5/92

Procession and funeral service for Fanny's ashes, deposited Mount Vaea 22 June 1915

RLS Drawings (Postcard) LSH 612/92

RLS's drawings on Christmas postcard. Sketches done in Mentone in 1864 from Cummy's diary

Lock of Hair LSH 613/92 A baby curl of RLS's, cut by his mother. December 18th 1854


Photograph of Letter

LSH 614/a-b/92

Photographic copy of letter from RLS at La Solitude, Hyeres. See LSH 546/a-b/92

Photographs - Miscellaneous South Seas

LSH 615/1-5/92 5 South Seas photos

The RLS Commemmorative Dinner Programmes

LSH 616/1a-j/92

From 1920s and 1930s, dinners took place at the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh

RLS Club Annual Reports

LSH 617/1-5/92

Annual reports of the RLS Club, Edinburgh for 1924, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1932

Leaflet LSH 618/92 Advertising Stevenson Memorial House, Birthplace RLS

Toast List LSH 619/a-c/92

3 Toast lists for the RLS Anniversary Lunch at the Royal British Hotel, 17 November 1951

Programmes (2) LSH 620/1-2/92

Commemorative gathering at the home of M r& Mrs Guy Richardson, Jamaica Plains, MA, USA, 13 November 1929

Museum Leaflet LSH 621/92 For the Taft Museum . Houses portrait of RLS

Leaflet LSH 622/92 RLS Club Memorial Fund

Cigarette Papers, 3 Books

LSH 628/1-3/92 Of the type used by RLS

Lantern Slides LSH 629/1-96/92 Collection of 96 lantern slides relating to RLS

Glass Negatives LSH 630/1-4/92

Swanston Cottage; another view of Swanston; Cummy; statue of John Knox


From 8 Howard Place, 8 copy negatives: Mrs Isobel Field; Mrs T Stevenson and RLS aged 4; Jane Whyte Balfour; Reverend Dr Lewis Balfour; 8 Howard Place; Swanston Cottage; Vailima pack horses returning; Colinton Manse

Glass Negatives LSH 632/1-14/92 From 8 Howard Place, 14 original negatives, half-plates

Glass Negatives LSH 633/1-13/92 From 8 Howard Place, 13 Original negatives, half-plate

Glass Negatives LSH 634/1-16/92 From 8 Howard Place, mixed collection of half-plate negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 635/1-12/92 From 8 Howard Place, 12 half-plate glass negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 636/1-2/92 From 8 Howard Place, mixed collection half-plate glass negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 638/1-6/92 From 8 Howard Place, heavy-plate copy negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 639/1-16/92 From 8 Howard Place, "Lord Guthrie's RLS pictures"


Glass Negatives LSH 640/1-17/92 From 8 Howard Place, quarter-plate copy negatives





From 8 Howard Place, half-plate copy negatives, mostly of RLS manuscript letter

Glass Negatives LSH 645/1-7/9 From 8 Howard Place, half-plate copy negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 646/1-2/92 From 8 Howard Place, half-plate copy negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 647/1-6/92 From 8 Howard Place, copy negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 648/1-19/92 From 8 Howard Place, whole plate and half-plate copy negatives

Glass Negatives LSH 649/1-10/92 From 8 Howard Place, collection of half-plate negatives

Glass Negative LSH 650/92 RLS 1893, seated in chair, inscribed to C.B.


Colinton Manse; RLS in Samoa plus negative; Thomas, Margaret, RLS and Cummy at front door

Lantern Slides LSH 652/1-7/92 Eiffel Tower, Market Place Selkirk

Revolver LSH 653/92

"The Cartridge Brand" made by Watson and Hancock, 308 Hugh Holborn, London, 450 CF; 6-shot, wood with large barrel, chrome plated: on barrel "To RLS from Sir Percy & Lady Shelley"

Letter (Framed) LSH 654/92 From Cummy to Lord Guthrie

Letter (Framed) LSH 655/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Skerryvore, 1886

Letter (Framed) LSH 656/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Bournemouth, 1886. Signed "The worst correspondent in the world"

Letter (Framed) LSH 657/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Marseilles, 16 February1883


Letter (Framed) LSH 659/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Skerryvore, 1885,

Letter (Framed) LSH 660/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy, c. 1871


Letter (Framed) LSH 662/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Skerryvore, Christmas 1886



Letter (Framed) LSH 664/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Davos, February 1882

Letter (Framed) LSH 665/92 Letter from RLS to Cummy from Vailima, 8 October 1894

Manuscripts (3) -Framed

LSH 666/1-3/92

By RLS, being opening notes for "Records of a Family of Engineers" on the surname of Stevenson

Postage Stamps (Samoa)

LSH 669/1-9/92

Collection of stamps from Samoa, with illustrations of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Stevenson, etc.

Letters (Framed) LSH 706/92 4 letters from W.E. Henley relating to Swanston

Manuscript (Framed) LSH 707/92 Holograph will of RLS, drawn up at Honolulu 14 June 1889

Boot Flasks (2) LSH 708/1-2/92

2 whisky flasks in the shape of boots - belonged to RLS's mother. Filled with hot water and put into the shoes

Books (Edinburgh Editions)

LSH 709/1-28/93 Edinburgh Editions of Stevenson's works . 28 volumes

Lantern Slides (69)

LSH 710/1-69/93 Mainly of places in France where Stevenson has been

Book LSH 711/93

The New Amphion, book of the Edinburgh University Fancy Fair. Has "Some College Memories" by RLS; "The Scotch Student's Dream" by J.M. Barrie

Short Story LSH 712/93 Photocopy of the Georgia Review. Containing "The Enchantress" by RLS

Postcard LSH 713/93 Colour postcard of RLS's home, Monterey

Map LSH 714/93 Photocopy of the map of Treasure Island. Reproduced from the 1912 edition of the book

Drawings of Vailima

LSH 715/1-2/93 2 drawings Vailima

Magazine LSH 716/93 Contains articles from 1978 on RLS in the Cevennes, Edinburgh

Book LSH 717/93 Travels with Donkey in French and in comic strip form, 1978

Booklet LSH 718/93 RLS Heritage Trail, Published 1980: Edinburgh, Swanston, Queensferry

Catalogue LSH 719/93 Catalogue of the Stevenson Collection in the Edinburgh Room, Central Library

Catalogue LSH 720/93 Catalogue of Stevenson manuscripts from library of Mr Harry Glemby

Photograph LSH 721/93 Photograph of the Ritchie family. In front of Swanston Cottage c. 1897

Book Review LSH 722/93 French review in 1992 of the translation of New Arabian Nights

Article LSH 732/93 On Samuel James Whitmee who tutored RLS in Samoan Language - published 1968

Article LSH 733/93 Photocopy of Treasure Island article published 1988


Article LSH 734/93 Article on RLS in Dorset Life, 1991

Article LSH 735/93 In University of Edinburgh Journal published 1989

Magazine LSH 736/93 Sunday Mail story on RLS published 1988

Magazine LSH 737/93 Article on Treasure Island in the Sunday Mail, 1990

Article LSH 738/93 Jekyll and Hyde article 1988

Leaflet LSH 739/93 Advertising Deacon Brodie's Tavern - how Brodie inspired Jekyll and Hyde

Booklet LSH 740/93 Produced by the RLS club of Hyeres for exhibition 17-25 October 1987

Book Review LSH 741/93 Review of a travel book on Silverado

Theatre Programme LSH 742/93 Treasure Island by RLS in a version by Peter Granger-Taylor, 1991

Short Story LSH 743/93 Newly discovered short story "The Enchantress" by RLS. Published Telegraph

Magazine LSH 744/93 "Travels with a Donkey 100 Years Later", National Geographic, 1978

Tourist Guide LSH 745/93 Guide for Stevenson's route in the Cevennes

Booklet (2) LSH 746/1-2/93

"In the Footsteps of RLS in the Cevennes", published Edinburgh 1965

Booklet (2) LSH 747/1-2/93 "Walking and Camping in the Cevennes"

Booklet (2) LSH 748/1-2/93 Stevenson at Saranac Lake. Information 1916

Booklet LSH 749/93 Souvenir booklet of RLS from 1986. RLS celebration in Edinburgh

Article LSH 750/93 1992 article on RLS

Magazine LSH 751/93 RLS article 1986/87

Book LSH 752/93 RLS Companion, ed. by Jenni Calder, published 1980

Doll LSH 794/93 Carved wooden South Seas doll. Bought by RLS and given to the Romanes family

Booklets LSH 795/1-2/93

By William Ballingall from Colinton. Discussing RLS's childhood at Colinton

Sketches (Framed) - Photocopies LSH 796/93 Sketches by Belle Strong of RLS's mother riding the pony Jack

Glass Negatives (41)

LSH 797/1-41/93 41 copy glass negatives relating to RLS

Glass Negatives (7)

LSH 798/1-7/93 Relating to RLS


Glass Negatives (12)


Glass Negatives (8)


Statue LSH 801/94 Plaster cast figure of RLS by D.W. Stevenson (1842-1904)

Books LSH 803/1-8/94

The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, ed. by Bradford A. Booth and Ernest Mehew, 8 vols (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995)

RLS Commemorative Platter LSH 804/94 Crystal platter depicting RLS. 1994

Manuscript Letter LSH 805/94 From RLS to his mother from Hampstead, June 1874

Illustrations (9) LSH 806/1-9/94

Original illustrations commissioned for the Jekyll and Hyde Exhibition 1994

Photograph LSH 807/94 RLS, aged 10 (1860). Riding donkey at Broomieknowe (Bonnyrigg)

Locomotive Name Plate LSH 808/94 Of locomotive 90018, "Robert Louis Stevenson". 1993

Sheet of Paper LSH 809/94 With RLS's monogram as a watermark, 1894

Collection of Items Relating to Western Samoa

LSH 810/1-5/94 Bookmark; 2 necklaces; tapa cloth; wood from balcony at Vailima

Magazines (5) LSH 811/1-5/94 Articles on RLS from 1994

Newspaper Articles (2)

LSH 812/1-2/94 Article on RLS, 1994

Items Relating to the Stevenson Family

LSH 813/1-4/94

Articles on the Stevenson family; print of plate presented to Stevenson's father on his retirement

Items Relating to RLS and Monterey

LSH 814/1-6/94

Poster; booklet and notelets. Information on Monterey, from Kris Quist, 1994

Items Relating to RLS

LSH 815/1-4/94

RLS t-shirt for child; articles on Stevenson; record of reading of "a The Bottle Imp"; record of a reading of "Penny Whistles" (Child's Garden)

Aerogrammes LSH 816/1-2/94 Produced by the post office for the RLS Centenary Year, 1994

Photograph Album LSH 824/95

Including King & Queen Sandwich Islands, views of Hawaii and Samoa. Some taken by William T. Hay, 1889, others by Joe Strong, 1890

Glasses (6) LSH 825/1-6/95 RLS Centenary goblets


RLS Commemorative Banknote

LSH 826/1-4/95 £1 notes issued by the Royal Banks of Scotland, 3 December 1894

Stevenson's Family Tree

LSH 827/1-3/95

c1600-c1970. Compiled by William D. Campbell, descendant of Margaret Stevenson

Photographs (2) LSH 828/1-2/95

"Building the Breakwater" at Wick, 1868. A diver, probably Bob Bain, 1868

Album LSH 829/95 Album of Apia. Shot of RLS and friends and family on veranda, c. 1894

Posters (2) LSH 830/1-2/95 Centenary posters of the City Art Centre, one of Jekyll and Hyde

Architectural Plans

LSH 831/1-8/93 Copies of plans to make repairs to Vailima after a hurricane

Copy Photograph LSH 833/95 of Chalet La Solitude at Hyeres

Sound Points for Jekyll and Hyde Exhibition

LSH 834/1-7/95 6 discs, 1 cassettes.

Cassette Tapes LSH 835/1-9/95

Songs from Child's Garden, In the South Seas book on tape, interview with Isobel Field

Felt Hat LSH 836/95 Felt hat

Waistcoat LSH 837/95 Formerly belonged to Mr James Mullo Weir and the RLS Fellowship

Curtain LSH 838/95 Curtain

Fire Screen LSH 839/95 Used in the drawing room of 17 Heriot Row. Work of Aunt of RLS in India

Painting LSH 841/95 Bell Rock Lighthouse, c. 1820

Sketch LSH 842/95 Swanston cottage sketch by G.A. Fothergill, 1912

Book LSH 844/95 Spanish copy of Weir of Hermiston, 1995

Typescript LSH 845/95 "At School and College in Edinburgh in the days of RLS" (before 1914)

Page LSH 846/95 The RLS Club of Edinburgh Collection of Stevensoniana, 1964

Inventory Cards (6)

LSH 847/95 (1-6) Used for displays in the RLS Club of Edinburgh, pre-1964

Poster LSH 849/95 Produced by the British Council for the RLS Centenary, 1994

Magazine LSH 851/96 Article on RLS in the Smithsonian, 1995

Booklet LSH 852/96 Essay by RLS on "The New Lighthouse on the Dhu Heartach Rock", published 1995

Collection of Books (Biographies

LSH 859/1-8/96 Biographies


RLS)

Book LSH 860/96 Robert Louis Stevenson, by Michael Reinbold, 1995

Books LSH 861/1-2/96 2 books on Fanny Stevenson by Alexandra Lapierre

Books LSH 862/1-2/96 2 books on RLS by Louis Stott

Books LSH 863/1-6/96 by Robin A. Hill

Book LSH 864/96 Sayings of RLS, ed. by Karen Steele

Book LSH 865/96 Travels in Hawaii, extracts of the works and letters of RLS, ed. by A. Grove Day

Book LSH 866/96 An Open Letter to Dr Hyde by Harold Winfield Kent

Book LSH 867/96 Essays on RLS, compiled and edited by Alanna Knight and Elizabeth Stuart Warfel

Book LSH 868/96 A Guide to the Prose Writings of RLS, by Roger Swearingen

Book LSH 869/96 A Quixotic Companionship, by Elayne Waring Fitzpatrick. On RLS from the shores of Monterey

Book LSH 870/96 Wellsprings of Imagination - Homes of Children's Authors. Chapter on RLS

Books LSH 871/1-4/96 Works by RLS. Recent 1970s and 1980s editions

Poster LSH 873/1/96 Featuring "Maisie from Morningside". Her contribution to the Centenary and RLS's Treasure Island

Book LSH 875/96 Robert Louis Stevenson: Interviews and Recollections, by R.C. Terry

Booklet LSH 876/96 "Guide to RLS's Home at Vailima"

Book LSH 877/96 1996 edition of RLS's A Footnote to History

Article LSH 880/96 On RLS in Samoa

Articles LSH 881/1-2/96 New Letters of RLS, ed. by Sidney Colvin

Articles LSH 882/1-3/96 "An Intimate Portrait of RLS", by Lloyd Osbourne

Article LSH 883/96 "My Stevenson", by William Harris Arnold

Leaflet LSH 884/96 "RLS at Davos", by W.G. Lockett

Typescript LSH 885/96 "Mr McClure's Reminiscences". Speech in Edinburgh, 1926

Typescripts LSH 886/1-7/96

"Reminiscences of RLS", by Sir John Murray and Walter Blackie (1910); various other people's discussions of RLS


Article LSH 887/96 "RLS and Father Damien", by Henry J. Cowell

Typescript and Photograph

LSH 888/1-2/96 RLS 's "Tahitian Host and Home". Relating to Ori-a-Ori

Poster LSH 889/96 Theatre poster for Weir of Hermiston

Leaves from RLS's tomb LSH 890/96 6 leaves from RLS's tomb in Samoa


Annual Meeting of the Stevenson Society of America, 25 August 1928. At Saranac Lake

Photograph LSH 892/96 Casco in Vancouver Harbour, BC

Book LSH 893/96 Pictures of the Mind: the Illustrated RLS, by John Scally

Photograph (Framed) LSH 896/96 Portrait of RLS by John Singer Sargent, Bournemouth, 1885.

Photograph (Framed) LSH 897/96 Painting of the Bridge at Grez by Sir John Lavey, 1883

Photograph (Framed) LSH 898/96

Nerli painting of RLS with photograph of RLS's signature in a separate mount

Photographs (RLS)

LSH 899/1-5/96 Copy prints of the portrait photographs of RLS

Photograph (Thomas Stevenson) LSH 900/96 Thomas, seated by a table

Photograph (Margaret Stevenson) LSH 901/96 Margaret, seated by a table

Photograph (Fanny) LSH 902/96 By Bradley and Rudolfson, Montgomery St, San Francisco, original

Photographs LSH 903/1-2/96 Memorial Plaques: Saranac Lake, St Giles Cathedral

Photograph LSH 904/96 Of oil painting of Stevenson's grave in Samoa


Of Manuscripts in collections: poems by RLS; portion of the journal kept by RLS on his voyage with the Northern Lights Commissions

Letter LSH 906/96 Written by RLS from La Solitude, Hyeres to Jules Simoneau, c. 1883

Book LSH 907/96 1908 edition of An Inland Voyage by RLS

Lock of Hair (RLS) LSH 908/96 Lock of hair from RLS, aged 5

Shell Necklace LSH 909/96 From Samoa, sent by RLS for the Juniper Green Church Bazaar, 1893. Also letter

Study Pack LSH 912/97 To accompany the production of Jekyll and Hyde, 1997

Book LSH 913/97 A Robert Louis Stevenson Chronology, by J.R. Hammond


Book LSH 918/97 Robert Louis Stevenson: Finding Treasure Island, by Angelica Shirley Carpenter

Book LSH 919/97 Stevenson at Silverado, by Anne Roller Issler

Yardage Guide and Score Card

LSH 920/1-2/97

Spyglass Hill Golf Course guide and score card, Pebble Beach, California

Book LSH 921/97 Nightmare: The Birth of Horror, by Christopher Frayling, chapter on Jekyll and Hyde

Book LSH 922/97 In the Footsteps of RLS by J. Patrick Findlay

The Complete Works of RLS (Centenary Edition) LSH 923(1-)97 Weir of Hermiston, The Ebb-Tide, Treasure Island, Jekyll and Hyde

Record LSH 925/97 Treasure Island. Dramatised with music and full cast, 1960

Photograph (Framed) LSH 933/98 Adam Ritchie, ploughman at Swanston Farm, 1890s


Of sketch of Old Toll House at Mount St Helena, June 1876. RLS wrote about it in Silverado Squatters

Drawings (Copies - Framed)

LSH 935/1-2/98 2 interior drawings of Vailima by Belle Strong


Copy of photograph of RLS at Bournemouth, 1886. RLS wears armband for his uncle David Stevenson, died 17 September 1886

Photograph LSH 937/98 Thomas Carlyle sitting on the steps of the Royal Scottish Academy, with Lady & Gentleman

Book LSH 939/98 Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, ed. by Ernest Mehew, 1997

Periodical LSH 940/98 Midwest Quarterly, article on RLS and A Child's Garden of Verses

Illustrations LSH 941/1-2/98 2 views by John Skeger of Edinburgh (1960s)

Book LSH 942/98 Jekyll and Hyde adapted for children, 1997

Book LSH 943/98 Father Damien: The Rigour of God's Love on the Island of Despair

Book LSH 944/98 RLS and Count Nerli in Samoa, 1997

Booklet LSH 945/98 "The Search for Bonallie Tower" by Lawrence Popplewell

Book LSH 946/98 RLS Trail: Walking Tour in the Velay and Cevennes, Southern France, by Alan Castle

Pamphlet LSH 947/98 "RLS in Pitlochry", by T. Crouther Gordon

Book LSH 948/98 The Life and Times of Lord Justice-Clerk Robert McQueen of Braxfield, 1997

Booklet LSH 949/98 RLS: Poet in Paradise, by Maxine Mrantz


Book LSH 950/98 A copy of A Child's Garden of Verses in Japanese, 1998

Newspapers (7) LSH 951/1-7/98 Japanese newspapers containing features on RLS by Midori Yoshida

Photographs (8) LSH 957/1-8/98 Portrait photos of RLS, taken between 1862 and 1880

Photograph LSH 958/98 Mrs Margaret Isabella Stevenson, wearing hibiscus wreath and widow's cap

Photographs (2) LSH 959/1-2/98 2 photos of Thomas Stevenson by Moffat

Photograph LSH 960/98 Of RLS's manuscript dedication to Child's Garden Verses

Photograph LSH 961/98 Colinton Manse and Water of Leith

Photograph LSH 962/98 Trees and sheep above Swanston

Photograph LSH 963/98 Sir Walter Simpson, "Cigarette", oval photograph in folder with Christmas greetings in Cummy's writing

Copy Photograph LSH 964/98 Laser copy of St John's Church and Manse, San Francisco, 1870

Magazine LSH 965/98 Scots Magazine, article on RLS by David Angus, August 1979

Book LSH 966/98 Sam Bough RSA: The Rivers in Bohemia, by Gil and Pat Hitchon, 1998

Magazine LSH 967/98 National Geographic, with article on Travels with a Donkey, by Carolyn Bennett Patterson, 1978

Photocopy of Manuscript LSH 968/98

Photocopy of notebook kept during walking tour in Cevennes is RLS's handwriting


RLS lying in state; seated with Lloyd and 2 others; close up of RLS, seated


Margaret; Thomas; RLS in theatrical costume; Vailima before extensions; RLS; St Giles Memorial

Photocopy of Manuscript

LSH 976/1-2/99

Photocopies of the notebook taken by RLS on his tour of the Cevennes; photocopies of RLS's sketchbook kept by Stevenson during his visit to the Riviera, including landscapes, people and scenes

CD LSH 977/99 Travels with a Donkey, by RLS read by Billy Hartman, 1994

Book LSH 978/99 Travels with a Donkey in French, by RLS, photos by Nils Warolin

Book LSH 979/99 An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey, by RLS. Vol xv of the Skerryvore edition, 1925

Collection Relating to Travels with a Donkey

LSH 980/1-10/99

Collection of items relating to the 120th anniversary of Travels with a Donkey

Book LSH 981/99 Catriona by RLS, 1899 edition, with paper copy


Book LSH 982/99 Treasure Island, by RLS, no date

Poster LSH 984/99 "Teller of Tales" poster for the RLS Centenary events, Monterey 1994. By artist N.J. Taylor

Compact Disc LSH 985/99

"Souvenirs of Modestine", musical journey in Stevenson's footsteps with Wally Allan and John Shedden. Based on Travels with a Donkey, 1999

Book LSH 986/99 Nostalgia and Recollection in Victorian Culture, by Ann C. Colley

Magazine LSH 987/99 Traces: Indiana and Midwestern History, winter 1999

Programme LSH 988/99 Jekyll and Hyde - Das Musical, by Leslie Bircusse and Frank Wildhorn, February 1999

Book LSH 990/99 RLS on Fiction: An Anthology of Literary and Critical Essays, ed. by Glenda Norquay

Books LSH 991/1-2/99 Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde, in French

Book LSH 992/99 The Lighthouse Stevensons, by Bella Bathurst, 1999

Book LSH 993/99 Bright Lights: The Stevenson Engineers, by John Leslie and Roland Paxton, 1999

Photograph LSH 994/99 Cottage at Saranac Lake, copy print, c. 1887


From pages of the Borrower's register of Advocate's Library, showing books borrowed by RLS from 1875-1880, including books taken on his walking tour in Travels with a Donkey

Book LSH 999/99 1985 edition of A Child's Garden Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith

Illustrations Article (Framed) LSH 1000/00 8 items mounted in 1 frame. Article by George A. Fothergill

Photographs (Framed) LSH 1001/00

RLS and Bridge of Allan: photos of the Allan Water, Stirling Castle from Stevenson's islet, Stevenson's Cavern. Taken by George J. Hughes of Bridge of Allan


Frame containing 15 copies of photos of RLS at various ages; parents; St Giles plaque

Article (Framed) LSH 1003/00 Framed article on Alison Cunningham, by CJ Guthrie

Poster (Framed) LSH 1004/00

Drawing of Long John Silver with parrot and the Hispaniola, designed by Miss Wilfred A P Forgan for the RLS Club Edinburgh for the RLS Bazaar

Print (Framed) LSH 1005/00 Black and white print of Lord Justice Clerk Braxfield, Weir of Hermiston

Photograph LSH 1006/00

Facsimile letter from RLS to Cummy. From Skerryvore, Bournemouth, 16 April 1887. On reverse a letter from William Fowler to Guthrie, 25 April 1910, regarding Mark Twain


3 photos in 1 frame relating to the funeral of Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson, 22 June 1915, Samoa


Photographs (Framed) LSH 1008/00 4 photos in frame of Vailima, 3 interiors, 1 outside

Photographs (Framed) LSH 1009/00 Mrs Thomas Stevenson, wearing hibiscus wreath; Thomas Stevenson

Article (Framed) LSH 1010/00 The Scottish Homes and Haunts of RLS, by Flora Masson, May 1911

Engraving (Framed) LSH 1011/00

Framed engraving of RLS by Maclure Macdonald & Co., Glasgow. RLS writing in book

Sketch (Framed) LSH 1012/00 "Perplex'd wi Leisure" line drawing by Alexander Stuart Boyd

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1013/00 Photograph of RLS lying in state at Vailima. 3/4 December 1894

Letter (Framed) LSH 1014/00 From RLS to Sidney Colvin, dated "Saturday", suggesting alternative titles for Weir of Hermiston

Letters (Framed) LSH 1015/00 Letters from Thomas Stevenson to Lord Guthrie regarding RLS's application for Chair of Historical and Constitutional Law, 1881


Mrs Ritchie, wife Alan Ritchie, Ploughman, Swanston, by James Patrick

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1017/00 RLS dictating to Belle at Vailima

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1018/00 Of RLS, family and household on steps Vailima, 31 July 1892

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1019/00 RLS at Bournemouth, with cigarette, c. 1887

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1020/00 Of Mrs Margaret Stevenson. Given by her to Cummy in gilt frame

Photographs (2) - Framed LSH 1021/00

"The Last of a Tribe of Gipsies" - Geordie McPhee and wife Peggy Stewart, lived in a cave in Wick Bay. RLS wrote to his mother from Wick in 1868 about them

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1022/00 Casco


Photograph portrait of Fanny, inscribed "To Cummy, with much love from her boy's wife", Fanny, V. de G. Stevenson

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1024/00 Cummy with Lord and Lady Guthrie outside Swanston. No date


Of statue of RLS, wearing ordinary clothes. By Thomas J. Clapperton, sculptor


Cummy with Lady Guthrie and daughters Frances, Victoria and Mrs Priestman. Outside Swanston, 1908


John Tod, shepherd at Swanston Farm. Subject of an essay entitled "Pastoral" in RLS's Memories and Portraits


The Reunion House, no. 10 West Street, NY. Where RLS spent his 1st night in the USA, 17 August 1879. Photograph taken March 1898


Magazine Page (Framed) LSH 1029/00

Page of the Cornhill Magazine for July 1911. With quiz on the works of RLS by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1030/00 Photograph views of Mentone. Inscribed "To Cummy from RLS"

Prints (Framed) LSH 1031/00 Printed poem "Swanston", by RLS. With note to Cummy from Bournemouth, 16 April 1887

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1032/00 Of RLS, his parents, Cummy, 2 servants at Peebles, 1865

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1033/00 Cunzie House, Anstruther, in which RLS spent the summer of 1868

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1034/00 Lithograph of RLS by J.W. Simpson


Black and white of Belle Strong's wash drawings of Vailima, 22 June 1891

Photographs (Framed) LSH 1036/00 Of 2 dogs, 2 of Cummy's friends, 1889

Photographs (Framed) LSH 1037/00 Black and white of oil painting of RLS by Nerli

Photographs (Framed) LSH 1038/00 Black and white of oil painting RLS by Nearly

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1039/00 Photograph of portrait of RLS (head and shoulders)


From the last portrait photo taken in Sydney, slightly different to the one sent to Charles Baxter


RLS seated in a wicker chair, engraving by W.M. Hole, after a painting by R. Notman

Letter (Framed) LSH 1042/00 From Fanny Stevenson to Lord Guthrie, 10 October 1911. Regarding Nerli portrait

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1043/00 "A Peep at Caerketton", Swanston photograph by J. Patrick

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1044/00 RLS riding on a donkey while on holiday at Bonnyrigg

Photograph LSH 1045/00 Thomas Stevenson, seated and reading book. Original photograph by John Moffat of Princes Street


Walter B. Blaikie. Inscribed "To Alison Cunningham with much love from Walter B Blaikie"

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1047/00 St Gaudens plaque in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh


Reverend Alexander Torrance, minister of the parish at Glencorse, 1818-1877

Photograph LSH 1049/00 Cummy with Lord and Lady Guthrie, Swanston


(Framed)

Print (Framed) LSH 1050/00 Printed poem in a frame, "The Lamplighter"

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1051/00 Cummy and the Duchess of Sutherland, 1908 at Swanston


James Cunningham, waterman at Swanston 1880-1893, Cummy's brother

Map LSH 1053/00

Of Scotland. Produced by the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, showing the position of lighthouses and buoys. Date of map 1992. Marked in 2000 by Robin Hill to show Stevenson lighthouses

Print (Framed) LSH 1054/00 Prayer by RLS

Photograph LSH 1055/00 Photograph in mount, Thomas Stevenson at table

Photograph LSH 1056/00 Cummy and Lord Guthrie, taken by James Patrick

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1057/00 Copy of photograph of RLS as child, c. 1857

Photograph (Framed) LSH 1058/00 Photograph of plaque at Chalet la Solitude, Hyeres

Visiting Card LSH 1064/00 Belonging to "Mr Robert Louis Stevenson, Athenaeum Club, London", c. 1890

Pocket Diary LSH 1065/00 Inscribed "A present from Mrs Stevenson, Senior, 'Lusitania', London to Sydney, Christmas 1890. Remembrances of RLS"

Offprint LSH 1066/00 "Engineering Influences on Jekyll and Hyde", by Gillian Cookson, December 1999

Books LSH 1067/1-2/00

2 copies of "Les Chemin des Cretes. Avec Robert Louis Stevenson a travers les Cevennes", by Kenneth White


Of Old Wright Cabin in Carmel Valley where RLS was nursed back to health, taken June 1970

Book LSH 1069/00 Tusitala Teller of Tales: The Life of RLS, by Midori Yoshida

Limited Edition Print LSH 1073/00

Of Robert Louis Stevenson, produced by Steven Hart for the Stevenson, Scotland and Samoa Conference held at University of Stirling, 10-14 July 2000

Magazine LSH 1076/00 Biografie, German magazine. Containing article by Michael S. Buhl on RLS, 2000

CD LSH 1077/00 Child's Garden of Songs. The poetry of RLS in song, 2000

Print LSH 1079/00 "Site of Simoneau's Restaurant", visited daily by RLS, 1879

Book LSH 1080/00 Kidnapped, ed. by Barry Menikoff, 1999 edition

Book LSH 1083/00

A Victorian Scientist and Engineer: Fleeming Jenkin and the Birth of Electrical Engineering, by Gillian Cookson and Colin A. Hempstead, 2000


Book (First Edition) LSH 1085/00 Catriona, 1893, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1086/00 Island Nights' Entertainments, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1087/00 St Ives , 1898, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1088/00 The Ebb-Tide, 1894, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1089/00 Black Arrow, 1888, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1090/00 Weir of Hermiston, 1896, first edition

Book (First Edition) LSH 1091/00 Prince Otto, 1885, first edition

Rifle LSH 1093/01 Inscribed RLS/Vailima/Samoa 1893 - .44 calibre, 1893

Book LSH 1095/01 Poems for Children by RLS, ed. by Tom and Claire Hubbard, 2000

Book LSH 1096/01 RLS and Japan, by Midori Yoshida


Of Bowrke Cockran and Anne Ide Cockran, correspondents with RLS

Commemorative Reproduction LSH 1098/01 Reproductions of RLS's essay "San Carlos Day"

Commemorative Postage Stamps

LSH 1099/1-2/01

Issued from Hawaii to mark the 150th anniversary of Stevenson's birth

Booklet LSH 1100/01 "RLS in Athole"

Magazine LSH 1101/01 Article on the Stevenson family of lighthouse builders

Book LSH 1102/01 In Search of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, ed. by Raymond T McNally, 2000

Book LSH 1103/01 Catalogue for the exhibition "Legends: Art of Walter Barnett", by Roger Neill

Article LSH 1104/01 "RLS and the God-like Sculptor" by Walter Stephen

Programme LSH 1105/01 Northern Bullet Theatre Programme, featuring Jekyll and Hyde

Article LSH 1106/01 "Colonies of Memory", by Ann C. Colley

CD LSH 1107/01 "Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh" read by Robin Williamson

Book LSH 1108/01 Louis: A Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Philip Callow

Book LSH 1110/01 Robert Louis Stevenson, by John Malan, 2001

Booklet LSH 1111/01 "RLS in Germany", by Robin Hill, 2001

Book LSH 1112/01 The Strange Case of R.L. Stevenson, by Richard Woodhead, 2001


Booklet LSH 1113/01 "Robert Louis Stevenson (Poet and Storyteller), The Lightkeeper of Skerryvore, Bournemouth", 2001

Book LSH 1117/02 Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh: A Concise Guide for Visitors and Residents, by Roger Swearingen, 2001

Book LSH 1118/02 A Child's Garden of Verses, in Cyrillic, 2001

Book LSH 1119/02 Book in Chinese and English including A Child's Garden of Verses

Book LSH 1120/02 Good Wives? Mary, Fanny, Jennie and Me, 1845-2001, by Margaret Fowler, 2001

Book LSH 1121/02 Treasure Islands: Cruising the South Seas with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Lowell D Holmes (Sheridan House, 2001)

Book LSH 1123/02 The High Line, by Kenneth White

Book LSH 1124/02 The Waif Woman' by RLS, Chatto and Windus 1916, prev. unpublished

Items Relating to Cummy

LSH 1125/1-3/02

Photograph; letter dated 28 June 1909 from Cummy to Mrs Kaye; book Cummy, tribute to her by Lord Guthrie

Calendar LSH 1128/02 Literary Travel Calendar, 2003

Book LSH 1129/02 RLS in a South Seas World, ed. by Robin Hill, 2002

Photograph LSH 1131/02 Photograph mounted on card of Fanny Stevenson wearing South Seas missionary dress and hat

Book LSH 1132/02 Treasure Planet : A Voyage of Discovery, pub. by Disney editions, 2002

Exhibition Catalogue LSH 1133/03

Navigating Stevenson, digital artworks by Sara Gadd, exhibition 2003

Magazine LSH 1134/03 Caravan Magazine, October 2003, article on RLS

Book LSH 1135/03 RLS Reconsidered, ed. by William Jones Jr

Articles (2) LSH 1136/1-2/03

Journal of Pacific History, with article on RLS; Historic Nantucket, with article on RLS

Book LSH 1138/03 Collected Poems of RLS, ed. by Roger C Lewis, 2003

Book LSH 1142/04 The Pocket RLS, Being Favourite Passages from the Works of Stevenson (Chatto and Windus: London, 1902)

Book LSH 1143/04 Robert Louis Stevenson: A Literary Life, by William Gray

Book LSH 1144/04 Stevenson's Scotland, ed. by Tom Hubbard and Duncan Glen, 2003

Book LSH 1145/04 The Quest for Robert Louis Stevenson, by John Cairney, 2004

Magazine LSH 1146/04 Magazine, The Highlander, article on RLS, September / October 2003

Book LSH 1147/04 Robert Louis Stevenson: His Best Pacific Writings, 2003

Offprints LSH 1148/1- 2 offprints of "A Frenchman and a Scot in the South Seas" in Van


2/04 Gogh Magazine, 2003

Book LSH 1149/04 Suede-bound book, In the Footsteps of RLS, by J Patrick Findlay

Items Relating to Saranac Lake

LSH 1150/1-3/04

Postcard of the cottage at Saranac lake; souvenir card memorial plaque; newspaper article from the Adirondack Daily Express

Book LSH 1151/04 Robert Louis Stevenson and the Colonial Imagination, by Ann Colley

Books LSH 1154/1-2/04 A Child's Garden of Verses, by RLS in Japanese

Items Relating to RLS

LSH 1159/1-6/04

Photocopy of facsimile of signed, handwritten letter from RLS to his mother; copy of "Prayer" by RLS found by Roger Swearingen in Beinecke; and other things

Book LSH 1160/04 The Cruise of the Janet Nichol, ed. by Roslyn Jolly

Book LSH 1161/1-2/04 Journal of Stevenson Studies, 2000 and 2005

Book LSH 1163/2005 Robert Louis Stevenson, by Claire Harman, biography

Book LSH 1165/2005 Alex Capus's German RLS book, 2005

Book LSH 1167/2005 Treasure Island, by RLS, illustrated by Robert Ingpen, 2005

Book LSH 1171/2005

Treasure Island: Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Robert and Fanny Stevenson, by Pamela Stephenson, 2005

CD LSH 1172/2005 Recording of "Aberlady Links", by RLS

Photograph LSH 1174/2005 John Tod, "The Roarin' Shepherd" of Swanston

Book LSH 1176/2005 Walking with Murder on the Kidnapped Trail, by Ian Nimmo, 2005

Magazine LSH 1178/2006 German article on RLS, February 2006

Plaque and Photograph HH 766/22

Reduced facsimile plaque to RLS at Saranac and photograph of cottage mounted together

Photographs (Framed) HH 766A/22 2 photos in frame of tree at Swanston, initialled by RLS

Postcard HH 1859/59 Postcard of St Gaudens plaque to RLS in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Sketch HH 1934/60 "The St Ives Window", Swanston Cottage, 1912, by G.A. Fothergill

Postcard HH 2002/60 RLS Memorial, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Painting HH 2159/61 Swanston Village before Reconstruction, 2 November 1961

Watercolour HH 2163/61 "RLS's House, Swanston", by Robert Stevenson


Watercolour HH 2164/61 "Swanston Cottage, the Rock Garden", by Robert Stevenson

Watercolour HH 2165/61 "The Thatchers, RLS's Thatched Cottages, Swanston", by Robert Stevenson

Postage Stamp HH 2309/62 Stamp, Western Samoa, Vailima (home of RLS), 1935 definitive series

Postage Stamp HH 2310/62 Stamp, Western Samoa, RLS tomb, 1935 definitive series

Postage Stamp HH 2311/62 Stamp, Western Samoa, portrait of RLS, 1939

Drawing HH 2442/63 Illustration, "The Lamplighter", by John Mackay, for "A Salute to RLS"

Drawing HH 2443/63 "Miss Gilchrist", by John Mackay for "A Salute to RLS"

Drawing HH 2444/63 "The Old Town", by John Mackay, for "A Salute to RLS"

Drawing HH 2445/63 "Alan Breck", by John Mackay, for "A Salute to RLS"

Drawing HH 2446/63 "Travels with a Donkey", by John Mackay, for "A Salute to RLS"

Book HH 2456/63 The Waif Woman, by RLS, published 1916

Letter HH 2457/63 "Father Damien", an open letter from RLS, 1901

Book (First Edition) HH 2459/63 A Child's Garden of Verses, 1885, first edition

Letters (2) HH 2450/1-2/64 From RLS at 17 Heriot Row to Mr Kingero Japan, 1877

Book (First Edition) HH 3125/67 Memories and Portraits, 1887, first edition

Etching HH 3126/67 Etching of the Atelier a Rousseau by Eugene Videl (Barbizon), framed

Etching HH 3127/67 As above

Pencil Sketch HH 3128/67

Of 2 children. Allegedly "RLS and his sister" (?). Signed MCP N/. Under sketch the words "During all those four years she was a guardian angel to me"

Oil Painting HH 3142/67 RLS painted by "Robert Stevenson", alleged son of RLS, 1924

Smoking Jacket RLS HH 3190/68 Formerly belonging to James Mullo Weir. Black velvet

Oil Painting HH 3356/69 RLS in bed in Samoa by his Highness Savea Alii Malietoa, high chief in Samoa

Oil Painting HH 3357/69 Samoan Taupou officiating at the Kava Ceremony

Food Bowl HH 3414/69 RLSC 982? From Samoa, with 4 legs, solid wood

Drinking Cup HH 3415/69 Carved from small coconut

First Day Cover HH 3422/69 Envelope and set of 4 postage stamps issued by the British Virgin


Islands to mark the 75th anniversary of death of RLS

Book HH 3439/69 Prayers Written at Vailima, by RLS, 1910

Watercolour HH 3508/70 By Mrs Katherine de Mattos, RLS's cousin, painted by Percy Anderson

Print HH 3758/73 Of RLS, engraved by Jacques Reich, 1909

Statue 1964/300 RLS bronze, by D.W. Stevenson

Illustrations 1978/6 4 illustrations to Kidnapped, by William Boucher

Illustrations 1978/7 From Kidnapped, by William Boucher

Drawings (3) 1978/18 For the illustrated edition of A Lowden Sabbath Morn, by RLS

Watercolour 1978/20 Of 17 Heriot Row, by Paul Braddon

Watercolour 1978/21 Of 8 Howard Place, by Paul Braddon

Painting 1978/56 "From Swanston Bungalow", 1913, by Lady Constance Emmott

Sketch 1978/68 "Sketch of a gargoyle from St Giles, Edinburgh, at Swanston cottage 191", by G.A. Fothergill

Bas Relief 1978/76 RLS photograph in bas relief by H.S. Gramley

Painting 1978/92 "The Bridge at Grez, Forest Fontainebleau", by Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne

Painting 1978/163 Of 17 Heriot Row, oil painting by Robert Hope

Painting 1978/164 "Swanston and Caerkelton in Winter", oil by Robert Hope

Painting 1978/165 Of 8 Howard Place, 1914, oil by Robert Hope

Watercolour 1978/180 "Swanston Looking Towards Edinburgh", watercolour, by G.W. Johnstone

Paintings 1978/231-239 By Count Nerli. 9 paintings of Samoa

Painting 1978/244 "The Tomb of Tusitala", oil on panel, by E.D. Perrett

Sculptures (3) 1978/277-279 Of RLS by D.W. Stevenson

Painting 1978/381 Of Alison Cunningham, oil, by George Fifes Watt

Drawing 1978/386 Swanston, pencil on paper, by H.W. Williams

Etching 1978/985 A.W. Sinclair after J. Chiene, "R.L. Stevenson in Samoa, 1892"

Etching 1978/1008 "R.L. Stevenson", by William Strang

Drawings 20/a-c/1987 1 by Ian Hamilton Finlay; 3 screenprints