Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of Scotland
STEVENSON COLLECTION
A collection of 619 items in 80 volumes from the archive of the civil engineering firm of Robert Stevenson, his three sons Alan, David and Thomas, and later generations of the family. It comprises important works, mainly of the 19th century, on aspects of engineering, navigation, transport and lighthouses and was purchased in 1993 from Quentin Stevenson, a descendant of the family along with the firm's archive. Map material from the Stevenson family is held in the Map Library. Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Awaiting cataloguing; typescript inventory of the manuscripts (an inventory of manuscript maps and a shelf-list of recent accessions of printed maps is available for consultation in the Map Library).
For a complete list of the printed items (except maps, charts and plans) please click here.
For inventories of the MS items please click here and here.
For futher information please click here.
Shelfmark: Stev.[cataloguing in process]