Papers of Andrew Lang

The collection is composed of letters to various individuals including: those to H. Massie; those to Frances Bickley; letter to Mrs. Allhusen; letter to W. E. Henley; letter to Brookfields; letter to Frank Harris; letter to Miss Wynne; and, a batch of circa 20 letters including correspondence with Courtney Hill, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Smalley, 'My dear Page', Mr. Ashcroft, Miss Neaves, Mr. Deane, Mr. Rideing, and unnamed correspondents. Also includes manuscript letters written by his wife Leonora on the subject of literature.

The writer Andrew Lang was born on 31 March 1844. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and he studied at St. Andrews University and Balliol College, Oxford. He was an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He became a Fellow of the Royal British Academy in 1906. His publications over nearly forty years included Ballads and lyrics of old France (1872), Life, letters, and diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote (1890), Homer and the epic (1893), The making of religion(1898),The mystery of Mary Stuart (1901), and A defence of Sir Walter Scott and the Border minstrelsy (1910). Andrew Lang died on 20 July 1912.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.

Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.

The local Indexes show reference to Lang related material (check the Indexes for more details): letters (10) to Charles Sarolea, circa 1912, in the Sarolea Collection, Sar. Coll 23. In addition, the UK National Register of Archives (NRA), updated by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, notes several locations of Lang related material in the central Scotland area: correspondence and papers, St. Andrews University Library, Ref. MS 38233-61, and letters (53) to William Craigie, 1893-1912, Ref. MSS 36862-914, and letters (55) to Clement K Shorter, 1893-1909, Ref. MS PR4876 C7; letters to Blackwoods, 1887-1900, National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division, Ref. MSS 4503-4815 passim, and letters (17) to Ella Christie and Alice Stewart, Ref. Acc 5058 NRA 29128 Christie, and letters to A. H. Millar, 1901, Ref. MS 344, and letters to Mrs Maxwell Scott, 1888-1912, Ref. MSS 1632-33, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1878-1912, and undated, Ref. MSS 9755-10998 Passim