Dunnett Collection

Name

Dunnett Collection

Description

A collection of around 1,840 printed items related to Dorothy Dunnett OBE (1923-2001). Dunnett was a Scottish novelist, who wrote several historical novels from the 1960s onwards. Covering the years 1940 to 2001, the collection includes theatre programmes, theatre tickets, birthday cards and personal invitations to various formal and informal functions. Many items are in connection with the Edinburgh International Festival, the arts and the intellectual and social life of Edinburgh. There are also 48 strips of photographic negatives included in the collection.

Organisation

Collection-level record only, the collection has the shelfmark 'Dunnett.'.

Acquisition

The collection was formed from the Dorothy Dunnett papers held in the Library's manuscript collections, which were bequeathed to the Library in 2002.

Related collections

The manuscripts are held at Acc.12135.

Shelfmark

Dunnett.

Subjects

Dunnett, Dorothy