Oliphant Collection

Name

Oliphant Collection

Description

A collection of books and pamphlets by the prolific 19th-century Scottish novelist Mrs Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897). It consists of 163 editions in 272 volumes, nearly all dating from the second half of the 19th century, and includes American editions and English-language editions published by Tauchnitz of Leipzig (see Pressler Kahan Tauchnitz Collection).

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'Ol.'.

Acquisition

The collection was presented in 1972 by Mrs Emily Valentine of Alyth, Perthshire, a descendant of Mrs Oliphant.

Related collections

A collection of Margaret Oliphant's correspondence and literary papers was also presented by Mrs Valentine. The manuscripts are held at MSS.23193-23208.

Shelfmark

Ol.

Subjects

Oliphant, Margaret

Scottish history and literature