A collection of 835 items in 437 volumes from the archive of the civil engineering firm of Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), his three sons Alan (1807-1865), David (1815-1886) and Thomas (1818-1887), and later generations of the family. The collection's particular strength is in 19th-century engineering pamphlets on lighthouses, canals, harbours, navigation and railways. There are also many monographs on lighthouses.

Organisation

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

Acquisition

The collection was purchased in 1993, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, from Quentin Stevenson, a descendant of the family, along with the firm's archive.

Related collections

Business records of the firm are held at Acc.4215 and Acc.10706 (which includes the items purchased in 1993).

Map material from the Stevenson family is held in the Library's map collections.