The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns

"Established in 1989, the G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns and Burnsiana at the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library is the most comprehensive research collection outside of the United Kingdom dedicated to the study of Scotland's greatest poet. This illustrated catalogue of the collection's expansive holdings is being published in 2009 on the occasion of Burns's 250th birthday as a guide to the current collection for researchers and collectors alike." "G. Ross Roy, one of America's most renowned Burns scholars, inherited the origins of this collection from his grandfather in 1958. Since that time, the dynamic collection has increased fivefold - and continues to expand through new acquisitions. The approximately six thousand items described in this catalogue are divided into six sections: manuscripts and typescripts, printed materials by Burns or including works by Burns, Burnsiana, art, recordings, and realia." "The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns includes fourteen color and fifty-eight black-and-white illustrations as well as an introduction by G. Ross Roy on the history of the collection. In text and images, the catalogue documents a monumental research collection that serves as an open invitation for further investigations into the life, works, and legacy of Scotland's bard."--Jacket.