Below is a table of the manuscripts produced by Esther Inglis which are currently held in libraries and institutions worldwide. Manuscripts in private collections are not listed unless with the permission of the owners, nor are manuscripts which are currently lost. This table is adapted from Dr Georgianna Ziegler’s website dedicated to Esther Inglis. See this page for an up-to-date bibliography of publications related to Esther Inglis.

Follow the links below to be taken to the full or partial digitisations of Esther Inglis’ manuscripts. This list will be updated as new digital facsimiles of Inglis’ manuscripts become available.

Credits

In the curation of this exhibition, special thanks are given first to Dr Jamie Reid Baxter for his support of the “Esther Inglis 2024” project and generosity in providing unpublished research to be used within the exhibition. Thanks also to Dr Georgianna Ziegler at the Folger Shakespeare Library for her continued support and involvement in the study of Esther Inglis’ manuscripts.  

At Edinburgh University Library, thanks are given to Bianca Packham for building the online exhibition, to Christine Megowan and Daryl Green for their line management and support of the project, to Susan Pettigrew and George Hodgson for facilitating the digitisation of the Esther Inglis manuscripts held within the University’s Heritage Collections, and to Amy Baldwin for the conservation work undertaken on these manuscripts prior to their digitisation. Many thanks are also due to Calum Macphail and Juan Dias Martinez for their assistance with the videography and multimedia assets included throughout the exhibition.  

Beyond the University of Edinburgh, this exhibition would not have been possible without the support and kindness of the librarians, archivists, photographers and digitisation managers who have worked to facilitate the digitisation of the items now displayed: 

• Aberdeen University Library

• Alexander Turnbull National Library of New Zealand – Amalaratna

• Berlin Staatsbibliothek – Dr Robert Giel and Dr Bertram Lessner 

• Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

• Christ Church Library, University of Oxford – Dr Gabriel Sewell

• Folger Shakespeare Library – Christine Naulty and Dr Georgianna Ziegler  

• Houghton Library, Harvard University -- Molly Schwartzburg

• National Library of Scotland – Heidi Egginton, Dr Ulrike Hogg, Dr Anette Hagan and Simona Cenci 

• Newberry Library, Chicago – Jennifer Dalzin

• St Andrews University Library – Maia Sheridan and Sean Rippington 

• Stockholm Royal Library -- Dr Patrik Granholm 

• Trinity College Library, Dublin

• Wormsley Library, Oxfordshire – Robert Harding 

• Scriptura Images -- Colin Dunn