The University of South Carolina prides itself on its reputation as one of the foremost institutions in the United States for the study of Scottish literature. The Thomas Cooper Library is fortunate to have one of the foremost collections of Scottish literature anywhere outside of Scotland. Many of its valuable holdings are part of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Scottish Literature and the Rodger L. Tarr Collection of Thomas Carlyle. Professor Roy, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, is editor of Studies in Scottish Literature, the premier journal in its field.

The University of South Carolina is one of four institutions participating in the Scottish Chapbook Project.

Individuals with interests in Scottish literature may wish to explore the following links: Studies in Scottish Literature The Stirling / South Carolina Edition of the Works of James Hogg The W. Ormiston Roy Memorial Fellowship Other sources of information about Scottish literature on the internet A timeline of important dates in Scottish literature

The Thomas Cooper Library contains notable editions of texts by the following Scottish authors: Robert Burns Thomas Carlyle Robert Fergusson Alasdair Gray Neil M. Gunn James Hogg "Hugh MacDiarmid" (C. M. Grieve) George Macdonald James Macpherson Allan Ramsay Sir Walter Scott Robert Louis Stevenson (including a list of notable editions in USC's Thomas Cooper Library)

All materials listed are held in the Thomas Cooper Library and are indexed in USCAN (the University of South Carolina Access Network), USC's online library catalog. Texts in the Rare Books collections are identified as "Spec Coll." Texts in the G. Ross Roy Collection are identified as "Spec Coll Scot Lit." (Note: USCAN requires a TN3270 connection. Please ensure that your web browser is configured with an appropriate helper application.)

#		Title	Editor(s)	Year
1		The Shepherd's Calendar	Douglas S. Mack	1995
2		The Three Perils of Woman	David Groves, Anthony Hasler, & Douglas S. Mack	1995
3		A Queer Book	P. D. Garside	1995
4		Tales of the Wars of Montrose	Gillian Hughes & Douglas S. Mack	1996
5		A Series of Lay Sermons	Gillian Hughes with Douglas S. Mack	1997
6		Queen Hynde	Suzanne Gilbert & Douglas S. Mack	1998
7		Anecdotes of Scott	Jill Rubenstein	1999