Description
The
Stevenson House Collection consists of
primary and secondary source materials,
artifacts, and memorabilia
connected with the Scottish author Robert
Louis Stevenson and the Stevenson
House/French Hotel in Monterey,
California. In the Stevenson House,
a former rooming house, Robert
Louis Stevenson lived for four months,
September to December 1879. During
his time living in the rooming house
he worked on
The Amateur Emigrant
and waited for his future wife
Fanny's divorce to be finalized.
Background
The Stevenson House
Collection consists of primary and secondary
source materials, artifacts,
and memorabilia connected with the Scottish
author Robert Louis
Stevenson and the Stevenson House/French Hotel
in Monterey,
California. In the Stevenson House, a former rooming house,
Robert Louis
Stevenson lived for four months, September to December
1879. During his time
living in the rooming house he worked on The
Amateur Emigrant and waited for his future
wife Fanny's
divorce to be finalized. Robert Lewis (later: Louis) Balfour
Stevenson was born in Edinburgh
on 13 November 1850. His father Thomas
belonged to a family of
engineers who had built many of the deep-sea
lighthouses around the rocky coast
of Scotland. His mother, Margaret
Isabella Balfour, came from a family
of lawyers and church ministers. In
1857 the family moved to 17 Heriot
Row, a solid respectable house in
Edinburgh's New Town.
Extent
17.62 cubic ft.
(36 boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the California Department of Parks
and
Recreation. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the
records
and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or to publish,
please
contact the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Monterey
State
Historic Park.
Availability
Legal Status
Public