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Introduction to Session Papers
Indexes, Finding Aids and Digitizations
The History and Function of Session Papers
Session Papers as a Phenomenon: Genre and Afterlife
The Signet Library’s Collection of Session Papers: the collection, its collectors and indexers.
Session Papers Collections Elsewhere

Session Papers are the printed arguments of Scotland’s Advocates as presented in civil cases in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Their authors include some of the most significant figures in eighteenth century Scottish writing and thought and they are thought by many to represent the largest untapped historical resource for the period of the Scottish Enlightenment.

The Signet Library collection is the second largest to survive. This guide contains indexes and finding aids to the collection, and describe the collection’s origins, history and importance. Click on the image below to visit each part of the guide.