Robert Louis Stevenson papers found
The documents, letters from the famous family of lighthouse builders and civil engineers, were found in an old tea chest, under a plank of wood, in the North Berwick Museum, which closed down a decade ago.
They included a letter from Robert Stevenson, the grandfather of the Treasure Island writer who designed the Bell Rock Lighthouse, and were found as workers surveyed the old building ahead of a planned refurbishment.
June Douglas Hamilton, chair of the Friends of the North Berwick Museum, said: “These letters show the important links the Stevenson family had with North Berwick over two generations.”