Scotland’s National Library holds J.K. Rowling’s handwritten notes and drawings for Harry Potter.
The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh acquired a collection of Rowling material in 2012. The collection includes early drafts, handwritten notes, drawings, and other papers connected with the development of the Harry Potter books. These materials document how Rowling planned characters, settings, and elements of the wizarding world.
The collection is especially valuable because it shows the creative process before the books reached their final printed form. Readers can compare early ideas with the published series and see how Rowling used lists, diagrams, and sketches while developing the story.
The library is in Scotland, but Rowling was born in England and wrote much of the first Harry Potter novel while living in Edinburgh. Those biographical links can make the location easy to confuse with England’s national collections or the Bodleian Library’s Harry Potter film locations.