The Robert Burns World Federation St Andrew's Lecture, 2020, about how the Burns manuscripts got dispersed during the early and mid 19th century, some of the early and major manuscript collectors, and the sources available for tracking them down, illustrated chiefly from Burns manuscripts now in the G. Ross Roy collection at the University of South Carolina. The recorded version on Youtube includes the full-screen powerpoint with most references. The lecture is introduced and chaired by Marc Sherland, President, RBWF.