Papers of the poet and South African civil servant, Charles Murray (1864-1941).
Scope and Contents
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1969, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
30 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows: MSS.27256-27264. Writings MSS.27265-27270. Correspondence MSS.27271-27276. Career papers MSS.27277-27283. Photographs MSS.27284-27285. Miscellaneous papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1971, 1974, by K M Walker, Writer to the Signet, and W D Murray.
Separated Materials
For some formal documents, see Ch.17411-17423.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
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