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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: 1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.

Notes of Dr Alexander Mitchell for a biography of John Gibson Lockhart, taken chiefly from manuscript material in the National Library of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5210-5265
Scope and Contents

The notes fill fifty-four notebooks (MSS.5210-5263).

MSS.5264-5265 contain miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning John Gibson Lockhart.

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.