Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer)
Dates
- Existence: born 1934.
Biography
Hamish Brown is best known for his climbing and walking expeditions in the Highlands. He has completed multiple rounds of the Munros including tackling all the peaks in one trip using only ferries and a bicycle as transport. Between 1960 and 1972 he was in charge of outdoor activities at Braehead School, Buckhaven, Fife, where his innovative work introduced the pupils to walking in the Highlands as well as other outdoor activities. Hamish Brown has written extensively about his walking and climbing exploits mainly in Scotland but also in Europe, North Africa and the Himalayas. He has also written and illustrated guides on various parts of Scotland. Other published works include collections of articles, essays and poems and, most recently, a book on Scottish gravestones.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, log books, literary papers and copies of published articles and press cuttings of Hamish Brown.
Correspondence, papers and photographs concerning Braehead School, Buckhaven.
Literary papers, 1970-1994, of Hamish Brown.
Includes manuscripts of a novel and works on mountaineering and travel.
Also included are the papers of James H B Bell, comprising photographs, 1926-1953 and undated, mostly concerning Alpine mountaineering.
Papers of Hamish M Brown.
Log books, 1951-1970, of the Braehead Mountaineering Club
notebooks, 1961-1966, of cuttings and photographs concerning Braehead School
three radio scripts, 1961-1967, of Hamish Brown and R F Mackenzie.
Photographs, by Hamish Brown, of expeditions from Braehead School, Buckhaven.
Inlcudes photograph of the Bass Rock from MV Gardyloo and related printed material.
Typescript of Hamish Brown`s "Get Your Knees Brown, Brown: National Service Letters Egypt, Kenya, 1953-1955".
Includes photographs of expeditions in Scotland by pupils of Braehead School, 1950s.
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