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Booklets, pamphlets, missals and prayer books, mostly published by the Catholic Truth Society., 1934-1992, undated.

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Identifier: Acc.14596/247

Scope and Contents

Collected by George Mackay Brown, these are almost all unannotated, except for: -

'The Sunday missal' (A Harkins & Bros, 1958) - inscribed by George Mackay Brown with his full name.

'Little office of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel' (Carmelite Press, 1960) - inscribed by George Mackay Brown with 'George Brown'.

'My Sunday missal' (Confraternity of the Precious Blood, 1942) - inscribed 'To George, with happy memories of the occasion of his baptism and reception. Saturday Dec 23rd 1961, from Father F Cairns SJ'. Father Cairns was Kirkwall parish priest at the time of George Mackay Brown's formal reception into the Catholic Church, in December 1961.

'Blessed Dominic Barberi CP: apostle of unity' (Catholic Truth Society, 1963) - inscribed 'A Wilson is also the author of a ponderous book about Dominic, so far from the last, but not best, biography of blessed Dominic (supernaturalised Briton) - [signature illegible] (Bonnuci)'.

Dates

  • Creation: 1934-1992, undated.

Creator

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Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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