Papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).
Scope and Contents
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1966, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
25 Volumes
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows. MSS.26276-26285. Correspondence and personal papers MSS.26286-26290. Literary papers MSS.26291-26294. Work by other authors MSS.26299-26300. Miscellaneous papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1970, by Mrs M Maciver, Temple, Midlothian.
Separated Materials
For the material of Hector MacIver in Gaelic, see MSS. 14973-14976.
- 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
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