Five volumes of newspaper cuttings with annotations by James Logie Robertson and a letter of George Fothergill to Robertson.
Scope and Contents
James Logie Robertson was born in Milnathort, Kinross-shire in 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and Edinburgh University. He was assistant master at Heriot's Hospital and George Watson's College before joining the staff at Edinburgh Ladies' College in 1876. His
writings, some under the pen-name of 'Hugh Haliburton', include English text-books, essays and poetry. Robertson died in 1922.
Five volumes of newspaper cuttings with annotations by James Logie Robertson and a letter from George Fothergill to Robertson.
Dates
- Creation: 1896-1910, 1916-1917.
Creator
- Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 (Annotator, Person)
- Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922. (Recipient, Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
5 Folders (5 folders.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Sheila Mackenzie
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1976, Broughton Bookshop, Edinburgh.1 June 1976
Subject
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- 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
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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