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Five volumes of newspaper cuttings with annotations by James Logie Robertson and a letter of George Fothergill to Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6659/1-6

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

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

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

Related Materials

Acc.6664.

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

Contact:
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National Library of Scotland
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