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Manuscript of a poem of Robert Blair Wilkie, beginning 'Here in the broken breast', presented to Andrew MacDonald.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14063
Scope and Contents
Handwritten poem by Robert Blair Wilkie on Scottish National Congress headed notepaper, to his 'friend and clansman, Andrew MacDonald'.
Dates:
?1950-?1959.
Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12765/1-42
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates:
1870-2001.