Treasure in focus: hopelessly devoted to Low

Resource type

Newsletter

Creator (person)

Higgins, Jennifer

Date published

July 2024

Abstract

At the Library of National Museums Scotland, we recently recreated the tale behind the author’s copy manuscript, A tour in the islands of Orkney and Schetland 1774 and 1778 by Reverend George Low (1747-1795) for a visitor tour of the special collections.

Journal title

CILIP Rare Books & Special Collections Group Newsletter

Issue

125

Publisher

CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group

ISSN

0959-1656

Official URL

https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cilip.org.uk/resource/group/6b7ad90b-bf8b-4d07-8406-0d28376b41f1/rbscg_summer_2024.pdf

Related URL

https://libcat.nms.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=148957

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/departments/collections-services

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections/departments/library-services

https://libcat.nms.ac.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-page.pl?page_id=8

Rights statement

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Keywords

Shetland (Schetland)

Eighteenth century

library collections

special collection

Reverend George Low (1747-1795)

National Museums Scotland

Additional information

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