130 Years
Sir Walter Scott and Scotland’s First Lending Library
On Thursday 7th April 2016 we had a talk by Lara Haggerty.
She was introduced by our Chairperson, Alasdair Hutton.
Lara Haggerty has been Keeper of Books at Innerpeffray, since 2009. The Library is run by a charity: The Innerpeffray Mortification and Lara works closely with the Governors and manages a team of volunteers to bring a wide audience of visitors to Innerpeffray including running a range of events. The Library also collaborates with the University of Stirling (amongst others) to support students.
Synopsis: Two icons of Scottish history, one of its greatest authors and its first free, public lending library, come together: with six connections between the two. For this talk Lara shared the background history to the foundation of Innerpeffray’s library in 1680, and a selection of books to illustrate the Founder’s collection. Connections between the Library and Scott include the role of the Haldanes of Gleneagles, Scott’s tutor James Mitchell and the popularity of Scott’s work with borrowers at Innerpeffray.
(Unfortunately due to a technical issue there is an no audio until after the first 17minutes)
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