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Photographs, poems, and school material relating to the life and death of Roddy Lumsden, late 1960s - 2020

 File — Box: Coll-2126: Box 6
Identifier: Coll-2126/46

Scope and Contents

Material relating to Roddy Lumsden's life, perhaps gathered on the occasion of his funerals in 2020. Includes: photographs of him throughout his life (as a baby, at school, as a child, as a young adult, as a professional writer; many photographs also include his family, his friends, his former girlfriend); school material (photograph of Roddy as a child receiving a prize for the Guardbridge Competition, and prize certificate, 1974; Scottish Certificate of Education, 1983; Certificate of Merit, Oral Literature and Popular Tradition, University of Edinburgh, 1984-85); publication entitled Poems for Roddy printed in May 2017 containing poetry by other authors; and a funeral booklet "In Celebration of the Life of Roddy Lumsden", January 2020, with some photographs and newspaper obituaries enclosed.

Dates

  • Creation: late 1960s - 2020

Creator

Language of Materials

English

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Full Extent

1 Folder

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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