Papers of the Rev. James King Hewison (1853-1941)

The collection is composed of: books and longer manuscripts, including interleaved and annotated sets and additional notebooks and photographic material relating to The covenanters, correspondence relating to a work on Ninian Winzet and the volumes themselves, material on Dumfriesshire and the saints and heroes of Dalgarnoc, material on the geography of Dumfriesshire and on church lands there, an index of books, brochures, articles, and verses, typescript work on Scotland's debt of gratitude to its parish schools and universities, and an essay on Shakespeare's character of Coriolanus, 1874, for an English class at Edinburgh University; scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings of articles, personal documents, photographs, and letters, including articles on Ferguson the Poet, the Sir Patrick Spens myth, scholars of Nithsdale, Ailsa and its sea-birds, runic roods, St. Columba's Day, St. Patrick's Day, clerical attire, Pontius Pilate at Fortingall, the Benedictines, and much more; cuttings from the Dumfries and Galloway standard 1923, cuttings of articles from The Scotsman 1904-1938; photographs by John Cunninghame Montgomerie of Dalmore, Ayr, and including those of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses; notebooks containing manuscript drafts of articles; and, biographical material including letters describing a tour round the world, 1895, and congratulatory address on the 50th anniversary of Hewison's admission as Minister of the High Kirk of Rothesay.