William Henry Hill Collection

Scope and Content
Manuscript and printed material collected by William Henry Hill; some manuscript materials created by Hill. Includes manuscript material relating to the MacFarlane family.
Administrative / Biographical History
William Henry Hill was a collector from an old Glasgow family who left a large part of his collection of books and manuscripts to the library. His collection included letters and writs relating to the Guild of Bonnetmakers and Dyers, the Clan MacFarlane, and Newbattle Abbey; notes made by Thomas Hutcheson in the course of his theological studies; and several royal letters of note. Also in his collection, and now in the library's, were two chests, one of which he had inherited through a family connection to the Hutchesons, "an old Dutch-built spring-lockit kist, woven of strips of yron in comlie forme." The chests in the library contain some of the oldest manuscripts in the Hill Collection. The MacFarlane papers, found within the Hill collection, became part of the Hill collection prior to donation through a Hill family connection to the MacFarlanes. Much of the MacFarlane material was compiled by Duncan Macfarlan D.D., who was Principal of Glasgow University 1823-1857.
Access Information
Open
Other Finding Aids
Two NRAS surveys have been undertaken for this collection: see NRAS534 and NRAS5344

Scope and Content