The papers are composed of manuscript notes of a trip to Lucerne, Switzerland, in a notebook, manuscript notes forEn Italic Pepesin two notebooks, and a bundle of papers, typescriptIts Hooley Talking. The latter is a novelette supposedly of the experiences of an Irish immigrant in Glasgow, and the Swiss trip is that made by a student, a working-class journey in Europe written at a time when most descriptions are of middle-class and upper-class journeys.
Papers of Dr. J. M. Kerr
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- Dates of Creation1905-1910
- Language of MaterialEnglishEnglish.
- Physical Description1 box
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Administrative / Biographical History
Dr. J. M. Kerr was a medical graduate, Edinburgh University, and he had been a former pupil of George Watson's Boy's College, Edinburgh.
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Material acquired from Secretary's Office, Edinburgh University, as bequest from Dr. J. M. Kerr, February 1987, Accession no. E87.19.
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