Ts copy of a speech by Dr Shelton H Short III on Patrick Henry and Dr William Robertson

A copy of typescript, 'On the British ancestral background of Patrick Henry - and a Scottish orator, his cousin, Dr. William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University', being a speech delivered by Dr. Shelton H. Short III, at the Parents and Friends Lounge, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, USA, on 20 February 1974.

The collection also contains a clipping from the Virginia title, Herald Progress, Thursday 11 April 1974, entitled 'Henry's heritage traced to noble Scots heritage', by Shelton H. Short III.

Shelton Hardaway Short III was an alumnus of Edinburgh University, (Ph.D.) 1969. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, USA, in 1948. Dr. Shelton H. Short has served for many years as a state and national representative to the United Nations. Short's publications include A history of the Nevada livestock industry prior to 1900 (1965) and From Elsinore to Edinburgh: echoes of a student1962-1969 (1970).

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Acquired from Caroline Brown, Dundee University. Accession no: E2014.64.

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 23 April 2015

At Coll-491, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections, the 'Notes and Publications of Dr. Shelton H. Short'.