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Volume 40, Issue 1
1 January 1991
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Research Article| January 01 1991

The Baikie Library at Tankerness House Museum, Kirkwall,Orkney Available to Purchase

Katherine A. Armstrong
Katherine A. Armstrong
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-793X
Print ISSN: 0024-2535
© MCB UP Limited
1991
Library Review (1991) 40 (1)
https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539110143230

The establishment of a library by Robert Baikie in late 18th‐century Kirkwall is examined and the library′s subsequent history and current preservation outlined. The contents of the library are assessed in their contemporary cultural and social background.

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History, Libraries
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