Papers, letters and documents relating to the Burns Monument Trust
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/05/02
- Date
- 1814 to 1996
- On display
- No
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/05/02
- Date
- 1814 to 1996
- On display
- No
Description
In 1814 a group of individuals formed the Burns Monument Trust [BMT] in Alloway to help raise funds for the building of an appropriate memorial to Burns. After raising sufficient funds the foundation stone to the Monument was laid in 1820 and the memorial was eventually opened to the public on 4th July 1823. Within this collection are the full records of the Trust.
The papers also include a number of documents that specifically relate to the acquisition and provenance of items now sitting within the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum Collection. There are also a number of documents relating to the organisation that took over the management of the Burns Cottage from the Trust, first the Tam O'Shanter Experience and then the National Trust for Scotland in 2008.
Archive information
Hierarchy
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Burns Monument Trust: papers, letters and other documentary material
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
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Papers, letters and documents relating to the Burns Monument Trust(
materials grouped together because they are of a similar type)
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