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Sir Sean Connery is backing an effort to raise £6.5 million to buy a Scottish literary archive.
The Scots actor joins author Ian Rankin and the National Library of Scotland in the effort to purchase the John Murray Archive.
Collected by seven generations of the Edinburgh publisher's family, it boasts 150,00 items including manuscripts and letters by authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Murray family recently sold it to the National Library of Scotland for £32m with most funds coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Executive.
However, £6.5m still needs to be raised to secure the deal and Sir Sean urged people to donate: "There will be something for everyone, from five-year-olds to academics. I commend the National Library of Scotland for the vision and commitment to bring this treasure to Scotland and wish them every success."
The library plans to make the archive accessible with exhibitions travelling the country and some items put on the internet.
The Scots actor joins author Ian Rankin and the National Library of Scotland in the effort to purchase the John Murray Archive.
Collected by seven generations of the Edinburgh publisher's family, it boasts 150,00 items including manuscripts and letters by authors such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Murray family recently sold it to the National Library of Scotland for £32m with most funds coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Executive.
However, £6.5m still needs to be raised to secure the deal and Sir Sean urged people to donate: "There will be something for everyone, from five-year-olds to academics. I commend the National Library of Scotland for the vision and commitment to bring this treasure to Scotland and wish them every success."
The library plans to make the archive accessible with exhibitions travelling the country and some items put on the internet.
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