Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of
Scotland CLAN MACKAY SOCIETY On deposit: A collection of largely
non-fictional secular works, both monographs and journals,
published mainly in the 19th and 20th centuries, the dominant
topics covered being Scottish history on a large variety of
topics and Scottish culture including Highland history, family
genealogies, clan histories, regimental histories, field sports,
and Scottish costume. A significant percentage of the material
was written by people with the name Mackay or are about the
Mackays whether in their cradlelands of north and west
Sutherland or elsewhere. Of special interest are two German
literary works published in Germany in the early 20th century by
a Scots emigr'e John Henry Mackay. There is also present a
substantial amount of literary, historical, topographical
material relating to the county of Sutherland and also to
neighbouring Caithness. The collection also includes a small
number of Gaelic literary works where the best