Mr. Kennedy visited the G. Ross Roy Collection of Burns, Burnsiana and Scottish Poetry, and wished to support its work and future development through the generous establishment of an endowment. This extensive collection, acquired from Professor Roy in 1989, is now widely recognized as one of the best Burns collections in North America, and it regularly attracts researchers from around the world. An additional gift by Mr. Kennedy allowed the library to purchase a rare early American edition of Burns's Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Wilmington, Delaware, 1804).

Portrait of Robert Burns
by Archibald Skirving

To view A Bicentenary Exhibition from the G. Ross Roy Collection online, please visit http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/burns/burns.html.

The K. D. Kennedy, Jr. Robert Burns Library Endowment will provide support to the Robert Burns collection at Thomas Cooper Library. The Director of Special Collections at Thomas Cooper Library shall determine how the funds will be allocated. All materials acquired or preserved, all publications issued, and all events or programs produced with support from this Endowment will be appropriately recognized as being made possible by The K. D. Kennedy, Jr. Robert Burns Library Endowment.

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