The 1745 Association Library

If you wish to access the association library it's permanent home is at the AK Bell Library in Perth. The official opening of the Association Library took place on Friday, 9th September 2022 as part of the members Annual Gathering.​

BBC Alba had a piece on their An Là bulletin on Friday, 16th September 2022. The link to Maggie MacKinnon’s piece covering the Official Opening of The 1745 Collection at the AK Bell Library in Perth, which lasts 4 minutes and is in a mix of Gaelic and English, can be seen on: https://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/fbh/62935115

The library is now and free to access to all interested in the Jacobite era, as a one-stop shop for Jacobite books and research. It includes the Lole Papers which comprise the correspondence, papers and articles of the late F Peter Lole who served for many years as Editor of ‘The Jacobite’ and cover subjects such as Jacobite Glass, on which he was one of the world’s leading authorities..