Description | Collection of papers (mainly copies) and photographs relating to Dr James Hastings (1852 - 1922), minister of St Cyrus U.F. Church.
Much of the material concerns a patchwork bedspread presented to Dr Hastings on his retirement in 1911 by his congregation; in 2003 this bedspread was presented by Prudence Kennard to Aberdeen Art Gallery. Photographs of the illuminated presentation volume and of a plan of the bedspread are included, together with Mrs Kennard's correspondence regarding the donation of the bedspread other original and photocopied material concerning Dr Hastings' career.
2003 and undated
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