RGH4/109/1/1

Tormore Distillery, Advie, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire. Correspondence between office of Richardson and Houfe and Alex Cullen, Ronald Cowan, contractors and client, Strathclyde and Long John Distilleries Ltd.

August 1957-28 September 1960

From: 1957 To: 1960

Contains matters related to construction of Distillery including operational details and costs; invitation to Richardson to become an Honorary President of the Art Society of Inverness (5 December 1957); mentions drawing of Distillery for Royal Academy nearly ready (15 January 1958); acceptance by Kelvingrove Art Gallery of water colour of Scottish scene by Richardson (14 July 1959); mentions Hamilton bequest to purchase Sir Gerald Kelly’s painting of Ralph Vaughan Williams for Glasgow Art Gallery and that things at Tormore progressing well for the opening in May having already produced 10,000 gallons of whisky (2 December 1959) Also newspaper cutting detailing building of village and Distillery and two black and white photographs showing corner of partially built building (n.d. [November 1957]).

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