Library – Detroit Scots / St. Andrew's Society of Detroit

The Charles S. Low Memorial Library is one of the largest private libraries in the country, dedicated to preserving Scottish history, customs, music, literature, and promoting genealogical studies. It contains over 1,900 books (some dating back to the early 1800’s), audio and visual material, our Society Archives and is the home of the Scottish Genealogical Collection. The Library also sponsors Scottish lectures and presentations.

The Library’s mission is to support the Society’s goals by collecting, preserving and making available material and presentations that encourage the love of Scotland through its history, customs, music and literature in a Setting worthy of its members.

Goals to implement the mission statement:

Conservation of Material
Safe Guarding of Material
Securing for Future Generations

Library Brochure

2018 Oral History Project

In 2018, several of our members were interviewed to share their memories of the Society.

When you click the button below, a link will be opened in a new tab to begin listening to the audio file.

Here is the Oral History for Dennis Clements, Chairperson of the Library Committee.

Dennis Clements Interview

Our previously published interviews:

Steve Nesbitt Interview Mary Lou Duncan Interview Randall Cain Interview Peg Dunlop Interview David Martin Interview Ian Hunter Interview

Ron Cunningham Interview George Boyd Interview John Thomson Interview Bob Giles Interview Cathy Hasse Interview Scott David Interview

Library Catalogue

Books

Magazines

Audio Visual

Scottish Genealogical Collection

Books

Forms

Links

Support

Programs

Upcoming Events – Watch for new events here!

Past Events

Past Programs

Saturday, May 4, 2019 – Getting Started: A Genealogy Seminar

Genealogy Seminar

November 15th – A Night with Outlander

Clans Collection

Participating Clan Crests and Websites

Printable Lists:

Clans Crests

Clan Websites

Society Archives

The Burton Library Archives

Friends of the Library

What & How to Donate

Friends of the Library

About Us

The Library is located within the Kilgour Scottish Centre, Home of the St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit.

Address:
2363 Rochester Road, Troy, MI 48083

Email:
library@detroitscots.com

Hours:
The 3^rd Saturday of every month. We invite you to drop in from 10:30 to 2:30 PM pm or by appointment.
The 2^nd & 4^th Thursdays from 10:30 to 2:30 PM
Also by appointment.

Library Staff:
Julie Bartoy, Maryann Clark, Marge Cowan, Sharon Cross, Nancy Fromm, Irene Hall, Stuart Kennedy, Cathy McCullough Les, Teri Mango, Malcolm McKinnon, Nancy Waters, Dick Fromm (Honorary Member), Linda Davenport (Contributor), Eliott MacFarlane (Contributor), and Dennis Clements (Chair).