THE JIMMY LOGAN COLLECTION
“He left his collection to us when he died in 2001. We also have the archives of his sister, Annie Ross, the jazz singer, which includes a letter from Barack Obama congratulating her on being given Jazz Masters recognition. Jimmy was the nephew of Broadway star Ella Logan, who was the second Scot to make it big in America after Harry Lauder, so we have a lot of Harry and Ella’s material here as well, as part of Jimmy’s collection. Jimmy’s big red book from This Is Your Life gives away a TV secret. People always wondered what was inside it. Well, the answer is nothing. It’s blank and was filled afterwards with photos taken on the night. His is signed by Eamonn Andrews, the show’s presenter at the time.”