SSSA in 70 Objects: Psalm 118 to ‘Coleshill’ TAGS: Gaelic | Pslam | SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Murdina and Effie MacDonald, Psalm 118 to ‘Coleshill’ Fieldworker: Thorkild Knudsen Reference: SA1965.031 Link to recording on Tobar an Dualchais Response: Clare Button Visiting the Isle of Lewis with my …Continue reading →

SSSA In 70 Objects: The Pictish Arts Society Written by Stuart McHardy In 1988 the School of Scottish Studies began to host gatherings of the Pictish Arts Society, both its committee meetings and its public lectures. The Society, …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Hò Ro Gur Toigh Leinn Anna  TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Peigi Anndra MacRae, Mairi Anndra MacRae  Fieldworker: Donald Archie MacDonald  Reference: SA1964.062  Link: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/104487 Response: Dr Alison Mayne  It’s extremely hard for me to pick one object from the School of Scottish Studies Archives.  I …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects : A bird living in one of the houses on St Kilda, 1938 Chosen by Stephen Willis, Library Assistant, Centre for Research Collections. On 29th August 1930, the island of St Kilda was evacuated due to its remote location and a dwindling population. …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig recordings by Rev. William Matheson The Words and the Tunes by Dr Anja Gunderloch Back in the mists of time, in the second year of my undergraduate degree, the highlight of my week was the …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Òganaich Dhuinn a Rinn M’ Fhàgail TAGS: Gaelic | SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Barra Waulking Women Fieldworker: Thorkild Knudsen Reference: SA1965.109.004 Response: Louise Scollay I have a lifelong love – some might say obsession –  of textiles and craft and often this …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Borders Ba’ Games TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects ‘They do it yet!’: The surprise of Borders ba’. Dr Emily Lyle When I was talking with an old man in Denholm about customs, I had been reading about the …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: The Barnyards o’ Delgaty TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Enoch Kent Fieldworker: Hamish Henderson Reference: SA1954.33.a6 Link to the song on Tobar an Dualchais: http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/30120 Response by: Robert Fell This Bothy ballad – rendered beautifully here by Enoch Kent in …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects : The reflections of the windows in the stairwell of 29 George Square TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects Response: Louise Scollay, Archive and Library Assistant, SSSA I have always had a love affair with these windows, or moreso the scene they project on to the wall. When I …Continue reading →

Meet the Team TAGS: Meet the Team It is a pleasure to bring the SSSA blog into the world and given that this is our 70th Anniversary it would seem that introductions are long overdue. Fran Baseby, …Continue reading →