SSSA in 70 Objects: Together Forever TAGS: Rab Noakes Rab Noakes in the Edgar Ashton Collection   We were very sad to learn that Scottish singer songwriter Rab Noakes passed away last month, aged 75. Rab was a leading …Continue reading →

Halloween Divination in our Sound Collection Today is Halloween and – placing pumpkins and trick-or-treating (as we know it today) firmly to one side for now – this is the day on which we traditionally mark …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Embracing the Unknown – A musician’s response to Bob Hobkirk’s Unknown Air TAGS: SSSA. creative re-use Today we are delighted to have a post from Carla Michal Sayer, who used material from The School of Scottish Studies Archives in her work for the Situated Place art …Continue reading →

An exciting year for Queering the Archive TAGS: LGBT+ History | LGBTQ+ | QTA | Queer History | Queer Theory | Queering The Archive This year saw the development of the Queering the Archive initiative as part of our 70th Anniversary. Join Elliot as he takes you through an exploration of the initiative as …Continue reading →

Voices, Voices, Voices! Fieldwork, Creative Practice and The School of Scottish Studies TAGS: conversation | fieldwork | sssa at 70 Written by Louise Scollay, Archive & Library Assistant   Back in August, we held an online seminar and Q&A with Dr Hugh Hagan, Martine Robertson and Hannah Wood where they …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Photograph of Sorley Maclean and Ian Paterson TAGS: archive in 70 objects | Gaelic | Ian Paterson | Somhairle MacGill-Eain | Sorley Maclean | sssa at 70     This week saw the 110th anniversary of the birth of Raasay poet Sorley MacLean (26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) and so today’s blog is a great …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Filling the Creative Well: A Tribute to Joan W. Clark TAGS: archive in 70 objects | Manuscript at 70 | SSSA | SSSA in 70 Objects Manuscript: The Joan Clark Collection Response by: Elaine MacGillivray   Out of a thousand possible options, I have chosen to respond to the manuscript collection of Scottish botanist Joan W. …Continue reading →

Remembering Maurice Fleming TAGS: Mauric Fleming | tocher Staff, colleagues and friends of the School of Scottish Studies Archives were very sad to hear of the passing of Maurice Fleming in August last year.  David Fleming, Maurice’s son, …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Cassette of Annie Arnott Recordings TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects | sssaa   Recently this object was received back to SSSA. The tape contains several recordings of Gaelic songs performed by Mrs Annie Arnott, of Skye. Born and raised in Linicro, in …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Nagra III TAGS: archive in 70 objects | sssa at 70 by Stuart Robinson, AV Technician at SSSA   It was hard to pick a single object from our extensive collection of historic equipment to speak about in this article. I …Continue reading →