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November 7, 2024
Witchcraft, Waulking & Will-o’-the-Wisps – Exploring the Maclagan Manuscripts TAGS: Bookeye | Dr Robert Craig Maclagan | folklore | Gaelic | Light Sheet | Maclagan Manuscripts | Paper Manufacturing | scanning | School of Scottish Studies Archives | Scotland | SSSA | Watermarks | West Highlands Have you ever been stuck for a good nursery rhyme to tell your kids? Or needed a cure for a headache that just will not go away? Or perhaps you’ve found …Continue reading →
The School of Scottish Studies Archives in Light Festival TAGS: School of Scottish Studies Archives On Saturday, 22 August, the School of Scottish Studies Archives (SSSA) will be celebrated in a day-long online festival event hosted by the Celtic and Scottish Studies department. Curated by …Continue reading →
For the love of Gaelic (and everything else Scottish). TAGS: ethnology | Gaelic | pop up library | School of Scottish Studies Archives | Scottish Studies The School of Scottish Studies Archives holds: over 30,000 sound recordings 320 film / video items over 50,000 images manuscript collections As part of the University’s Gaelic Week programme of …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...