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 →

Celebrating a 70th Anniversary Acquisition! TAGS: Archives | coal mining | Fife | Fishing | Glasgow | Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert | Longannet Colliery | Mining | North Sea | Paddy's Market | photography | School of Scottish Studies Archive | Scotland | SSSA | sssa at 70 Earlier this year, the School of Scottish Studies Archive and the Centre for Research Collections teamed up with renowned Scottish photographer, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, to add a landmark collection of photos …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: 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 →

SSSA in 70 Objects: A Seer Saw a Full-Rigged Ship TAGS: archive in 70 objects | sssa at 70 | SSSA in 70 Objects Response by Gill Russell, Artist   Material from the archives of the  School of Scottish Studies forms a central part of South West by South, An t-Eilean Fada, The Long Island: A Poetic …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: A Superstar TAGS: sssa at 70 | SSSA Staff Ian MacKenzie: More of a superstar than an object,  but very much SSSA. by Caroline Milligan [i] From dozens of ideas on my ‘What shall I write about for my …Continue reading →

Upcoming Events Celebrating SSSA at 70 TAGS: EIF | event | sssa at 70 As part of our ongoing celebrations for our 70th Anniversary, we are delighted to announce some events which are coming up in August. Fieldwork & Creative Engagement: Oral History of …Continue reading →