{"id":3496,"date":"2020-08-20T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2020-08-20T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T17:00:29","slug":"new-to-the-library-scottish-nationalist-leaflets-1844-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2020\/08\/20\/new-to-the-library-scottish-nationalist-leaflets-1844-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Library: Scottish nationalist leaflets, 1844-1973"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the database Scottish nationalist leaflets, 1844-1973<\/strong> from British Online Archives. This digital primary source database collects together pamphlets relating to Scottish nationalism printed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) and their predecessors.<\/p>\n

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You can access Scottish nationalist leaflets, 1844-1973 via the Digital Primary Source and Archive Collections guide<\/strong><\/a> and the Databases A-Z list<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The items in this database contain research and policy proposals for how an independent Scotland might manage financially. They also contain both a pamphlet of nationalist songs and a history of the nationalist movement which was printed in 1853. The idea of using of oil wealth to support an independent Scotland can be traced back to the 1970s. Questions about how the European Union might affect independence also date back to these papers.<\/p>\n

Scottish national leaflets, 1844-1973<\/strong> is made up of 5 volumes containing 10,339 pages of primary source material. The 5 volumes are:<\/p>\n