* Did you know that Edinburgh’s citizens were gripped by terror in the wake of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, and that the authorities began recording the movement of Edinburgh’s so-called “aliens”?
* Did you know that aliens visited West Lothian again in the 1970’s, during the highest period of extra-terrestrial sightings in the UK’s history?
* Did you know that the Midlothian Archives hold a Dalkeith Doctor’s travel diary written in the last phases of the British Raj?
* Did you know that one of the heroes of the 1854 ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ lived in Dunbar, East Lothian?
The Lothian Lives project is a joint initiative of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian council archives. The project is part of a U.K. wide archives awareness campaign and aims to shine a light on the rich holdings of local council archive collections. Funded by the Scottish Council on Archives, the project is the first time council archives in Edinburgh and the Lothians have worked together to bring Scottish archives to life using the web.
For more information on the above stories and to discover lots more visit us at www.lothianlives.org.uk
Kind regards,
Frances
Frances Woodrow Archivist
Library & Museum HQ Dunbar Road Haddington EH41 3PJ
01620 828229
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Monday, 14 September 2009
Strathclyde University Archives has moved!
The University Archives has moved from its cramped quarters in the McCance Building to join forces with the University Library’s Special Collections Department in a light and spacious area on level 5 of the University Library. The new combined department, called Archives and Special Collections, comprises the archives of the University and its antecedent institutions from 1796, other important archive collections and the Library’s collections of rare books. The new facility, which was formally opened by the Principal, Professor Jim McDonald, on 29th May, now offers users the chance to consult the archives and rare books together in a bright and comfortable reading room. New facilities include plenty of laptop places and tables for group or individual research.
Our new address is:
Archives and Special Collections
Andersonian Library
University of Strathclyde
101 St James' Road
Glasgow G4 0NS
Tel: 0141 548 2497
Email: archives@strath.ac.uk
URL: http://www.strath.ac.uk/archives
All visitors are welcome!
Victoria Peters
Strathclyde University Archivist
Our new address is:
Archives and Special Collections
Andersonian Library
University of Strathclyde
101 St James' Road
Glasgow G4 0NS
Tel: 0141 548 2497
Email: archives@strath.ac.uk
URL: http://www.strath.ac.uk/archives
All visitors are welcome!
Victoria Peters
Strathclyde University Archivist
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
New online resource: GUAS - International Archives Day
To celebrate International Archives Day, University of Glasgow Archive Services has launched a new online resource highlighting the international scope and reputation of the University and its archive collections.
Through the collections map, users can gain an appreciation of the impact of Scottish businesses on the development of the world economy and the influence that University of Glasgow, its staff and students have had on the history and development of many countries.
Archive Services staff have selected a number of highlights from the collections for the launch on International Archives Day. The digitised archives give a fascinating insight into a broad range of activities, from geological surveys in Antarctica and Iran to zoological expeditions in South America and medical service in Nigeria; the building of ships and locomotives for service in China, Japan and New Zealand and management of international shipping; the export of sugar machinery to Mauritius and Java, and of beer to Burma, Malta and Australia; and the running of branches and mills in India, Romania, Malawi and Canada. Each entry gives a tantalizing taste of what is available in the wider collection, into which users are welcome to delve.
The collections map can be found at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/collections/internationalarchiveday/.
Please do have a look!
Clare Paterson
Assistant Archivist (Scottish Business Archive)
Through the collections map, users can gain an appreciation of the impact of Scottish businesses on the development of the world economy and the influence that University of Glasgow, its staff and students have had on the history and development of many countries.
Archive Services staff have selected a number of highlights from the collections for the launch on International Archives Day. The digitised archives give a fascinating insight into a broad range of activities, from geological surveys in Antarctica and Iran to zoological expeditions in South America and medical service in Nigeria; the building of ships and locomotives for service in China, Japan and New Zealand and management of international shipping; the export of sugar machinery to Mauritius and Java, and of beer to Burma, Malta and Australia; and the running of branches and mills in India, Romania, Malawi and Canada. Each entry gives a tantalizing taste of what is available in the wider collection, into which users are welcome to delve.
The collections map can be found at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/collections/internationalarchiveday/.
Please do have a look!
Clare Paterson
Assistant Archivist (Scottish Business Archive)
Friday, 29 May 2009
NCA Volunteering in Archives
The National Council on Archives has published their report on volunteering in the archive sector. This is the outcome of a survey carried out earlier this year of volunteers to “celebrate and re-investigate the role of volunteering in the archive sector.” The report is available from the NCA website and provides an insight into why people volunteer, what the benefits are, the procedures different archives use and several case studies.
The Ballast Trust , is the only Scottish case study in the report. The Ballast Trust is a small charitable organisation based in Johnstone which processes technical archives (shipbuilding, railway and engineering plans and photographs) for other archive repositories. We rely heavily on the work of our volunteers and without them it would be very difficult for us to make sense of the material we work with. Because of the unique nature of the Trust’s operations and our use of volunteers with highly specialised knowledge we provided a good example of the benefits of matching specialist records with the appropriate specialist expertise to understand them. To find out more, please read the report or visit our website.
Kiara King
Assistant Archivist (Ballast Trust)
The Ballast Trust , is the only Scottish case study in the report. The Ballast Trust is a small charitable organisation based in Johnstone which processes technical archives (shipbuilding, railway and engineering plans and photographs) for other archive repositories. We rely heavily on the work of our volunteers and without them it would be very difficult for us to make sense of the material we work with. Because of the unique nature of the Trust’s operations and our use of volunteers with highly specialised knowledge we provided a good example of the benefits of matching specialist records with the appropriate specialist expertise to understand them. To find out more, please read the report or visit our website.
Kiara King
Assistant Archivist (Ballast Trust)
Friday, 15 May 2009
Securing the Future Award for Perth & Kinross Family History Services
At Perth & Kinross Council's "Securing the Future Awards" at Perth Concert Hall last night Family History Services received a silver award as one of the shortlisted submissions in the "Improving Services through Partnership" category. To our delight we then received the prestigious Provost's Award as his choice from all the entries shortlisted under five categories.
The project has involved staff from Perth & Kinross Council Archive, Local Studies, Registration Services, Bereavement Services, Arts & Heritage and the Black Watch Museum. One of the major achievements has been the publication of Keekin for Kin - Researching your Family History in Perth and Kinross. There is also a Genealogy Group representing all the partners which organises events like the Family History Days we have held in recent years.
If anyone wants to see Keekin for Kin they can access a pdf from this link:
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/00841355-EBDD-4692-B8B6-6FF8ED21436A/0/FAMILYHISTORYA5.pdf
Steve Connelly
Archivist
Perth & Kinross Council Archive
The project has involved staff from Perth & Kinross Council Archive, Local Studies, Registration Services, Bereavement Services, Arts & Heritage and the Black Watch Museum. One of the major achievements has been the publication of Keekin for Kin - Researching your Family History in Perth and Kinross. There is also a Genealogy Group representing all the partners which organises events like the Family History Days we have held in recent years.
If anyone wants to see Keekin for Kin they can access a pdf from this link:
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/00841355-EBDD-4692-B8B6-6FF8ED21436A/0/FAMILYHISTORYA5.pdf
Steve Connelly
Archivist
Perth & Kinross Council Archive
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