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Donibristle chapel and family vault, Fife [Trove ] Ordnance Survey Book entry: Donibristle House, circa 1840: 8 April 1858, Glasgow Courier: 26 May 1859, Fifeshire Journal: 27 March 1895, Perthshire … Continue reading Temple to Time & Eternity
The Trove archive is a wonderful resource. As a visual artist I am a regular visitor! I have recently been exploring The Scotsman images on Trove. I share below some … Continue reading Glasgow: TROVE photographs
The Trove archive is a wonderful resource. As a visual artist I am a regular visitor! I have recently been exploring The Scotsman images on Trove. I share below some … Continue reading Edinburgh: TROVE photographs
In the Trove archive ‘the key to Scotland’s past‘ is a diary of a whaling journal. Trove provides this introduction to the diary: ‘Whaling was very important in the 18C … Continue reading Diary of a whaling voyage
The TROVE archive for Scotland contains three volumes of hand written diaries by James Davidson of Edington Hill. The TROVE archive had not identified the diarist or recorded information about … Continue reading Volume II: Edington Hill
In the Scotsman of last week I read that the University of Edinburgh has made it’s archive open to all [as a work in progress]: I have found myself getting … Continue reading Playfair
This short film is based on the photography of St Kilda by Robert Atkinson. Robert Atkinson’s visits to St Kilda were interrupted by a world war. The School of Scottish … Continue reading ‘Is our island told in books?’
In the Scotsman of last week I read that the University of Edinburgh has made it’s archive open to all [as a work in progress]: I have found myself getting … Continue reading Playfair