The Carrying Stream Flows On: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies

Bob Chambers; John Randall; Margaret A. Mackay; Cailean Maclean; Timothy Neat; Cathlin Macaulay; Hugh Cheape; Morag MacLeod; Katherine Campbell; Doreen Waugh; Eileen Brooke-Freeman; Ríonach uí Ógáin; Terry Gunnell; Carl Lindahl

doi:10.2218/ED.9781907443404

The Carrying Stream Flows On: Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of the School of Scottish Studies

Authors

Bob Chambers (ed)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404

Keywords:

Scottish Studies, Scotland, Scottish

Synopsis

The School of Scottish Studies came into being at the University of Edinburgh in 1951 as a research unit dedicated to ‘the study and conservation of the folk culture of Scotland’ when Professor Angus McIntosh was enabled to turn a vision which he and others had long held into reality. In that year Calum Iain Maclean was seconded from the Irish Folklore Commission to continue his collecting in Scotland, while other pioneers such as Hamish Henderson and Alan Lomax were also beginning the monumental task of systematically recording the rich oral culture of Scotland in Scots and Gaelic. The School of Scottish Studies Archives, now located in Celtic and Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University, continue as a dynamic and inspiring resource for all with an interest in Scotland and her cultural heritage, a treasure-house of sound recordings and photographs from Shetland to the Borders, from the Western Isles to Buchan, supported by an outstanding research library and other materials. The contributions brought together in this volume are based on talks given at a conference organised by the Islands Book Trust in association with the University of Edinburgh in August 2011 to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the School.

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Copyright

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

John Randall

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The First Sixty Years of the School of Scottish Studies

Margaret A. Mackay

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Kindling Ancient Memory / a’ beothachadh na cuimhne aosda

Cailean Maclean

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Hamish Henderson – the Art and Politics of a Folklorist

Timothy Neat

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Shetland and the School of Scottish Studies

Cathlin Macaulay

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‘Cuir siud sa’ Ghàidhlig’: toradh na h-obrach aig Fear Chanaigh

Hugh Cheape

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Gaelic Song

Morag MacLeod

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.6

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The Scottish Tradition Series: Impact and Community

Katherine Campbell

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.7

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Collection of Place-Names from Oral Sources

Doreen Waugh

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Shetland Place Names Project

Eileen Brooke-Freeman

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.9

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Irish Links and Perspectives

Ríonach uí Ógáin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.10

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The Significance of the Work and Collections of the School of Scottish Studies from a Scandinavian Perspective

Terry Gunnell

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.11

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The School of Scottish Studies, an Island Community

Carl Lindahl

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781907443404.12

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