Gaelic Society of Inverness (1871-:) (cultural society)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted drafts, correspondence, etc., c 1858-1934
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW487
Scope and Contents
A varied assortment of papers, much of it ethnographic and folklore material handwritten by Alexander Carmichael. Also includes: printer's copies of letters and symbols used in the Carmina Gadelica; printers proofs of Carmichael's work 'Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides', written for the Crofting Commission report, 1884; several complaints addressed to the Sheriff of the county of Inverness; assorted newspaper cuttings; ephemera from various events, such as the Gaelic...
Dates:
c 1858-1934
Note about the word 'Falcag' [common auk], March 1895
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/94
Scope and Contents
Note about the word 'Falcag' [common auk] which reads 'Falcag is used by Arch[ibal]d MacDonald Gille na Ciotaig in the story to Dr M[a]cLeod, Gaelic Society of Inverness Vol XII.'
Dates:
March 1895
The Carmichael-Watson Collection
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-97
Scope and Contents
The Carmichael-Watson Collection consists of papers belonging to the Reverend Alexander Cameron of Arran, Alexander Carmichael, civil servant and folklorist, Alexander MacBain of Inverness, and Professor William John Watson and his son James Carmichael Watson, along with books and papers belonging to the Reverend Charles Robertson of Jura, the Reverend Angus MacDonald, the Reverend Archibald MacDonald and the Reverend Father Allan McDonald of Eriskay. These include: invocations...
Dates:
18th century - mid 20th century
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- Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2
- Folklore 2
- Birds 1
- Calligraphy 1
- Celtic studies 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Coll Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Correspondence 1
- Crofters 1
- Folk songs 1
- Grammar 1
- Irish language 1
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Isle of Mull Argyllshire Scotland 1
- Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Jacobites 1
- Language 1
- Lectures and Lecturing 1
- Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland) 1
- Linguistics 1
- Mythology, Celtic 1
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Poetry 1
- Scottish Gaelic language 1
- Scottish Gaelic poetry 1
- St Kilda Inverness-shire Scotland 1
- Superstition 1
- Tales 1
- Topographics 1
- Vocabulary 1
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