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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW111

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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. Of the ninety-three folios in the notebook, only twenty-two have been used.

Dates: 14 November 1873 to 10 April 1875

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...

Dates: c1868 to 16 June 1876

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g

Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael and used by both him and another user, probably a family member. The most notable item relates to his son Eoghan leaving home for Africa. Items written by the other user appear to be quotations in preparation for a piece of written work. There are a number of quotations and sayings copied by Carmichael himself and a good number of names and addresses of people, probably all Gaels, living in Glasgow or Edinburgh, some of whom are noted as having...

Dates: 1893

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Names: Beaton (or Paton | medical practitioners | South Uist) 1; Boyd, Mary, c1844-1915 1; Brendan, Saint (the Elder) 1; Bride, Saint, c453-525 (Kildare) 1; Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) 1; Carmichael, Eon Kenneth, 1872-1926 ([Eoghan] | son of Alexander Carmichael folklorist and antiquarian) 1; Carmichael, Mary Frances, c1843-1928 1; Catholic Church. Roman Catholic Church (c100-) 1; Columba, Saint, c 521-?597 (monastic founder | Calum Cille) 1; Ferguson, Mary, c1825-1909 (domestic servant | Cladach a' Bhaile Shear | North Uist) 1; MacAulay (of Brenish | Isle of Lewis) 1; MacAulay, Angus, c1720- (or Aeneas | son of Rev Aulay MacAulay | Isle of Harris) 1; MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) 1; MacAulay, Aulay, Rev, 1673-1758 (minister | Isle of Harris) 1; MacAulay, Kenneth, Rev, 1723-1779 (minister | Cawdor | Nairnshire) 1; MacDonald (Milton | South Uist) 1; MacDonald (of Boisdale | South Uist) 1; MacDonald (of Clanranald) 1; MacDonald (of Sleat) 1; MacDonald, Alexander, 1698-1768 1; MacDonald, Donald, -c1650 1; MacDonald, Donald, c1893 (Donald mac Alasdair ic Iain Ruaidh | Calton | Glasgow) 1; MacDonald, Donald, fl1546 1; MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite) 1; MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Malacleit | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 1; MacInnes, Christina or Chirsty, c1807-1894 1; MacIntosh, Margaret, c1828-1883 1; MacLellan, Penelope, 1796-1873 1; MacLeod (of Berneray) 1; MacLeod (of Lewis) 1; MacLeod, Flora, -1886 (Fionnaghal | Staoinebrig | South Uist) 1; MacMhuirich (hereditary bards of Clanranald) 1; MacMillan, Mary, c1825-1883 (domestic servant | Lionacuidhe | South Uist) 1; MacNeil (of Barra) 1; MacNeil, Marion, 1843-1927 1; MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 1; MacPhee, Ann, 1847-1905 (or Ann MacKinnon | wife of Archibald MacKinnon, crofter | Carnan | South Uist) 1; MacPhee, Donald, c1816-1869 1; Morrison, John, c1811-1888 (ground officer | Lingreabhagh | Isle of Harris) 1; Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Royal Regiment of Foot (1633?2006) 1; Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender') 1; Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company. Wheeler and Wilson Company (1852-1907) 1; Wylie, John, c1600 (Fife settler | Stornoway | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) 1