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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

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...

Dates: 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Subject: An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1; Archaeology 1; Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Birds 1; Caisteal Bhuirgh Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Cattle 1; Cladach Chirceboist North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Coasts 1; Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Disputes 1; Drowning 1; Fishing 1; Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Genealogy 1; Geology 1; Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Houses 1; Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Liniclate Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Losgaintir Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Love 1; Lullabies 1; Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Murder 1; Names 1; Nisishee Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Paibeil Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Plants 1; Poems 1; Protection 1; Rocks 1; Saints 1; Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1; South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Stones 1; Taobh Tuath Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Teampull na Trionaid North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Udal North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Uidh Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Warriors 1; Waulking songs 1; Wells 1
Names: Boyd, Mary, c1844-1915 1; Campbell (of Taransay) 1; Campbell, Ann (nian Dhonil ic Iain Oig | composer of the song 'Ailean Duinn') 1; Campbell, Kenneth, Captain (of Uidh | Taransay | and Rodel | Isle of Harris) 1; Catholic Church. Roman Catholic Church (c100-) 1; Ferguson, Mary, c1825-1909 (domestic servant | Cladach a' Bhaile Shear | North Uist) 1; Free Church of Scotland (1843-:) 1; Mac Onail, Uisdean 1; MacAulay (of Brenish | Isle of Lewis) 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; MacDonald (Milton | South Uist) 1; MacDonald (of Balranald) 1; MacDonald, Alexander, Sir, c1740-1795 1; MacDonald, Alexander, c1850 (Aladsair na h-Aibhne | Cladach Chirceboist | North Uist | Inverness-shire | Scotland) 1; MacDonald, Donald, -c1650 1; MacDonald, Donald, fl1546 1; MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 (Jacobite) 1; MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Mairead nighean Aonghais Duinn | Gearraidh Iain | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 1; MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Malacleit | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 1; MacDonald, Mary, c1800-1883 (farmer's wife | Paible House | Taransay | Inverness-shire) 1; MacDonald, Ranald, c1834-1913 (sheep farmer | Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland) 1; MacInnes, Christina or Chirsty, c1807-1894 1; MacIntosh, Margaret, c1828-1883 1; MacIsaac, Janet, c1798-1882 1; MacKinnon, John, fl1871 (Cairinis | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 1; MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893 1; MacLellan, Penelope, 1796-1873 1; MacLeod (of Berneray) 1; MacLeod (of Dunvegan) 1; MacLeod (of Harris) 1; MacLeod (of Lewis) 1; MacLeod, Hector, c1788- (Eachann mac Dhomhnaill ic Mhurchaidh ic Neill ic Coinnich ic Iain ic Ruaraidh ic Thormaid ic Uilleim ic Thorcail ic Leoid | Liniclate | Benbecula | Inverness-shire) 1; MacMhuirich (hereditary bards of Clanranald) 1; MacMillan, Mary, c1825-1883 (domestic servant | Lionacuidhe | South Uist) 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; MacQueen (Orasaigh | North Uist) 1; MacQueen, Mor, c1778-1880 (or Marion | nurse | Taransay | Inverness-shire | Scotland) 1; MacRae, Mary, c1790-1879 (dairymaid) 1; MacRury, Archibald, fl1870 (Balivanich | Benbecula | Inverness-shire) 1; National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (1780-1999) 1; Royal High School (1128-) 1; Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Royal Regiment of Foot (1633?2006) 1; Seaforth Highlanders. 72nd Highlanders (1778-1881) 1; Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender') 1; University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 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; mac Coiseam 1