Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW105
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing proverbs; Fenian tales; stories about shipwrecks; Roderick Morison 'An Clàrsair Dall' and his father John Morison tacksman of Bragar; the Beaton family; and about sea-faring; notes about islands in the Sound of Harris; and a small amount of vocabulary.
Dates
- 1864-1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
92 folios ; 20.1 x 16.4 cm
Arrangement
This notebook was used starting from both the back and the front. Items within this series have been listed from folio 1 to folio 48 and then from folio 92 to folio 55. Line numbers will be given for folios 92-55 following the direction of text but folio side will remain unchanged.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm: Mic.Dup.1146/6
- Biography
- Fenian cycle
- Fossils
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland
- Language
- Morison, John, fl1630-1708 (tacksman | Bragar | Isle of Lewis)
- Morison, Roderick, fl1656-1714
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Poetry
- Proverbs
- Sea faring
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
Creator
- From the Fonds: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) (Person)
- From the Fonds: Watson, William John, 1865-1948 (Professor of Celtic) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk