Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Dates
- Creation: 1864-1869
Language of Materials
Gaelic,English
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Extent
68 folios ; 20.5 x 16.5 cm
Arrangement
The items within this series are listed in the order in which they appear within the notebook.
Physical Location
CW107-121
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm: Mic.Dup.1146/6
- Archaeology
- Baleshare North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Biography
- Cemeteries
- Church Buildings
- Customs
- Fairies
- Family
- Fenian cycle
- Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland
- Laments
- Language
- Loss (of people or things)
- North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Poems
- Saints days
- Sniseabhal South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Songs
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland
- Tales
- Vatersay Inverness-shire Scotland
- Vocabulary
- Waulking songs
Subject
- MacAulay, Margaret, 1821-1881 (Person)
- MacDonald, Alexander, c1820-1894 (Person)
- MacDonald, Donald, 1862- (Person)
- MacDonald, Duncan, c1785-1873 (Person)
- MacDonald, Sir James, 1741-1766 (8th of Sleat | Marcellus of the North | Seumas Ruadh) (Person)
- MacIsaac, Janet, c1798-1882 (Person)
- MacMillan, Mary, c1825-1883 (domestic servant | Lionacuidhe | South Uist) (Person)
- Stewart, John, c1786-1867 (tenant | Baleshare | North Uist) (Person)
- Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender') (Person)
- Chisholm (travelling people) (Family)
- MacDonald (of Clanranald) (Family)
- MacDonald (of Sleat) (Family)
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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk