Events
Palaeography Group Online Workshop
Next online meeting is Monday 5th August 2024
Seminar series 2024-25
The Friends of the Argyll Papers are delighted to introduce a series of online seminars informed by research undertaken in the archive, to take place on Zoom. All seminars are scheduled for a Friday, at various start times to allow Friends around the world to participate.
Fri 4 Oct | 14:30 | Ronnie Black | |
John Dewar’s Diary: Keeping Shop and Making Stobs in Rosneath, 1844–52 | |||
Fri 8 Nov, AGM | 15:00 | Ed Sweeney The genetic signature of Dougall of Argyll & Lorne and his present-day male-line descendants | |
Fri 6 Dec | 19:30 | Caroline Anderson A Closer Look at the Bute Witchcraft Confessions | |
Fri 17 Jan | 14:30 | Paul Warde | |
Land, family and economic life in two nineteenth-century Tiree townships | |||
Fri 14 Feb | 14:30 | Katharina Pruente ‘Ita est Patricius Miller notarius publicus’: the earls of Argyll and their notaries in the sixteenth century | |
Fri 14 Mar | Kirsty McFarlane Title tbc (Coll) | ||
Fri 11 Apr | Juli Anderson Dear Duke, yours in haste, H. Campbell: the making of a genealogist extraordinaire. An examination of the genealogical techniques and methods employed by Captain Herbert Campbell in his development of the ‘Campbell Pedigrees’ through an examination of his thirty-year correspondence with Niall D. Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll. | ||
Fri 9 May | 19:30 | John Moore Title tbc (estate mapping across Scotland) | |
Fri 6 Jun | D-U Stiubhart | ||
Title tbc (J F Campbell and the Argyll family) | |||
Seminars are free for members of the Friends. Non-members are welcome to attend and are invited to make a donation of £5 per seminar. Book your place and receive joining instructions by emailing: friendsoftheargyllpapers@gmail.com
The Friends of the Argyll Papers are delighted to introduce a series of online seminars informed by research undertaken in the archive, to take place on Zoom. All seminars are scheduled for a Friday, at various start times to allow Friends around the world to participate.
Seminars will be delivered on the Zoom platform and will include a 45 minute presentation followed by 15 mins for Q & A.
Attendance at the Sessions is free for Friends. Non-members are welcome to attend and are invited to donate £5 per seminar to the Friends at Donate to Friends of the Argyll Papers (enthuse.com) before emailing to book a place.
Everyone who wishes to attend needs to book a place for the sessions by emailing: friendsoftheargyllpapers@gmail.com
For information on past seminars, please visit the Cache Page