Edina
About this Organisation
Part of the University of Edinburgh's Information Services, Edina's work includes bibliographic databases, geospatial services and cultural resources.
We provide the Statistical Accounts of Scotland online service, giving access to parish reports authored by local ministers in the 1790s and 1840s.
Tobar an Dualchais website contains several thousand hours of Gaelic and Scots recordings. A wealth of material such as folklore, songs, music, history, poetry, traditions and stories is available. The material has been collected from all over Scotland and beyond from the 1930s onwards.
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Contacts
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Mrs Vivienne Mayo
Learning and Support Officer
edina@ed.ac.uk
Tel: 0131 650 3302
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| Title | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Statistical Accounts of Scotland |
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online provides access to digitised and fully searchable versions of both the Old Statistical Account (1791-99) and the New Statistical Account (1834-45). These uniquely rich and detailed parish reports, written by Church of Scotland ministers, detail social conditions in Scotland and are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Scottish ... read more |
Primary, Online/Digitised, Maps, Catalogued, Artefacts |
| Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches |
Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches is a collaborative project which has been set up to preserve, digitise, catalogue and make available online several thousand hours of Gaelic and Scots recordings. This website contains a wealth of material such as folklore, songs, music, history, poetry, traditions, stories and other information. The material has been collected from all over Scotland and beyond ... read more |
Primary, Secondary, Online/Digitised, Oral, Sound, Catalogued |
Please note that links to websites and catalogues are provided by the Organisations listed and not maintained by Scottish Local History Forum.