Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to all who contributed material to this website and to those who gave permission for the material to be used. We would also like to thank the people who helped trace contributors and their families, and those who provided us with photographs and additional information about the songs and tunes.
We would also like to thank the Gazetteer for Scotland for permission to reproduce the map on the home page.
Photographs used in the service
Boy E1 3 6018
Eriskay
Photo: Werner Kissling, 1936
Copyright: School of Scottish Studies
Buildings AVIIIa 4
Orkney
Woman feeding chickens
Photo: Thomas Kent, Kirkwall late 19th century
Copyright: School of Scottish Studies
Croft AVIIIa 3691
Upper Stoneybrake, Fair Isle, Shetland
Couple leaning against building
Photo: Unknown c. 1900
Donated by George Watson Esq, 1959
Copyright: School of Scottish Studies
Horse Collar CI 3 a5 1739
Garrynamonie, South Uist
Carting peat-horse collar made of bent-grass
Photo: Werner Kissling, 1934
Copyright: School of Studies
Isle of Canna
Photo: unknown
Copyright: unknown
John Anderson & Fiddle NII 1a 8293
John Anderson of Burravoe, Yell, holding one of the fiddles made in Burravoe
by the Rev. Watson in the 19th century.
Photo: Peter Cooke, 1972
Copyright: School of Scottish Studies
Setting up Camp DIII 2 2123
Travellers in Lairg, Sutherland
Alex Stewart & family
Photo: Hamish Henderson, 1958
Walking the tweed, 1934
Photo: Werner Kissling, 1934
Copyright: School of Scottish Studies
Two women at a computer
Copyright: deanm1974- Fotolia.com
Three girls at a computer
Copyright: Monika Wisniewska- Fotolia.com
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