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. < width="403">   

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	19:30	Kirsty McFarlane A Search for Campbell Connections on Coll For nearly 150 years from the 1670’s, the House of Argyll had a strong ownership presence on the isle of Coll and the Campbell name continued until 1949 with the death of the last of the local lairds, Colin Buchanan-Campbell.  As landowners of both ends of the island at Cornaig and Caolas, plus of a number of other holdings scattered within the MacLean of Coll estate, the Campbells must have exerted some influence over the life of the island and of their properties in particular.  And yet, it is almost impossible, in the amateur view of the presenter, to discover what investment or management took place under their direction during this time.
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 ‘Cataloguing the estate plans of Scotland: a project to list and record the pre-Ordnance Survey paper landscape’. Maps provide an immediate and comprehensible picture of past landscapes. For many local historians in a variety of disciplines, estate plans provide greater detail of place-names, ownership, locations and, on occasion, tenants’ names. However, despite the greater availability of digital images on several websites, the researcher is faced with a confused, variable and somewhat fragmented record of what has survived. This project sprang from a perceived need to update the standard Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Mapmakers when I realised that any revision needed to be based on what has survived. It soon became apparent that there is a far greater complexity and extent of surviving plans than has been accepted. This presentation will describe the project, provide details of what the listing aims to achieve and notes several of the problems faced in producing such a list.
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 £10 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 Page8th25