Scottish Life Archive Oral History Collection, National Museums Scotland (NMS).
Scope and Contents
A collection of oral history interviews that were mainly conducted by National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland/National Museums Scotland social history curators between 1968 and 2009, covering subjects relating to their collecting, research and exhibition priorities. Interviewees were either donors of artefacts to the collections or employees of a particular occupational group which curators were researching in order to enhance the information available about related artefacts in the collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2002.
Conditions Governing Access
The physical tapes and discs described here are held by the National Museums Scotland and are not available for consultation at the National Library of Scotland.
Extent
105 Sound recordings
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The original recordings were created on 28 compact cassettes, 34 open reels, and 43 minidiscs. These were digitised under the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project.
Other Finding Aids
Information about the creation and management of the original recordings may be available from the National Museums Scotland.
Custodial History
The tapes and discs were temporarily deposited in the National Library of Scotland to enable digitisation under the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Temporary deposit, 2018, by National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.
Existence and Location of Originals
National Museums Scotland, reference SLA.T.1968.1 – SLA.T.2019.3.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitised copies of the sound recordings are held by the National Museums Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library.
The copies at the British Library are available through its Sound and Moving Image (SAMI) catalogue (http://sami.bl.uk).
The copies held by the National Library of Scotland will become available in due course. Further information is available through the Moving Image and Sound Archive.
Source
- National Museum of Scotland (Organization)
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Sound Archive Repository