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Essays/articles

Various essays and articles collected by Roger Leitch. /1 "The Story of Williamstone - an Old Jacobite Home of Strathearn" /2 "A Highland Parish or the History of Fortingall" /3 "Errol: it's legends, lands and people" /4 "By the Shore of the Secret Area." /5 "Permanent European Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, collected papers, Denmark session 1979" /6 "Building Interpretation - the Cruck-Framed House at Lower Chamberbane, Strathtummel, Perthshire" /7 "Kilspindie Parish" /8 "Rhynd" /9 "Kinfauns" /10 "Glenlyon" /11 "Perth Harbour Past to Present" /12 Extract of Letter (1879) from William Smith to Thomas Moncrieff /13 "Dunkeld - an Ancient City" /14 Text about Balboughty with attached map /15 "Collace Parish" /16 "Folklore of Strathtay and Grandtully" /17 "The Bishopric" /18 "The Parish of Kilspindie" /19 Detailed notes on Cargill Parish

Logiealmond

Envelope with Logiealmond material. /1 Extract sheet with information about the living conditions. /2 Photocopy of Stobie's map of Perthshire 1783. /3 "Leadmore - Old Stories." /4 "Highland Girls." /5 "Flax - Growing etc. (Lint)." /6 "The Theif of Glenshee" /7 "Pre-historic Village near Shenval." /8 "Corrodie."

Newspaper Cuttings

Newspaper cuttings from various different newspapers. /1 "Weekend Review" /2 "Move to protect Macbeth tree that carries a curse." /3 "The Spirit of Sanity" in home front, spectrum.

Notes

Various notes collected by Roger Leitch /1 Photocopy of drawing of Conzie pack brig. /2 Information about Mr Kerr. /3 Letter from John Barker about expenses from a survey in Glen Lyon last summer. /4 A report of the lead mine at Glen Lyon view September 10th and 11th by Joseph Thompson. /5 Letter to Roger with attached pictures of stones with notes to them. /6 Notes on 4 stones in the garden of Balhomie house /7 Explanations to stones, settlements, etc. /8 The cross slab, Tom-na-h'eaglais at Strathtay. /9 Picture of cross slab Ctom-na-h'ak at Strathtay, Perthshire. /10 Field names - Dunbarney Parish. /11 List of fieldnames collected from Ewan Duncan, Greenhead farm. /12 "Fishing lodges, past and present". /13 List of place names from gravestones at Kinclaven kirkyard. /14 List of explanations/meaning of origins of names/places. /15 Essays about Glenquiach, Strathbraan and Amulree. /16 Information on the round tower. /17 Inventory of James McDuff, Salahil, Strathbaan, Perthshire. /18 Notes from Mackay MS, Sandeman Library, Perth. /19 Notes to be typed.

Photocopies of Maps

/1 Hallyburton Forest, Abernyte. /2 Perthshire, sheet XXXIX, second edition. /3 Perthshire, sheet LXXII, S.E., second edition. /4 Perthshire, sheet LXXIV, N.E., Coupar Angus. /5 Fieldmap No 1. Cargill Parish, Perthshire, sheet No. 13. /6 LXIV, 1st edition (1864), showing Strelitz wood, Burrelton. /7 Little Dunkeld. /8 Stanley; showing Obney hills, Waterloo, Bankfoot. /9 Heathery, Stackyard field, Quarry field. /10 Glen Lochan, Glen Almond. /11 Pindie. /12 Kilspindie CP. /13 Adoes. /14 Caputh. /15 Area of Logierait.

Roger Leitch Oral History Transcriptions

  • MS 70
  • Collection
  • 1924 - 2014
Volumes of transcription of sound recording by Roger W. Leitch, School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University.

Roger Leitch

Transcription of sound recordings Volume 5

Transcript of interviews from people living and working in the countryside in the Perthshire, Perth, Gourdon areas and elsewhere in Scotland. The interviews discuss childhood life on a farm, instuctions on how to carry out farm jobs such as butter making and the working day of a farm maid.
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