Scottish Life Archive Oral History Collection, National Museums Scotland (NMS).

Collection

Identifier: UNLS007

Staff Only

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

Additional Description

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.