The Scottish Records Association and the Scottish Association of Country House Archivists are holding a two-part conference on estate, household and family papers in private and public ownership and their use in historical and other types of research. This is the second event which will take place at the Soutar Theatre, Perth, and will look at wider country house collections, including correspondence and household papers and libraries. For further details please see https://www.scottishrecordsassociation.org/conference

Friday 15 November 2024. Soutar Theatre, A K Bell Library, Perth, and online

Speakers:
Professor Annie Tindley, Head of School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Newcastle
Working with and for community benefit in estate archives

Kelsey Jackson Williams, Associate Professor in English Studies, University of Stirling
Scottish Country House Libraries: Undiscovered Treasures

Daryl Green, Head of Heritage Collections and Co-Director of the Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh
Rewriting Scottish Book History in the Country House Library

Ingrid Thomson, Archivist, Glamis Castle
Women of Glamis: Privilege and Privation

Rachel Beattie, Curator, land and sport, National Library of Scotland
Women and sport in the estate papers at the National Library of Scotland

Ellen Engseth, Curator of Immigration History Research Center Archives and Head of Migration and Social Services Collections, University of Minnesota
Archival theory and other visitors to a country house

Tessa Spencer, Head of Outreach and Learning, National Records of Scotland
The Balfour legacy: exploring the papers of the Balfour of Whittingehame family, Earls of Balfour

The conference is expected to run (approximately) between 10:00 and 16:30 UK time. Final programme and details of lunch arrangements will be sent later to those booking or registering an interest in attending the conference. The presentations will be delivered at the Soutar Theatre and simultaneously online via Zoom. Delegates can attend either at the Soutar Theatre or online. The conference fee is the same.