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New poetry book - ‘Love in Human Herts’
‘Love in Human Herts’, a new publication celebrating Vagaland’s finest poetry has been launched today by the Shetland Amenity ...
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The funny story behind some of Lerwick's street names
In the 1880s Lerwick was changing rapidly. As the great herring fishery of that era developed, there were new streets, and potential ...
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National Poetry Day
To celebrate National Poetry Day we asked assistant archivist (and poet) Mark Smith to uncover a hidden gem from the archives. This ...
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Shetland Museum and Archives Launches New Online Archive Catalogue
A new online Archives catalogue has been launched today (Tuesday 8 August) at the Shetland Museum and Archives.
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Alanbrooke and the Kearton Brothers
When archivist Angus Johnson started to read through his copy of Alanbrooke's War Diaries, he did some digging in the archives to see ...
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Preparing for the herring – photos from the archives
George Gen and Sarah Mackintosh, members of our Visitor Experience team have pulled together a selection of photos from our online ...
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Hugh MacDiarmid's poetry - taking inspiration from Shetland's herring industry
In the summer of 1933 a man called Christopher Murray Grieve came to live in Whalsay. Originally from the Scottish borders, he had ...
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Memories from the archives
Grace Leask (née Mouat) shared her memories of time spent as a gutter lass in Shetland.
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Celebrating World Book Day with Shetland's Oldest Known Book - Boece
For anyone who wants to read about Shetland, the archives is a good place to come. Our book collection, we like to think, is perhaps ...
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Love letters from the past
Since we’ve got to St Valentine’s Day the time has come to consider the Shetland Archives holdings on the subject of love. Do we ...
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Remembering George P.S. Peterson
George P.S. Peterson died recently at the age of 90. He was a notable archival source, teacher, writer, storyteller, folk dancer, and ...
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Robert Barclay, East India Company
The Bruce of Symbister collection in the Shetland Archives, GD144, is a collection of bundled papers. Since it isn’t feasible to ...
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Alexander Wallace
A very welcome book came out recently. Developed from a Ph.D., 'Shetland Boats: Origin, Evolution and Use', by Dr Marc Chivers ...
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Archivist Brian Smith receives distinguished service award
We’re delighted that Brian Smith’s dedication to Shetland’s historical records has been recognised with a distinguished service ...
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The Elvira
Stories of shipwreck have long occupied the Shetland imagination. One Shetlander, R. Stuart Bruce (1873-1951), devoted much of his ...
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