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Friends of Argyll Estates Archives
The archives of the Campbell family, dukes of Argyll
Articles
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Leading Ladies: bringing history to life at Inveraray Castle
Our Leading Ladies project is recreating two historic outfits depicted in portraits in the collection at Inveraray Castle. The two portraits are of Lady Charlotte Campbell (1775-1861), daughter of the 5th duke of Argyll, depicted as ‘Aurora’ by John Hoppner and of ‘Mrs Mary Campbell’ (as the portrait is inscribed), who was the Hon. Mary…
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Signed, sealed, delivered . . . and unopened
The majority of items we hold in the archive have been read many, many times before – usually by pairs of eyes long since departed from this world. However, during recent cataloguing work we came across a hugely exciting find: an unopened bundle of documents from 1709! The folded contents of this neat little packet…
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Cleaning up our act
People often ask what being an archivist actually means. In truth, the role is so varied that it’s almost impossible to define an average ‘day in the life’ for any archivist, although like most professions these days, at least some of it will be spent in front of a screen answering emails! Whatever their archive…
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Oban’s Origins
Amongst the many stories contained in Argyll Estates Archives is that of the early days of Oban. The original ‘village’ of Oban grew up around the natural, sheltered harbour, with the land owned by the Duke of Argyll on the south side and the Laird of Dunstaffnage on the north side. A report compiled by…