Description

The Friends of Argyll Estates Archives Newsletter, now available to non-members! Edited by volunteer and trustee, Duncan Beaton, the Newsletter was established in 2016 to document all the exciting things happening in the archives.

Issued twice a year at the traditional Scots term dates of Whitsunday (28 May) and Martinmas (28 November), the Newsletter typically includes an Editor’s note, a list of upcoming seminars, reports on Friends outings and events, articles informed by archival research, a Pen Picture feature and more!

Select issues of the Newsletter are now available to purchase for those who are not yet members, but want to learn more about the Friends or read a particular article.

Issue 20 – Whitsunday 2026

Contents

• Note from the Editor
• Online seminars 2025/6
• Donald MacDougall – Friends spring visit to Kintyre
• History Corner – Bob Reid, ‘A link between Tiree emigrants, Mattresses and Saint Paul’
• History Corner – Ann Galliard & Duncan Beaton, ‘A brief history of the Inveraray mercat cross’
• Leading Ladies project update, including a visit by HRH The Princess Royal
• Shannen Provan-Sloan – ‘Reimagining Relics’, on the partnership between Dunollie Museum and Inveraray Castle
• Planned autumn visit to Caroline Park, home of the 2nd duke of Argyll
• Visitors to the Archives
• Pen Picture – Margaret Hartfel

 Remember, existing members can access the full back catalogue of Newsletters by logging-in to the Friends Area!