Some weeks after the late Gordon Urquhart passed away earlier this year, we began the task of going through the large amounts of extremely valuable Scottish forestry-related material he had gathered during the period he'd spent working on the project.

Unfortunately, much of this material remins unlabelled and unattributed. It consists of lever-arch files / ring binders of photos, VHS videos, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, booklets and pamphlets, as well as flash drives containing digitised photos and other scanned images. 

We plan to archive as much of this as possible for the use of future researchers interested in forestry history. However, we're also aware that there may be people out there who were expecting to have material returned. If you passed on Scottish forestry-related material to Gordon between 2008-11 - and on the basis that it would be returned to you once the research period of our project was over - we'd be very grateful to hear from you.

David Worthington, Head of the Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands

14 May 2012

 

Email: David.Worthington@uhi.ac.uk

Tel: 01847 889624

 

 

Forestry Memories
 

 

The “Image Library” tab takes you to the Forestry Memories website. It is a photo blog, featuring still images, audio excerpts from the research, movies, downloadable stories and all kinds of delights about forestry in twentieth century Scotland. You can leave comments at the end of each page, maybe clarifying some points or adding your own story.

 

The “News” tab gives stories from the researchers and writers in the research; bits about what they have heard and how they see the next part of the project unfolding. You an also leave comments on these pages.

 

By clicking the “About the project” tab, you can find a short history of the UHI forestry research, and the background to this website.

 

There is a “Newsletter” tab that will allow you to download the periodical newsletters we have published which contain reports on the research, stories, events and appeals.

 

The “Guestbook" page lets you leave messages for other visitors to see; perhaps you want to express an opinion, share a memory, look for old friends, or check a fact. These will be approved by the moderator, before going up.

 

The Links of Interest page gives you a few more surfing ideas suggested by friends of this website.

 

If you have any suggestions or comments, please get in touch with us at: David.Worthington@uhi.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

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