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YOU TIME AT LAC: JACOBITE RECORDS AND LAW AN ORDER IN LOCHABER
Introduction to Archives: JACOBITE RECORDS AT LOCHABER ARCHIVES LAW AND ORDER IN LOCHABER Classes starting WEDNESDAY 8 June for 2 weeks Wednesdays, 12.00 pm to 1.00 pm. Lochaber Archive Centre, West Highland College, Fort William To book a place, contact Lochaber Leisure Centre Tel: 01397 704359 For information contact Lochaber Archive Centre at 01397 700946/701842… Read more »Read more
GARRY HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT RECORDS
Photo albums and legal papers relating to the Glen Quoich Hydro Electric scheme of the 1950s are now available to researchers at LAC. The picture here shows work on QUOICH DAM, downstream end of culverts and walls of compensation water generating station in 1953.Read more
ARISAIG ESTATE AND FAMILY PAPERS, 1850-1993
The Arisaig estate and the Astley-Nicholson and Becher family papers are now fully catalogued and available to researchers at Lochaber Archive Centre, including estate correspondence, diaries, photographs and printed material.Read more
YOU TIME: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVES CLASSES AT LOCHABER ARCHIVE CENTRE
Introduction to Archives and how they can be used for genealogical and local history research Classes starting 16 September 2015 for 4 weeks Wednesdays, 12.00 pm to 1.00 pm. Lochaber Archive Centre, West Highland College, Fort William For information or to book a place, contact the Lochaber Archive Centre, 01397 700946/701942 [email protected]… Read more »Read more
Lochaber Archive Centre display at Arisaig Highland Games, 29 July 2015
LAC at Arisaig Highland Games 29 July 2015
West Highland Museum collections available at the Archives
The archival collections held in the West Highland Museum have recently been transferred to the Lochaber Archive Centre. Over the years, the Museum has acquired a large and varied group of records relating to the history of Lochaber, including a substantial collection of Jacobite and general Scottish historical material dating back to the early 17th… Read more »Read more