Tahawus Excursion – Aug. 5th, 2023

Dear Society Members, Friends, and Family August 5th has already been announced as the date for a day trip to this fascinating Adirondack historic site (see link below) that belonged to our founding member, first Secretary, and early President, Archibald McIntyre. The tour will be led by our Librarian/Historian, Bill Bruce. Here are…

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The Strange Afterlife of Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe

by William S. Burke, Commissioner, Region 2, Clan Campbell Society (NA)  (From the Journal of the Clan Campbell Society – North America, Vol. 39 No. 2, Spring 2012)    You would certainly have heard before now of poor Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe’s death …. 1  So ends, or perhaps…

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Bagpipes: Instruments of War and Peace

From the Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (North America) Winter 2020 Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known in the Anglophone world; however, bagpipes have been…

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Argyll Papers, Inveraray Castle, Update, Oct. 2019

A volume being repaired as part of the Red Tape Project

The Argyll Papers The archivist, now a permanent employee of Argyll Estates, has been working to develop and enhance the collection at Inveraray through improving the physical storage of the collection (monitoring and improving the environmental conditions of storage, upgrading boxes and folder to current archival standards; prioritising conservation requirements);…

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