New donation to the archive

spa.44.1, originally uploaded by Scottish Political Archive.

Accession Number: spa.44.1

Leaflet published by ‘Yes for Scotland’ in 1979 to encourage people to vote yes in the March 1979 Referendum.

This leaflet is part of a new donation to the Scottish Political Archive. The archive is actively collecting material and would welcome donations on a wide variety of topics. However, we are particularly keen to receive material like this relating to the devolution referendums of ’79 and ’97. For further information about the type of material we are interested in collecting please comment here, contact us by email at scottishpoliticalarchive@stir.ac.uk or by telephone on (01786) 467964.

Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches

The new musical/story archive from the BBC, School of Scottish Studies, etc., has some political songs of interest to the SPA project – as they involve some of the political activists featured in the Scots Independent photo collection. This link should take you straight to a song about Wendy Wood http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/58019/3

George Reid and Alison Hunter at Bannockburn Rally, 1996

George Reid and Alison Hunter at Bannockburn Rally, 1996, originally uploaded by Scottish Political Archive.

Accession Number: spa.si.198

George Reid was Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (2003 – 2007), MSP Ochil (2003 – 2007), MP for mid-Scotland and Fife (1999 – 2003). For further biographical information http://www.johnsmithmemorialtrust.org/web/site/home/RtHonGeorgeReid.asp

For biographical information about Alison Hunter www.snp.org/node/282

This picture forms part of the Scots Independent donation to the Scottish Political Archive. The Scots Independent is a monthly Nationalist newspaper. The paper was founded in 1926 and is the longest surviving political newspaper in Scotland in the twentieth century.

The World of Winnie Ewing

The World of Winnie Ewing, originally uploaded by Scottish Political Archive.

Accession Number: spa.si.382

This photograph possibly dates from 1989.

Winnie Ewing was first elected in the 1967 Hamilton by-election. She served as MP for Hamilton between and 1970. She served as MP for Moray and Nairn between February 1974 and 1979 unseating the then Conservative Secretary of State. She represented the Highlands and Islands served as an SNP MEP for between 1979 and 1999 and was MSP for the Highlands and Islands between 1999 and 2003. For further biographical information http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/historic/s1/winnie_ewing/index.htm

This picture forms part of the Scots Independent donation to the Scottish Political Archive. The Scots Independent is a monthly Nationalist newspaper. The paper was founded in 1926 and is the longest surviving political newspaper in Scotland in the twentieth century.