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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

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