About The Project
A Community-Based Transcription of the Records of
the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors, 1669-1772
the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors, 1669-1772
In collaboration with Orkney Library & Archive, we are starting a community-based transcription project to fully transcribe and publish a critical edition of the minute book (1669-1772) and auxiliary records of the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors.
All volunteers are welcome, no matter how much experience they have of palaeography.
Orkney Archive has generously agreed to photograph the main volume, and volunteers will work to transcribe and annotate the records. Any contribution is welcome, whether a few lines or a few pages, and all contributors will have their names recorded among the list of co-editors when publication is sought.
This will not only enhance access to the sole, manuscript copy of a record which sheds important light on an under-researched period of Orcadian history, but will also help to promote the palaeographical skills which enable researchers to engage with the pre-modern historical records.
Crucially, it will provide important comparative material for researchers seeking to understand the similarities and divergences between Orkney and both Scotland and Norway as their economic structures and organisations developed.
While much work has been done on such topics for the elite and for agricultural work, precious little has been done on Orkney’s incorporated trades since the work of James Flett in the early twentieth century. This project will bring together palaeographers of all skill levels to create new scholarship which will enable further work.
For more information, email Dr Aaron Allen, Project Lead and Co-editor, at: administrator@kirkwalltailorsproject.co.uk
This will not only enhance access to the sole, manuscript copy of a record which sheds important light on an under-researched period of Orcadian history, but will also help to promote the palaeographical skills which enable researchers to engage with the pre-modern historical records.
Crucially, it will provide important comparative material for researchers seeking to understand the similarities and divergences between Orkney and both Scotland and Norway as their economic structures and organisations developed.
While much work has been done on such topics for the elite and for agricultural work, precious little has been done on Orkney’s incorporated trades since the work of James Flett in the early twentieth century. This project will bring together palaeographers of all skill levels to create new scholarship which will enable further work.
For more information, email Dr Aaron Allen, Project Lead and Co-editor, at: administrator@kirkwalltailorsproject.co.uk
We are grateful to the Orkney Heritage Society who generously funded the creation of this website to enable the project to proceed.
