'Mining the Archives' - Millburn Academy, Inverness: part 3

ID: HC_CW_MILLBURN_3 DESCRIPTION: 'Mining the Archives' was a creative writing event run by the Highland Archive Centre in Inverness in November 2016. These are some of the submissions from Millburn Academy, Inverness: Rumours by Lara Young Slaves by Leonie Macleod Diary of Roan MacKintosh, 1792-1793 by Louis Gordon A Few Days in the Life of James Scott by Louis Jones Tea Drinker by Lucy Inglis Slave Trade Diary Entry, 1806 by Mairi Darroch Diary Entry - Lady Constance Mackenzie by Margot Macleod Teacher's Dark Secret by Megan Henderson Diary Entry, 1982 by Murtaza Amin Letter for the Magistrates of Inverness from Hugh Rose of Kilravock by Niki Simbonov Slave away by Noah Forsyth I remember going in... by Paris Dickson 25 years working at Craig Dunain... by Rachel Story by Rory The Craig Dunain Asylum by Rosie From Gangster of Kingston to Slave of Scotland by Ryan MacLennan Diary, 1914 by Sasha Webb Creative Writing Diary Entries, 1884-1885 by Shanay Elmas Matilda's Murder by Struan Black The Asylum Massacre by Thomas A Story in the View of Huguette Verhague by Thomas Hugh McLeod by Thomas Renicks Archive Centre Diary Entry, 1832-1833 by Zadok Dear Diary by A Hawkes World War Two by Abbey Robertson Letter to the Duke of Sutherland by Abby Kelbie 'Mining the Archives' gave adults and children the opportunity to view a range of archives and use them as inspiration for creative writing. Over 230 people took part in the event and submissions were received from people of all ages. Feedback was extremely positive and it was evident from the submissions that the original archival material had been a tremendous inspiration for all who had taken part. If you'd like any further information on using the documents at the Highland Archive Centre for creative writing please email SOURCE: Millburn Academy, Inverness COLLECTION: Mining the Archives - Millburn Academy Asset ID: 47004 KEYWORDS: