'Mining the Archives' - Millburn Academy, Inverness: part 3
ID:HC_CW_MILLBURN_3DESCRIPTION:'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 emailSOURCE:Millburn Academy, InvernessCOLLECTION:Mining the Archives - Millburn AcademyAsset ID:47004KEYWORDS:
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