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Publications

Topic	Time frame	Resource	Locations Covered
Emigration	1850-1860	Andrew C. Holman and Robert B. Kristofferson (eds), More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013. Pp. 492. Paper ISBN 978-1-4426-1164-1	Ayr
Emigration	1848	Carnegie, Andrew and John C. Van Dyke (ed.). Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie. Houghton Mifflin, 1920.
Local history		Whatley, Christopher A., et al. The Life and Times of Dundee. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Donald. c1993	Angus, Dundee
Local history		McCraw, Ian. The fairs of Dundee. Dundee: Abertay Historical Society. 1994.	Angus, Dundee
Farm life	1840-1914	Carter, Ian. Farm life in northeast Scotland, 1840-1914: the poor man's country. Edinburgh: Donald. 1979.	Grampian
Farm life	1770-1840	Adams, David G. Bothy nichts and days: farm bothy life in Angus and the Mearns. Edinburgh: J. Donald Publishers. 1992.	Angus
Farm life	1840-1850	Muir, John. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth. Houghton Mifflin, 1913.	Dunbar
Crofters	1810-1883	Cameron, A. D. Go listen to the crofters. Stornoway: Acair. 2008.	Scotland
Education	19th & 20th centuries	Scotland Street School Museum in Glasgow	Scotland
Marriage traditions	19th & 20th centuries	Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. Domestic Folk-Lore, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881.	England, Scotland, Wales
Mining	1840's	Great Britain (British Parliamentary Papers). Children's Employment Commission: first report of the Commissioners, mines. Irish University Press. 1968.	England, Scotland, Wales
		Johnston, Thomas. The history of the working classes in Scotland. Wakefield: E.P. Pub. [and] Rowman & Littlefield.1976.	Scotland
		FYFE, JAMES GABRIEL. Scottish diaries and memoirs, 1550 1746 (classic reprint). [Place of publication not identified]: FORGOTTEN Books. 2016.	Scotland
		Fyfe, J. G., and J. D. Mackie. Scottish diaries and memoirs, 1746-1843. Stirling: Mackay. 1942.	Scotland
War prisoners	1811-1814	Doisy de Villargennes, Adelbert J. Reminiscences of army life under Napoleon Bonaparte. Cincinnati: R. Clarke. 1884.	Selkirk
Social life and customs	1694-96	Helen and Keith Kelsall. An album of Scottish families, 1694-96 : being the first instalment of George Home's diary, supplemented by much further research into the Edinburgh and Border families forming his extensive social network. Aberdeen, Scotland : Aberdeen University Press, 1990	Scotland
Social life and customs		Maxwell, David. Bygone Scotland : historical and social. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2017	Scotland
Social life and customs		Edinburgh, Scotland : W. Blackwood. Chronicles of Stratheden : a highland parish of to-day. Edinburgh, Scotland : W. Blackwood, 1881	Scotland
Clan and Castle		Chris Tabraham. Clan and Castle : the lives and lands of Scotland's great families. Edinburgh, Scotland : Historic Scotland, 2008	Scotland
Clans and Tartans		Lorna Blackie. Clans and tartans : the fabric of Scotland. New York, New York : Gallery Books, 1987	Scotland
Clan costumes		R.R. McIan. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2622278?availability=Corvallis%20Oregon%20Family%20History%20Center The clans of the Scottish Highlands : the costumes of the clans New York, New York : Crescent books 1985	Scotland
Social life and customs	1650-1914	Eric Richards and Monica Clough. Cromartie : highland life, 1650-1914. Aberdeen, Scotland : Aberdeen University Press, 1989	Scotland
Social life and customs		James MacKinnon. Culture in early Scotland. London, England : Williams and Norgate, 1892	Scotland
Social life and customs	18th century	Marjorie Plant. The domestic life of Scotland in the eighteenth century. London, England : Williams and Norgate, 1892	Scotland
Social life and customs		Glen, John. Early Scottish melodies. Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by FamilySearch International 2017	Scotland
Everyday life		Michael Newton. The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands. Saorsa Media, 2020	Scotland
Everyday life		Alan J. Gilloran. Family formation in Victorian Scotland. [Godstone, Surrey] : British Thesis Service, 1994	Scotland
Farm life	1840-1914	Ian Carter. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/346341?availability=Family%20History%20Library Farm life in Northeast Scotland, 1840-1914 : the poor man's country Edinburgh, Scotland : J. Donald, 1979	Scotland
Farm life		Colin Whittemore. Farming Stories from the Scottish Borders : hard lives for poor reward. Sheffield, England : Old Pond Publishing, 2017	Scotland
Festivals		Feast to festival : the history of entertainment, medieval to modern; a resource based on a Scottish Record Office exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland : Scottish Record Office 199?	Scotland
Marriage		Iona McGregor. Getting married in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland : NMS Publishing Limited, 2000	Scotland
Social life and customs		Alexander MacPherson. Glimpses of church and social life in the Highlands in olden times : and other stories. Edinburgh, Scotland : William Blackwood and Sons, 1893	Scotland
Social life and customs	1845-1919	Ian Levitt. Government and social conditions in Scotland, 1845-1919. Edinburgh, Scotland : Scottish History Society, 1988	Scotland
Social life and customs		Alistair Moffat. The Highland clans. London, England : Thames and Hudson, 2010	Scotland
Social life and customs		James Cameron Lees. A history of the county of Inverness (Mainland). Edinburgh, Scotland : W. Blackwood, 1897	Scotland
Social life and customs		Buchanan, Freda M. The land and people of Scotland. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott, 1962	Scotland
Social life and customs		Ross, Joshua. The land of the Gael : its story, its clans and its tartans. Glasgow, Scotland : Airlie Press, 1930	Scotland
Social life and customs		Pollock, Bill. The language and customs of Scotland. The Urlar - no. 79-89 (1996-1998) - no. 87 (spring 1998) 1998	Scotland
Social life and customs	16th Century	Life in 16th Century Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland : Scottish Record Office, 199?	Scotland
Social life and customs		Rosalind Mitchison. Life in Scotland. London, England : B.T. Batsford, 1978	Scotland
Social life and customs	since 1603	Nichol, Norman. Life in Scotland since 1603. London, England : Adam and Charles Black, 1975	Scotland
Social life and customs	17th to 19th centuries	T. C. Smout. Life-styles in the lowlands of Scotland : seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. [Salt Lake City, Utah] : Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980	Scotland
Social life and customs	17th to 19th centuries	T. C. Smout. Life-styles in the Scottish Highlands : seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. [Salt Lake City, Utah] : Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1980	Scotland
Social life and customs		George Scott-Moncrieff. Living traditions of Scotland. [Edinburgh, Scotland] : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1951	Scotland
Social life and customs		Sir Walter Scott. Manners, customs and history of the Highlanders of Scotland ; Historical account of the Clan MacGregor. Glasgow, Scotland : Thomas D. Morison, 1893	Scotland
Social life and customs		Margaret H. B. Sanderson. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/502186?availability=Family%20History%20Library Mary Stewart's people : life in Mary Stewart's Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland : James Thin, Mercat Press, 1987	Scotland
Social life and customs		Dean Ramsay. Reminiscences of Scottish life & character. Edinburgh, Scotland : R. Grant, 1947	Scotland
Social life and customs	19th Century	Elizabeth S. Haldane. The Scotland of our fathers : a study of Scottish life in the nineteenth century. London, England : A. Maclehose and Co., 1933	Scotland
Social life and customs		Ronald Macdonald Douglas. The Scots book of lore and folklore. New York, New York : Beekman House, 1982	Scotland
Social life and customs		Sheila Livingstone. Scottish customs. Edinburgh, Scotland : Birlinn, 1996	Scotland
Social life and customs	16th Centur	Margaret H. B. Sanderson. Scottish rural society in the sixteenth century. Edinburgh, Scotland : John Donald, 1982	Scotland
Social life and customs	15th Century	Jennifer M. Brown. Scottish society in the fifteenth century. New York, New York : St. Martin's Press, 1977	Scotland
Social life and customs		Harold Orel, Henry L. Snyder, Marilyn Stokstad. The Scottish world : history and culture of Scotland. New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, 1981 Scotland
Social life and customs	18th Century	Graham, Henry Grey. The social life of Scotland in the eighteenth century. London, England : A. & C. Black, 1906	Scotland
Social life and customs	18th Centur	Henry Grey Graham. The Social Life of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century. Adam and Charles Black 1906	Scotland
Social life and customs		John Scotney. Scotland - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture. Kuperard 2010	Scotland
Social life and customs	19th century	Edward Bannerman Ramsay . [://www.worldcat.org/title/reminiscences-of-scottish-life-and-character/oclc/470748796&referer=brief_results Reminiscences of Scottish life and character]. Toronto : Musson 19-? Scotland
Social life and customs		Charles Rogers. Social life in Scotland, from early to recent times. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press 1971	Scotland
Social life and customs		William Sanderson; Henry John Dobson. Scottish life and character. London : A. & C. Black, 1919	Scotland
Social life and customs		G G Coulton. Scottish abbeys & social life. Cambridge [England] University Press, 1933	Scotland
Social life and customs		Tom Steel; Peta Steel. The life and death of St Kilda : the moving story of a vanished island community. London : HarperPress, 2011	Scotland
Social life and customs		Mary Macleod Banks. British calendar customs : Scotland. London : Pub. for Folk-Lore Society by W. Glaisher, 1941	Scotland
Customs		Sheila Livingstone. Scottish customs. Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2000	Scotland
Social life and customs	to 1603	Madeleine Bingham, Baroness Clanmorris. Scotland under Mary Stuart; an account of everyday life.. New York, St. Martin's Press 1973	Scotland
Social life and customs		T M Devine; Rosalind Mitchison; W Hamish Fraser; R J Morris; Tony Dickson. People and society in Scotland : a social history of modern Scotland Edinburgh. John Donald in association with the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland, 1992	Scotland
Social life and customs		Walter Scott. Manners, customs, and history of the Highlanders of Scotland. New York : Barnes & Noble Books 2004	Scotland