Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
9 digital audio files, 6 pdf transcripts
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor Callum G. Brown is a social and cultural historian with special research interests in the social and cultural history of humanism, atheism and secularisation, and the history of community ritual. He was the Director of the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde with subsequent positions at the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow. His publications include the book 'Up-helly-aa: Custom, Culture and Community in Shetland' (1998).
Archival history
Physical tapes transferred by the Scottish Oral History Centre in 2015 and digitised 9th September 2016. The project's original ID was SOHCA/010.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred by the Scottish Oral History Centre, 24 July 2015.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Oral history project, conducted by Callum G. Brown, in 1997. The aim of the project was to study the festival of Up-helly-aa, an annual winter-time festival celebrated across the island of Shetland. The interviews were a key part of the research for Callum Brown's book: 'Up-helly-aa: Custom, culture and community in Shetland' (1998).
The collection comprises 9 digital audio recordings of 6 interviews (digitised from original tapes) and 6 paper transcripts (with digital access copies): some labelled as 'partial' transcripts, and others labelled as 'full relevant' transcripts.
There are 9 interviewees. Some were interviewed together.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arrangement reflects original numbering used.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No access restrictions for three of the recordings. Anonymised copies of transcripts for the other three can be made available, as per interviewee instructions.
Specific access conditions noted in the catalogue description for each interview.
Please contact us to arrange access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
This collection is part of the Scottish Oral History Centre Archive.
Publication note
Brown, Callum G., 'Up-helly-aa: Custom, culture and community in Shetland', 1998 (https://suprimo.lib.strath.ac.uk/permalink/f/2esacs/SUALMA2154192760002996)