Storytelling with the Charles Fraser-Mackintosh Collection

I contributed to the pilot project in collaboration with UHI, RGU, and High Life Highland.

Charles Fraser Mackintosh (1828–1901) was a scholar, land reformer, advocate for Gaelic and Member of Parliament who played a defining role in shaping modern Inverness and the wider Highlands. His extensive collection of books, pamphlets and printed ephemera offers an unparalleled record of Highland life, politics and culture. Much of this material survives nowhere else: these pamphlets and documents were created for short-term use and typically discarded, but Fraser Mackintosh’s careful preservation means his collection now holds a rare and invaluable snapshot of the region’s social and cultural history.

The project focused on the unique materials, especially the ephemera and pamphlets, within the Charles Fraser Mackintosh collection and using it to explore a range of issues which included:​
o  digitising it to make it more accessible
o  how the materials can be used to tell stories of the Highlands 
o  what methods work best to do this in a way that engages different audiences.

Stories from the Archive can be found at on the project website here. I wrote the stories: ‘A night to remember’ and ‘Victorian Cancel Culture.’