THE COVENANTER
been reviewed by the Regimental Trustees 2008/09 Exhibition.
and their comments are being incorporated
in a revision. The research, writing and The 2008/09 exhibition at Low Parks
design are by Katie Barclay MA MPhil, an Museum Called At Ease opened 5th July and
Honorary Fellow at Glasgow University. closes on the 5th May 2009. This exhibition
The final version is now with the museums looks at the history of the regiment away
departments who are currently working from the battlefield, the exhibition is broken
on Copy right issues and adding final down into defined themes that we can
comments. We hope that the book will be all relate to such as, Travel and transport,
published in 2009. sports, animals, history of the regiment, the
officers mess and love and relationships.
Enquiries.
The exhibition has been a great success
It has been a very busy year for the enquiry having over 22669 visitors so far and with
service with over 386 enquiries to date. another 5 months to go we hope that we can
The majority of these enquiries are of a double that. There has been a lot of objects
Regimental nature, the increase in the brought out of the stores that have not been
amount of enquiries rises every year, again on display for a number of years. We must
we have broken another record. also thank a number of people who kindly
Enquiries as ever are from all over the loaned objects to the exhibition, you know
world, England, Republic of Ireland, Isle who you all are.
of Man, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Canada,
New Zealand. We again would like to draw The museums department are currently
peoples attention to the research guide working on the 2009 temporary exhibition
that has been updated on the Cameronian that will explore the theme of regimental
official website on the museum pages. sliver. This exhibition will open in March
2009 at Low Parks Museum, Hamilton.
http://www.cameronians.org/museum/
research.html Other Staff news.
There is lots of useful information and I am please to announce that South
resources for you to use such as, where you Lanarkshire Council museums department
can get copies of service records, if you has began a three year project of significance
can get photographs of soldiers and what not only for our department but for museums
resources the museum have to help you. as a whole.
In some cases we will not be able to supply Succession planning has became a work
any information but there are places that on everyone’s tongues in the small world
may be able to help. Check out this useful of museums, as staff members move on
guide and its free. valuable knowledge is lost and in some
cases 30 years plus knowledge can be lost.
Friends of Low Parks Museum. To prevent this happening our knowledge
management officer has been working on a
The friends of Low Parks Museum again have project that will prevent this happening in
been working hard they have transcribed the future.
and proof read Sergeant Rattray’s diary from
the early 18th century – one of the oldest Succession Planning in our Museums
first hand accounts from a Cameronian we
have. Collections knowledge is a key aspect of the
They have also transcribed and proof read cultural value of our collections for this and
the war diary of the 3rd (Special Reserve) for future generations.
Battalion from 1908 – 1916, and the 5th
Battalion war diary for the First World War. To illustrate its importance, here is an
They will be working on transcribing the example:
Second Word War diaries, which we bought
in from the National Archives, in the New To tell a more complete story about
Year. Lieutenant Colonel William Cleland’s
sword, it is essential that, down the centuries
since 1679 when Cleland last had it in his
hand; the link between the sword and its
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