As a result, we hope to have a series of different, themed 'Fora' in June 2001. These will be accessible by registered users only. Watch this space for further information or 'Register with us' to be kept informed of developments. North by Northwest - Exhibition Launch SCAN's virtual exhibition on the Highland Railway will be officially launched on 5 June in Inverness. In June, the exhibition will be expanded to feature modern images of the Far North line and images of records from Scottish archives relating to the impact of the railway on the Highlands.
Full details are still to be announced.
The first day school on testaments, run by SCAN and the Scottish Records Association, took place on Saturday 28 April at the National Archives of Scotland's Thomas Thomson House building in Sighthill, and attracted 24 students, including archivists, librarians, record agents and individual researchers. Christopher Whatley, Professor of History at Dundee University, was delivering a lecture at the AGM of the Friends of the Perth and Kinross Council Archive. Firstly, he challenged the popular traditional belief that the Scottish authorities were comfortable with the Act of Union in 1707 because of financial benefits, and secondly that the Scottish people were docile and easy to govern thereafter. He illustrated his position with documentary evidence from areas beyond the traditional concentration on the central belt, and stressed the importance to his case of papers from the Scottish Burgh's such as Perth. Bemoaning the lack of research outside of the three major Scottish cities, Professor Whatley illustrated his points by examining the reaction of townspeople to the King's Birthday, a major holiday and feast in the post-Union calendar.