Reports on Local Museums in Scotland, obtained through Dr R H Gunning's Jubilee Gift to the Society

Anderson, Joseph

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“…From early in his career as keeper, Anderson examined collections in other museums to inform his curatorship of the SAScot collection (Anderson 1884). His assistant George Fraser Black (1866Black ( -1948 supported him in this endeavour (Anderson 1888a;Black 1893). Anderson's trips were initially supported by the Society; for example, they funded his trip to Ireland in 1870 and Denmark in 1872 (SAScot Minute Book 1868-1880, 16 June 1870 & 20 December 1872).…”

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Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) and the Scottish historical collection in the Antiquities Museum, 1869 to 1892

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2022

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Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) was an influential figure within the history of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Scottish archaeology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But while Anderson is best known for his contribution to the development of Scottish prehistoric and early medieval archaeology, there has been less focus on his role in expanding and studying the Society’s Scottish historical collection. This article considers the ways in which Scottish historical material culture was displayed in the Antiquities Museum and investigated by Anderson from 1869 until 1892, with arrangements in Scotland compared to other national museums in the British Isles and Europe. The Society’s archives and Anderson’s publications have been critically examined within this study to demonstrate that Anderson’s archaeological background influenced his approach to studying historic objects and contributed to his vision of a unified Scottish cultural history contextualised through international comparisons. This article also seeks to show how Anderson was in a privileged position as keeper of the museum for 43 years, allowing him to systematise and apply ideas and methodologies to the Scottish historical collection that had been developing within the Society both prior to and during his keepership.

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Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) and the Scottish historical collection in the Antiquities Museum, 1869 to 1892

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“…From the beginning, as befits a government organization, a ledger of acquisitions was maintained, a prosaic document which makes a study of the history of collecting much simpler. In their survey of museums in Scotland in 1888, Joseph Anderson and G F Black noted that Kirkcudbright had an acquisitions register (Anderson & Black 1888). It was probably the only museum other than the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (as it had been renamed in 1864) which maintained one.…”

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“…The idea of drawing together information on the holdings of all of the museums in Scotland is not new (Burnett 1990b). In 1888 Joseph Anderson and G F Black filled ninety pages of the Proceedings with a list of archaeological and historical objects in a number of museums, including some material in private hands (Anderson & Black 1888). Information technology, however, may make it possible to create genuine national databases for various subjects in the forseeable future.…”

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Collections, information and computers in the National Museums of Scotland

Burnett¹

1992

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“…Clarke follows Crichton-Mitchell in relying upon Anderson and Black (1888) as the main source, but he has realised that there is something amiss in the tradition (followed, for example, by Abercromby (1904, 344-5;1912,40, 62) and Callander (1916,239)) which includes all the finds in one association. This starts with Anderson and Black, as does the mis-spelling 'Ardiffney' -a mis-reading of 'Ardiffery' in Cat Arbuthnot Mus (n.d., xxix).…”

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A reconsideration of the 'Ardiffery' finds, Cruden, Aberdeenshire

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1979

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The provenances and contents are distinguished of two groups of artefacts from Cruden which are commonly confused in archaeological literature. A cist found at Uppermill, Cruden (NK 053370) in 1821 contained partial inhumations of a man and a child, pig bones, a wristguard, seven barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, two flint knives and two beakers of Clarke's Developed Northern (N2) group. The objects found in 1812 at Greenbrae, Cruden (NK 057358) include jet and amber beads and an edge-polished flint axe. A R

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Reports on Local Museums in Scotland, obtained through Dr R H Gunning's Jubilee Gift to the Society

Cited by 11 publications

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Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) and the Scottish historical collection in the Antiquities Museum, 1869 to 1892

Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) and the Scottish historical collection in the Antiquities Museum, 1869 to 1892

Collections, information and computers in the National Museums of Scotland

A reconsideration of the 'Ardiffery' finds, Cruden, Aberdeenshire

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