Open AccessEsther Barbara Chalmers's Scottish International Lives
Author(s) -
Kali Israel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international review of scottish studies/international review of scottish studies.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-5763
pISSN - 1923-5755
DOI - 10.21083/irss.v43i0.4101
Subject(s) - empire , variety (cybernetics) , history , politics , work (physics) , classics , genealogy , law , ancient history , political science , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence
The archive compiled by Esther Barbara Chalmers (1894-1983), now in the National Library of Scotland, is an extraordinary work which contains not only records but implicit and explicit arguments about the variety of relations between Scotland, Europe, and empire. The history of the archive’s creation and transmission, as well as the histories of individuals and networks it preserves, including accounts other Scottish women, constantly draw attention to larger histories in ways which reflect deliberate political and intellectual decisions by Esther Chalmers.