| Identifier | EERC/EL/EL4 |
|---|---|
| Dates | interview: 2017-12-06 coverage: 20th century |
| Extent | 1 digital audio file(s) |
| Biographical history | Mark Mulhern has worked as a Senior Research Fellow with the EERC since 2004. He is the lead researcher for the oral strand of the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project (RESP), encouraging and facilitating all aspects of work in this area. In East Lothian, Mark has so far conducted 6 fieldwork interviews and he continues to facilitate participation in the RESP through: promotion and outreach of the RESP; providing ongoing training and support for our volunteer fieldworkers and collaborating with local organisations and partners. Mark has worked as an editor on Scottish Life & Society: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology series (vols 6, 9, 10, 13) and is General Editor for the Flashback and Regional Flashback series. Caroline Milligan is a Research Assistant with the EERC. She works with Mark Mulhern to deliver the oral history strand of the Regional Ethnology of Scotland Project (RESP), primarily assisting with training, volunteer events and community engagement. She edited the first Regional Flashback, Stranraer and District Lives: Voices in Trust published in 2017. Caroline also works with the EERC as an editor and her other publications include, An Orkney Boyhood by Duncan Cameron Mackenzie (2011), From Land to Rail: Life and Times of Andrew Ramage 1854-1917 (2014) and Going to the Berries: Voices of Perthshire and Angus Seasonal Workers (2020). In East Lothian, Caroline has so far participated in 1 fieldwork recording and she continues to work on preparing the East Lothian fieldwork recordings for the RESP Archive website in her role as Archives Assistant on the RESP Archive Project. Caroline also works with the EERC as an editor and her other publications include, Going to the Berries: Voices of Perthshire and Angus Seasonal Workers (2020). |
| Interview summary | As part of the East Lothian RESP, Mark Mulhern has so far conducted a total of 6 fieldwork interviews with 6 interviewees, carried out between 2017 and 2019. Caroline Milligan has participated in a total of 1 recording with 1 interviewee, carried out in 2017. |
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