| Administrative History | Caithness Oral History Project was managed by Caithness District Council and funded by the Manpower Services Commission, as part of a programme to get the long-term unemployed back into work.
There were at least two phases of the project.
The Thurso based phase was supervised by Colin Binnie from Harpsdale from c.1984-1985. The remit was to make tapes for use in schools, but the project ran out of money after 10 months and ended prematurely. [Information from letter in C/P/546/99 from Olaf Cowan to Joyce Brown, Thurso Library]
The Wick based phase commenced on the 9th July 1986. The chargehand was Sinclair Gray. Employees on the job creation project gained experience in working with elderly people, transcribing tapes and working with recording equipment. People were interviewed in their own homes and subjects discussed included herring fishing, farming, home life, the railway, war and memories of Wick. Interviews were carried out in the Wick, Staxigoe, Thrumster, Lybster and Dunbeath areas amongst others.
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