Alloa Burns Club

Collection Reference: GB 557 PD261

Administrative History:

The Alloa Burns Club was established in 1828. Known originally as The Alloa Tripe Club it celebrates its annual Burns Supper, celebrating the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, on, or close to, 25 January (Burns Night). This catalogue forms part of a collaborative project between Alloa Burns Club, the University of Stirling Archives and Clackmannanshire Council Archives to catalogue and digitise the minutes and papers of the Club, which date back to 1849. Following digitisation by the University of Stirling Archives the physical documents were transferred to Clackmannanshire Council Archives for permanent storage while the digitised content has been made available online via the University of Stirling’s Culture on Campus website.

Contents:

Minutes of the Alloa Burns Club (1849-2010); Account books of the Alloa Burns Club (1900-2007); Annual Burns Supper menus (1927-2020); histories of the Alloa Burns Club and reference material.

Catalogue information:

The collection is fully catalogue with full details available on our online archives catalogue.

The catalogue provides access to digitised copies of a range of items from the collection.

Custodial History:

Held by members of the Alloa Burns Club until 2022. Transferred to the University of Stirling Archives for digitisation in January 2022. Transferred to Clackmannanshire Council Archives following digitisation in November 2022. For access to the original material please contact Clackmannanshire Council Archives at archives@clacks.gov.uk