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Evidences list
Case Study no. 9: Volume 6
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Keil School, Dumbarton, between 1959 and 2000.
Evidential Hearings: 30 March 2021 to 5 November 2021.
Lady Smith discusses her findings in our News section.
Case Study no. 9: Volume 5
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, between 1930 and 2021.
Evidential Hearings: 30 March 2021 to 4 February 2022.
Case Study no. 9: Volume 4
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, between 1951 and 2021.
Evidential Hearings: 31 March 2021 to 11 November 2021.
Case Study no. 9: Volume 3
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Gordonstoun, Moray, between 1934 and 2021.
Evidential Hearings: 26 March 2021 to 11 November 2021.
Case Study no. 9: Volume 2
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Morrison’s Academy, Crieff, between 1945 and 2007
Evidential Hearings: 24 March 2021 to 12 May 2021
Case Study no. 8 Volume 2: Child migration schemes
Child migration schemes legal framework and organisational practices between the late 1800s and the early 1970s
Evidential Hearings: 3 December 2019 to 21 October 2020
Case Study no. 9: Volume 1
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children at Loretto School, Musselburgh, between 1945 and 2021.
Case Study no. 8 Volume 1: Child Migrants’ Experiences
Children sent overseas as part of child migration programmes between the late 1800s and the early 1970s.
Evidential hearings: 3 December 2019 to 21 October 2020
Lady Smith discusses her findings in our News section.
Case Study no. 7
The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children in Scotland by the Marist Brothers between 1950 and 1983 at St Columba’s College, Largs, and St Joseph’s College, Dumfries.
Evidential Hearings: 3 October 2019 to 5 November 2019
Lady Smith discusses her findings in our News section