The Innes Review at 70

Citation

Taylor K (2021) The Innes Review at 70. Innes Review, (70th Anniversary Virtual Issue). https://www.euppublishing.com/pb-assets/VirtualIssues/1%20TAYLOR%20INR%2070th%20Anniversary-1600343294133.pdf

Abstract
First paragraph: Under the auspices of the Edinburgh branch of the Newman Association of Great Britain, a residential conference open to all interested in Scottish Catholic History was held at the Ogilvie Training College, Polmont, Stirlingshire, in May, 1949. The conference was attended by over thirty people. Four papers were read; Mr. Donald Nicholl spoke on the Catholic’s approach to history, Father Anthony Ross, O.P., on the contribution made to Scottish historical studies by Catholic scholars, Father David McRoberts on the Scottish Colleges on the Continent, and Brother Clare (Dr. Handley) on the work still to be done in Scottish social and economic history. Before the conference ended a committee was elected, charged with the organisation of a similar conference in 1950, and with the promotion of research into Scottish Catholic history. It was to consider the possibility of publishing a review for the encouragement of such research.1 So began the history of the Innes Review. Anthony Ross, a young convert to Catholicism and a Dominican brother, admitted that in the beginning detractors had said ‘few people’ in Scotland would have an interest in Scottish Catholic history.2 The journal’s hopes looked even more unencouraging as its original finances were a modest sum of £4 and 10s. Moreover, some readers had admitted to Ross that they had been ‘disappointed’ by some of the articles.3 Within its first year, however, the Innes Review received over three hundred subscriptions and a generous donation from the bishop of Paisley.

Journal
Innes Review, Issue 70th Anniversary Virtual Issue