Talk:Regimental tartan

Additional sources

• Keltie, John Scott; Maclauchlan, Thomas; Browne, James (1875). A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. Edinburgh/London: A. Fullarton & Co. Vol. 1[1] (rev'd. 1882 [2]), Vol. 2[3], Vol. 3[4], Vol. 4[5], Vol. 5[6], Vol. 6[7], Vol. 7[8], Vol. 8[9] – Old, so treat as primary source.
• Norman, A. V. B. (1999). "The Uniform of the 8th (or Rothesay & Caithness) Fencible Regiment". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 77: 172–180. At JSTOR, paywalled.
• Scarlett, James D. (2003). The Origins and Development of Military Tartans: A Re-appraisal. Partizan Press. ISBN 1858185009. – This is only a 48-page booklet, and with shipping costs it will be about $30, but I ordered it anyway, because it may have info on some of the more obscure regiments. A detailed review here indicates that most of the material in it that we would use already appears in compressed form in Tartan: The Highland Textile, and our article already contains those relevant facts. So, this may not have been a good purchase.
• Adam, Frank; Innes of Learney, Thomas, Sir (1970) [1908]. The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands (revised ed.). Edinburgh: Johnston & Bacon.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) – Treat like a primary source; it reads like it was written in 1808 not 1908. Whatever revision Learney did, it is invisible. Anything usable from it has already been used, with regard to tartan, but maybe it has something in it of value about the regiments, or Highland dress in general.
• MacKinnon, Charles Roy (1992) [1984]. The Scottish Highlanders: A Personal View. New York: Barnes & Noble. ISBN 9780880299503. – Has a chapter on the Highland regiments that might be of use.
• Campbell, Archibald (1899). Highland Dress, Arms and Ornament. Westminster: Constable & Co. – via Internet Archive. – Old enough it has to be treated as primary; most of what it says of relevance has been reused by later writers, but it may have something on regimental tartans or whatever that could be used.
• Pace, Paul L. (2017–2019). Kilts & Courage: The Story of the 42nd or Royal Highland Regiment in the American War for Independence, 1776–1783. Devonshire Books. In 3 vols. Newest research, so won't be found on Google Books or anything. Will have to buy it outright or get it through inter-library loan if possible. Associated website: [10].
• Smitherman, P. H. (1963). Uniforms of the Scottish regiments. London: H. Evelyn – via Internet Archive.
• Wilkinson-Latham, Robert (1975). Scottish Military Uniforms. Newton Abbot / New York: David and Charles / Hippocrene Books – via Internet Archive.
• Simkins, Peter; Thorburn, W. A.; Keeling, Brian; Maclellan, John; Arbuthnott, W. D. (1979). Regiments of the Scottish Division: Histories, Tartans and Music. Macmillan Press. ISBN 9780333149478. – I have this.
• Thorburn, W. A. "Military Origins of Scottish National Dress". Costume. 10 (1976): 29–40.
• "In 1969, W. A. Thorburn was the keeper of the United Services Museum in Edinburgh and produced a paper on Military Tartans ..." (full citation was not present). This is most likely a paper in Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research for which Thorburn was a regular writer for over a decade, but it could have been in Bulleting of the Costume Society of Scotland, in which he was also publishing (e.g. "The White Cockade", November 1973).
• Thorburn, William Alexander (1970). Uniform of the Scottish infantry, 1740 to 1900. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 9780114904036. – I have this on order.
• Henderson, Thomas; Adjutants to the Assistant Regimental Secretary (2006–2009). The Royal Regiments of Scotland (Scots): Dress Regulations. Edinburgh: Graphics Office, Regimental Headquarters (2nd Division), Royal Regiment of Scotland – via Internet Archive. – Undated and surely outdated; it definitely pre-dates 2010 (library accession in 2009), but post-dates 2005 (Royal Regt. of Scotland dates to 2006).
• Henderson, Diana M. (1997) [1996]. The Scottish Regiments (2nd ed.). HarperCollins. ISBN 9780004710259 – via Internet Archive. – Potentially of use for the regimental tartans section. Available online, so not ordering it. There are lots of other books like this available through Internet Archive [11][12][13][14][15]; search for "Scottish Regiment" and "Highland Regiment".
• Mileham, Patrick J. R. (1996). The Scottish Regiments, 1633-1996. Kent: Spellmount – via Internet Archive.
• Murray, Archibald K. (1862). History of the Scottish Regiments in the British Army. Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son – via Internet Archive. Second edition: 1863, London / Glasgow: Ward & Lock / Thomas Murray & Son.
• Bowling, A. H. (1970). Scottish Regiments 1660-1914. "Uniforms" series. Almarks Publishing. – I have this.
• McCulloch, Ian M. Sons of the Mountains: The Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War, 1756–1767. Vol. II. Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press – via Internet Archive. – Vol. I doesn't appear to be available online.
• Mackerlie, Peter Handyside (1862). An Account of the Scottish Regiments with the Statistics of Each from 1808 to March 1861. William P. Nimmo – via Internet Archive. – Has a few mentions of tartan in it, mostly pertaining to when regiments stopped/started wearing it or switched to/from trews.
• Richard Cannon's series of 19th-century Historical Record ... books of various regiments (mostly English, but some might be Highland). Google Books search: [16]
• Murdoch, Steve; Mackillop, A., eds. (2002). Fighting for Identity: Scottish Military Experience c. 1550–1990. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 9004128239.
• Haswell Miller, A. E.; Dawnay, N. P. (1970). Militarty Drawings and Paintings in the Royal Collection. Phaidon Press. – Two volumes; B&W illustrations and some tipped-in colour plates. Potentially of some use; goes back to at least the 17th century.
• Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia). War Office. 1900 – via Google Books.
• Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army (including the Militia). War Office. 1904 – via Google Books.
• Cassin-Scott, Jack; Fabb, J. (1978). Military Bands and Their Uniforms. Blandford Press. ISBN 9780713708950.

 — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  11:16, 4 August 2023 (UTC); rev'd. 03:58, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Fencible regiments

Covering their tartans may be difficult, as sourcing is thin. One bit to use later: "The origins of the MacDonald (Clan Donald) tartan are equally vague [with that of Cameron of Erracht] but the similarity between the two, and also the MacDonell of Glengarry, suggests that the latter two were also military, probably Fencible, tartans, a theory supported by MacDonell of Glengarry in a letter in which he refers to the tartan being worn by his regiment." This is from (already cited elsewhere in the regimental section): Eslea MacDonald, Peter (January 2012). "The Original Cameron of Erracht Cloth?" (PDF). ScottishTartans.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2023.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  15:00, 8 August 2023 (UTC)