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Scotch-Irish Reading List and Research References

Armor, W.C. 1896. Scotch-Irish Bibliography of Pennsylvania, Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee, 92p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Bolton, C.K. 1910. Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America, Bacon and Brown, Boston, 418p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Brownstein, R. and Guttmacher, P. 1988. The Scotch-Irish Americans, Chelsea House Publishers, New York - New Haven - Philadelphia, 120p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Bryson, The Rev. J.H. 1891. The Scotch-Irish People: Their Influence in the Formation of the Government of the United States of America, delivered at the Third Congress, held at Louisville, Kentucky, May 14, 1891. Publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Barbee and Smith. 68p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Bryson, The Rev. J.H. 1892. Inventors of the Scotch-Irish Race of America, delivered at the Fourth Congress, held at Atlanta, Georgia, 28 April 1892. Publishing house of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Barbee and Smith. 68p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Chalkley, L. 1912. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia - Volume-1 as Extracted from the Original Court records of Augusta County 1745-1800, The Commonwealth Printing Company for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Rosslyn, Virginia. 633p. Digital reproduction in the us-gen-web archives collection: BROWSE HERE.

Chalkley, L. 1912. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia - Volume-2 as Extracted from the Original Court records of Augusta County 1745-1800, The Commonwealth Printing Company for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Rosslyn, Virginia. 633p. Digital reproduction in the us-gen-web archives collection: BROWSE HERE.

Chalkley, L. 1912. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia - Volume-3 as Extracted from the Original Court records of Augusta County 1745-1800, The Commonwealth Printing Company for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Rosslyn, Virginia. 633p. Digital reproduction in the us-gen-web archives collection: BROWSE HERE.

Chepesiuk, R. 2000. The Scotch-Irish: From the North of Ireland to the Making of America. McFarland and Company Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 192p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Dinsmore, J.W. 1906. The Scotch-Irish in America; their history, traits, institutions, and influences, Winona Publishing Company, Chicago, 276p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Ford, H.F. 1915. The Scotch-Irish in America, Princeton University Press, Princeton N.J. 632p. Reprint Arno Press 1969 as part of The American Immigration Collection. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Hanna, Charles Augustus. 1902. The Scotch-Irish; or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America – Volume-I. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. 652p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE

Hanna, Charles Augustus. 1902. The Scotch-Irish; or, The Scot in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America – Volume-II. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, The Knickerbocker Press. 623p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE

Hill, George P. 1877. ‘’An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, 1608-1620’’. Belfast: M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, 652p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE

Howe, George. 1861. The Scotch-Irish, and their first settlements on the Tyger River and other neighboring precincts in South Carolina. A centennial discourse, delivered at Nazareth Church, Spartanburg district, S. C., September 14, 1861, Southern Guardian Steam-power Press, Columbia, South Carolina, 36p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download copyright free PDF HERE.

Jackson, C. 1993. A Social History of the Scotch-Irish, Madison Books, Lanham-New York-London, 232p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Lewis, T.A. 2004. West from Shenandoah for America: A Scotch-Irish Family Fights for America 1729-1781: A Journal of Discovery, John Wiley and Sons, 278p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Leyburn, J.G. 1962. The Scotch-Irish: A Social History. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 408p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

MacMaster, R.K. Scotch-Irish Merchants in Colonial America: The Flaxseed Trade and Emigration from Ireland, 1718-1775, Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society. 1890 - 1897. 1st to 8th Annual Meeting and Banquet at the Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, February 13th 1890, Allen, Lane and Scott's Printers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 510p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society. 1899 - 1905. 9th to 16th Annual Meeting and Banquet at the Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, February 10th 1898, Allen, Lane and Scott's Printers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 672p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society. 1906 - 1913. 17th to 24th Annual Meeting and Banquet at the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, February 27th 1906, Allen, Lane and Scott's Printers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 648p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish Society. 1914 - 1921. 25th to 32nd Annual Meeting and Dinner at the Hotel Bellevue-Stratford, Philadelphia, February 19th 1914, Allen, Lane and Scott Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 730p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection: Download HERE.

Reed, M. 2917. The Scotch-Irish Connection to Cajun Music, Audio Podcast, Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Episode-11 LISTEN HERE.

Resnick, B. 1988. The Williams Place: A Scotch-Irish Farmstead in the South Carolina Piedmont, The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia. 114p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Not available as a copyright free PDF, but instead may be browsed and read in its entirety online at READ HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1889. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the First Congress, Columbia, Tennessee, May 1889. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 324p. Digital reproduction in the jstor.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1890. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Second Congress, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 29 to June 1, 1890. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 324p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1891. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Third Congress, Louisville, Kentucky, May 14-17, 1891. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 402p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1892. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Fourth Congress, Atlanta, Georgia, April 28 to May 1, 1892. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 394p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1893. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Fifth Congress, Springfield, Ohio, May 11-14, 1893. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 362p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1894. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Sixth Congress, Des Moines, Iowa, June 7-10, 1894. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 348p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1895. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Seventh Congress, Lexington, Virginia, June 20-23, 1895. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 430p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1897. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Eighth Congress, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 4-7, 1896. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 476p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1900. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Ninth Congress, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 7-10, 1900. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 406p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. 1901. The Scotch-Irish in America: Proceedings and Addresses of the Tenth Congress, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Barbee and Smith, Nashville, Tennessee. 552p. Digital reproduction in the archive.org collection. Download HERE.

Scotch-Irish Society of America. The Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America was founded to promote and preserve Scotch-Irish history and culture of America's Scotch-Irish heritage and to keep alive the esprit de corps of the Scotch-Irish people. Membership in the Society is available to United States citizens, and to legal permanent residents of the United States, who are of Scotch-Irish descent. READ HERE.