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• Calling current GU students!

  By C Daniel on February 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Looking for work experience in the heritage field? The adverts for Archive Services’ new placements are now up on the Club 21 website. The closing date for applications is Monday 4th March.

• Change to Archive Services Opening Hours

  By C Daniel on September 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  From today Archive Services will be open to searchroom visitors from 9.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. For more information about visiting us, click here.

• Hastie Steering Gear

  By C Daniel on February 14, 2011 • ( 10 )

  Here at Archive Services we hold a collection of records for John Hastie & Co. Ltd, steering gear manufacturers, on behalf of the National Archives of Scotland (collection ref. GD444).  We therefore receive enquiries from people who have acquired part… Read More ›

• Archives as inspiration

  By C Daniel on September 15, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Today amongst others in the searchroom we have had the artist Robin Miller, looking at the images of the famous Clyde-built liners which we hold as part of our John Brown shipbuilding collection.

• Archive Services – date for reopening

  By C Daniel on February 26, 2010 • ( 1 )

  Archive Services will be reopening on Monday 8th March. We look forward to welcoming staff, students and members of the public to our new visitor facilities (click here for the latest pictures), but would encourage all potential visitors to make… Read More ›

• Archive Services refurbishment – new photos

  By C Daniel on January 7, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Click here for the latest pictures of our new visitor facilities under construction.

• Archive Services refurbishment update

  By C Daniel on October 8, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The updated start date for our closure (while our visitor facilities are refurbished) is Monday 26th October.  Remember that we will still be running our enquiry service, so please do get in touch. Pictures of the work in progress will… Read More ›

• Archive Services Refurbishment

  By C Daniel on September 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Archive Services will be closed to the public from Monday 19th October until early February 2010, while our visitor facilities are extensively refurbished. This means that on-site visits to view archival material will not be possible during this period. We… Read More ›

• Lusitania Plan Pack

  By C Daniel on September 25, 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  The search for the perfect present is off! A ship plan pack is now available for the Cunard liner the Lusitania. She is particularly known for her sinking in 1915, which is said to have been a factor in bringing the… Read More ›

• Homecoming tours: Whisky

  By C Daniel on June 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

  

  Have you ever wondered what an archivist does? Or what archives we hold here and how we store them? Would you like to see highlights from our whisky-related collections? This Thursday, 25th June, we at Archive Services are offering a special… Read More ›