Author Archives
I am Assistant Archivist (Scottish Business Archive) at Archive Services and a member of the College of Arts Library Support Team.
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Observing the 80s
The Mass Observation Archive, the British Library Oral History Collections and the University of Sussex Library have recently launched a new digital resource – Observing the 80s. Offering digitised oral histories, responses to the Mass Observation directives, and ephemera Observing… Read More ›
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New resource for Philosophy students and researchers
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Philosophy The Library now has a subscription to this online resource which we hope will be well used by our students and academics. It covers around 150 key philosophical ideas, theories and philosophers, providing an authoritative introduction… Read More ›
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Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things!
Today, the Design Museum’s Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things exhibition opens in London. On display as part of the exhibition is a design sketch from the Stoddard-Templeton Archive by Marion Dorn Ltd. Dorn was an influential interior and textile designer,… Read More ›
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Vox Populi: John Wilkes & Scottish Liberty
The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies’ Vox Populi series returns this evening, with Dr Rhona Brown‘s lecture on the reception of John Wilkes in The Weekly Magazine. John Wilkes, an English radical, journalist and politician, was active in the… Read More ›
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Sources for History dissertations: British Records on the Atlantic World
This afternoon I was talking to junior honours History students as part of their dissertation induction training. The session was about finding primary and secondary sources for their dissertation research. One of the electronic resources I highlighted was British Records… Read More ›
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WWII Roll of Honour Addition
As the University community joined together for the annual Remembrance Service yesterday in the University Chapel, a new name joined the Roll of those members of the University who served and fell during the First and Second World Wars. James… Read More ›
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Jimmy Reid: Addition to the archive
Archive Services have posted in the past about the James Reid collection: launching our Jimmy Reid flickr set and sharing news about the Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s Jimmy Who? project, and we have more news to share! Last week a… Read More ›
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Oldest records from the University Archive on display
Last night we put on display the two oldest documents from the University Archive. They are two inspeximuses issued in 1304 by the Chapter of Glasgow to the Dominican Black Friars. They were displayed to mark the launch of the… Read More ›
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Graduates 2012 / 1912: 22nd June
Today, the second day of graduations of summer 2012, sees students from the School of Social and Political Sciences and the School of Law graduate. In 1912, law students Alexander H. Aiton and Thomas Alphonsus O’Hare graduated with a BL,… Read More ›
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Graduates 2012 / 1912
Congratulations to everyone who is graduating today! Today is the first day of the summer graduations 2012 with students obtaining their degrees in subject areas such as Chemistry, Geography, Social Science and Physics. Throughout this graduation period we will be… Read More ›
