Author Archives
I am an Assistant Archivist at Archive Services (GUAS). This involves cataloguing new collections and making them accessible via our online catalogue, answering enquiries and assisting researchers in our searchroom. I also maintain and develop the University Story project.
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Louis Raemaekers “the world’s most famous cartoonist”
On the 22 of June 1922 the University of Glasgow awarded a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree to the Dutch painter and cartoonist Louis Raemaekers. Raemaekers was born in Roermond, Netherlands, in 1869. He first worked as a cartoonist for… Read More ›
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The EMU annual magazine: featuring Lochhead, Kelman and Torrington
The University of Glasgow has a long history of offering part-time courses for adults. The Centre for Open Studies was formerly known as the Department of Adult and Continuing Education and during the early 1970s four issues of an annual… Read More ›
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Think of a Rector: Johnny Ball
As Johnny Ball makes an early exit as a contestant on the BBC’s flagship show Strictly Come Dancing, it is an opportune time to consider his longer tenure as Rector at the University. During the early nineties, the University consisted… Read More ›
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New student and staff collection descriptions on the Archive Services catalogue
In the past month Archive Services have uploaded a number of new collection descriptions to our electronic catalogue. These include descriptions of papers of Glasgow students and academics as well as descriptions of Scottish business collections. We thought we’d give… Read More ›
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150th anniversary of the University of Glasgow’s School of Veterninary Medicine
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the University of Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine which was founded in 1862 by James McCall (1834-1915). An Ayrshire graduate of the Dick Veterinary College, McCall came to Glasgow in 1859 and started a… Read More ›
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Scotlands oldest documents online
A new interactive online database, which will make thousands of the oldest documents in Scotland’s history available to the public, is being launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell MSP, today at the University of… Read More ›
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Thomas Ferguson Rodger collection online
The catalogue for the papers of Thomas Ferguson Rodger (1907-1978), the University’s first Professor of Psychological Medicine, is now online. Rodger was a graduate of the University and received a BSc in 1927 and MB ChB in 1929. You can… Read More ›
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International Scots-James Wilson, one of the Founding Fathers of the USA
On the occasion of Independence Day 2012, the International Story project looks to its pioneering International Scottish students, and there is no one so apt to celebrate Independence Day as James Wilson, one of the Founding Fathers of the USA… Read More ›
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The Olympics: revisiting Neil Garrod’s long distance fundraising feat
With the first ever journey of the Olympic torch around Scotland coming to an end this week and the games fast approaching, we thought it would be a good time to revisit and remember the long distance fundraising feat of… Read More ›
