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Archives assistant Graduate Trainee at The University of Glasgow Archive Services (August 2011-July 2012)

• Matriculation Index images on Flickr

  By rachaelegan on July 12, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  hile looking up the University of Glasgow matriculation volumes from the late 19th century for a student enquiry, I came across some fabulous images in the indexes for the sessions 1884-85 and 1885-86. When matriculating at the University of Glasgow… Read More ›

• Wimbledon 2012 and Tennis at the University

  By rachaelegan on July 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  This week the world’s best tennis players continue to battle it out for the Wimbledon trophies. As we begin the second week of Wimbledon, and in honour of the Wimbledon finals this weekend, we have had a look through our… Read More ›

• The last of graduates 2012/1912: 29th June

  By rachaelegan on June 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Today sees the last of the June 2012 graduations in the Bute hall of the University of Glasgow and so this is a last look back at the graduates of one hundred years ago. Students who studied subjects in the… Read More ›

• Graduates 2012/1912: 28th June

  By rachaelegan on June 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  It is the turn of the Divinity students to graduate today, along with those of English and Scottish literature. Today, therefore, we just had to feature the pioneering divinity student Olive May Winchester , who graduated with a BD in… Read More ›

• Graduates 2012/1912: 27th June

  By rachaelegan on June 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Today, alongside students of Computing Science and Psychology, Mathematics students graduate and we have chosen a couple of mathematically gifted graduates from 1912 to feature. Alexander Gray won 3rd place in his Ordinary level Mathematics class and 2nd prize for… Read More ›

• Graduates 2012/1912: 26th June

  By rachaelegan on June 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  The medical degree graduations take place today and so we have found some high-flying medical graduates from 1912 to feature. Samuel Blumenfeld graduated one hundred years ago with an MB (Bachelor of Medicine). He has an extensive prize list with… Read More ›

• Graduates 2012 / 1912: 25th June

  By rachaelegan on June 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Bachelor of Science students graduate BSc today in the Bute Hall and we have found some high achieving BSc graduates from 1912: William Collins Forsyth was an outstanding student who won six first class certificates in BSc subjects such as… Read More ›

• The Olympics: gender verification in sports

  By rachaelegan on June 8, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Today the Olympic torch will be passing by the University (scheduled to pass the Main Gate at 6pm!) and to celebrate this we have looked through the archive for collections with an Olympic theme. We hold the papers of geneticist… Read More ›

• The Jubilee and the University of Glasgow

  By rachaelegan on June 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Given the celebrations this weekend to mark Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee, we wanted to share with you this invitation to Sir Hector Hetherington, Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1936 until 1961, to attend the coronation of Her Majesty Queen… Read More ›

• Coffee Culture in the 1870s and the Napier collection

  By rachaelegan on May 24, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  While searching through papers from our Robert Napier collection, I came across a very interesting and unexpected letter. Robert Napier (1791-1876) was an engineer and shipbuilder who pioneered the integration of both disciplines. He was a very important figure in… Read More ›