In 1949 Thomas Ferguson Rodger became the University’s first Professor of Psychological Medicine, a position he was to hold until his retirement in 1973. Born in Glasgow, Rodger attended North Kelvinside School and studied at the University, graduating BSc (1927)… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘collections’
Preservation Management Programme: quarantine room
As part of the ongoing Pest Management programme at Archive Services we have set up a Quarantine room where we can examine and treat new collections before repackaging them and storing them in the archive. Keeping mould and pests from… Read More ›
My experience as a trainee at GUAS
After having completed a voluntary placement at the Lothian Health Services Archive and a Club 21 placement at GUAS, I realised that I wanted to pursue a career in the world of archives. I was very fortunate to gain the… Read More ›
The Scottish ‘Blues’ revisited: Urban Studies Seminar
On Friday I spent an enjoyable afternoon at Urban Studies’ seminar: The (Scottish) ‘Blues’ Revisited: new town and high rise neurosis amongst women in the post-war decades. Lynn Abrams and Linda Fleming (School of Humanities) were presenting on their recent… Read More ›
Historical Glasgow map reproductions now available
We are very pleased to announce that high quality reproductions of some of the highlights of the Map Collections covering Glasgow are now available from the Online Shop of the University. You’ll find privately surveyed maps showing Glasgow in 1778… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
This week’s gem from the Stoddard - Templeton Design Archive is a small design attributed to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Glasgow born artist, designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), as we all probably know, is today celebrated internationally as one… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Silver Studio
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a selection of designs ascribed to the Silver Studio. In 1880 Arthur Silver, a pupil of H. W. Batley and who has been the subject of a previous post, founded… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Agnes Pinder Davis
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a collection of designs by Agnes Pinder Davis from the 1930s. Agnes Pinder Davis was a well known and well respected artist/designer in the 1930s. She produced countless designs for ceramic… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Picture
This week’s gems from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive come from a drawer entitled “Picture”. When I opened the drawer to begin cataloguing what was inside, I must admit that, going by the title of the drawer alone, I didn’t really… Read More ›
Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Cyanotypes
This week’s Stoddard Templeton Friday Gem comes from the Archive’s Associated Design Records, and features a small number of cyanotypes, or blueprints, of early Templeton carpet designs (STOD/201/1/7/23). Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that gives a cyan-blue print. It… Read More ›
