If you did a quick internet search of Alfred Mercier, you may come across an American French writer responsible for such works as L’Habitation Saint-Ybars and Le Fou de Palerme. However, if you care to dig a little deeper, another… Read More ›
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The International Heritage Project: South East Asia GRAB Lunch
On Wednesday April 24th the International Heritage Project put on a pop up display for the South East Asia GRAB lunch, with items reflecting the University’s links with Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. From Special collections we had two… Read More ›
Aubrey Fair Boyd, by Fiona Scott
When spending time in the Archives, trying to piece together a life using dates, signatures and brief references in meeting minutes, finding a voice seems an unreasonable hope. In the case of Glasgow Uni student Aubrey Fair Boyd, the unreasonable… Read More ›
‘The Workers’ Coast’ and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd
Here at Archive Services we are pleased to announce that material from our Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd collections is to be featured in the BBC’s new series of Coast! Items from our collection will feature in ‘The Workers’ Coast’ episode,… Read More ›
The International Heritage Project Celebrates Our African Connections
The focus for this month’s Global Regional Activity Briefing was Africa, and the International Heritage Project was delighted to support the event with a display of items from the Library’s heritage collections. The University of Glasgow started to welcome its… Read More ›
Vox Populi – Republican Reality: Scotland and the USA 1790-1820
To coincide with Dr. Emma Macleod’s lecture Republican Reality: Scotland and the USA 1790-1820, the fifth in the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies Vox Populi seminar series, we offer up a tale of two WiIsons. Both were born in… Read More ›
The International Heritage Project supports the East Asia GRAB Lunch
On Monday February 11th the International Heritage Project provided a pop-up display of documents from Archive Services and Special Collections to support the East Asia Global Regional Activity Briefing (GRAB) Lunch. From Special Collections we selected The History of Japan……. Read More ›
The International Heritage Project Pop-up Display
In support of the Europe Global Regional Activity Briefing (GRAB) Lunch, held on Tuesday January 22nd as part of the University’s Internationalisation Agenda, the International Heritage Project provided a pop-up display of documents from Archive Services and Special Collections. … Read More ›
Searchroom Visit: The Reading Room Project
In late December we were visited by two researchers who, as part of a small team, will be putting together a series of thought provoking audio tours at the McMillan Reading Room. Our visitors, director of the project, Sarah Bradley… Read More ›
The International Heritage Project welcomes Japanese school children from Ninohe City
My first full week in the post of International Heritage Project support officer saw my inaugural visit on the afternoon of Friday 11th January, when Glasgow University Library hosted a small, but very important Japanese delegation. The party was composed… Read More ›
