Last week I attended an interesting talk (organised by the Friends of Glasgow University Library) on the University project to produce an on-line catalogue raisonné of the etchings of the American born artist James McNeill Whistler. The world renowned Whistler… Read More ›
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Discovering Natural History and Special Collections
As a former undergraduate and current postgraduate student of the University of Glasgow, I have been living in the library for almost five years now. Right now I am completing an MLitt in the History of Collecting and Collections in… Read More ›
Gardener’s delights: flower books on exhibition
Over the summer, a number of items from Special Collections have been on display in the National Galleries of Scotland, as part of the Impressionist Gardens exhibition. A selection of 19th century journals, flower books and gardener’s handbooks were selected by… Read More ›