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Friday Gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive: Maxwell Armfield
This week’s gem from the Stoddard – Templeton Design Archive is a design by Maxwell Armfield entitled Summer Trail. Though small and not in excellent condition, this design is an interesting find in the collection, for Maxwell Armfield (1881-1972) was a notable English artist, designer and illustrator whose name is often associated with the Arts … Continue reading
Lanark at 30 – a novel collection
Our collection of Alasdair Gray’s handwritten drafts and original artwork for his novel ‘Lanark’ appear in a new online slideshow celebrating the 30th anniversary of its publication in February 1981. Filmed by the BBC, it features commentary by Gray talking about the influence of Glasgow in the book’s creation, described as ‘one of the greatest Scottish novels ever … Continue reading
Faerie Queens and Lost Paradises
As an undergraduate, you could be forgiven for thinking that the ‘special’ in Special Collections excludes you. I certainly thought this until beginning my placement here as part of the Library’s Graduate Trainee Scheme. Special Collections staff, however, are keen for you to know that the valuable resources found on level 12 of the Library … Continue reading
A poet’s scrapbooks – Edwin Morgan’s 90th birthday
Edwin Morgan, the distinguished Scottish poet, celebrates his 90th birthday on 27th of April 2010. To mark the occasion, Special Collections are exhibiting material from his significant and extensive archive, which includes scrapbooks, correspondence and handwritten drafts of poems, given to the department over recent years. Morgan began compiling scrapbooks in the 1930s and continued to add to them … Continue reading
Editing the 18th Century
Original editions of books by Laurence Sterne, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope are currently on display in the showcase in Special Collections (level 12 of the Library). We are highlighting these writers to complement a conference being organised by the University’s Department of English on editing the literature of the 18th century. Our choice includes … Continue reading
A Knight’s Tale
Special Collections holds significant early examples of works by the great English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1340-1400). These include fifteenth century manuscript and illustrated printed copies of The Canterbury Tales and the only extant manuscript copy of The Romaunt of the Rose, an allegorical poem on the art of love. Images from these works and … Continue reading
The Blakes are back…
…after a brief ‘holiday’ in France. We recently lent a number of works by the engraver, artist and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) to an exhibition at the Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts, in Paris. These included the illuminated book Europe: A Prophecy, one of only nine copies in the world and a treasure of … Continue reading
New resource for researching 18th and 19th Century life in Britain
The Library now has a new online collection of British Periodicals covering the 18th and 19th centuries, which will be invaluable for teaching, learning and research into virtually any topic eg history, literature, music, art, drama, archaeology, architecture etc. A wide array of different types of periodical are represented, from quarterlies and scholarly and professional … Continue reading
Oxford Reference Online: New titles and new editions
New titles have been added to Oxford Reference Online – A Dictionary of Education, A Dictionary of Hinduism, Oxford Companion to Global Change; The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. And there are new editions of several dictionaries including Art and Artists; Business and Business Management; Economics; Food and Nutrition; Physics; Politics; Proverbs; … Continue reading
Visitors learn of Glasgow Professor’s influence
Today 28 members of the Bowling Green University delegation of graduate students visited the University of Glasgow and were amazed to discover that it was a Glasgow Professor, John Nichol, who is credited with establishing the subject of American Literature with his groundbreaking book American Literature: An Historical Sketch, 1620 to 1880 published in 1882. … Continue reading
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