Our Special Collections continue to attract visitors from across the globe, many of whom are prepared to travel hundreds or even thousands of miles in order to ‘strike gold’ in terms of finding the right research material. With this in… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘social history’
A Voyage to St. Kilda
Every now and then, Special Collections gratefully accepts certain material that has been gifted to the library by members of the general public. One such item to have been recently acquired in this way is an unassuming little book entitled ‘A voyage… Read More ›
What was life like 100 years ago?
When I tell people that I am a librarian a common response is “What a nice job – do you read books all day?”. Oh how I laugh! Having said that, working in Special Collections probably does give me more… Read More ›
Victorian lives in pictures
Another 300 images are now available online from our 19th century photograph albums. The contents of three more albums have been digitised: two feature prize winning images by members of the Amateur Photographic Association (founded in 1861); the third is a fascinating ‘photographers logbook’ owned… Read More ›
Nobel Archivists
Archive Services hosted a visit today of 9 archivists from the Archive Centre in Örebro in the heart of Sweden. They were recently awarded the accolade of being the best archive in Sweden and they are using the prize to… Read More ›
Old Glasgow on film
For a fascinating peek into life in bygone Glasgow, including the West End and the University, The Scottish Screen Archive has some fabulous film clips, such as a Sunday morning promenade along Great Western Road in 1915; some 1948 Lectures… Read More ›
