Calling all current University of Glasgow students: Did you make use of Special Collections or Archives over the past year? We know that many of you did and we would like to hear from you! Write a short blog on something… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘UofGLibrary’
What’s in a title[page]? Or Spinoza – the return…
Just imagine for a moment that you’re a respectable god-fearing Dutch gent living in the late 17th century. You’re at a friend’s house on a social call. He leaves the room briefly and you – incorrigibly nosey – can’t help… Read More ›
More than a game: How Scotland shaped world football
A new exhibition charting Scotland’s role in the development and growth of football has recently opened at the Kelvingrove Museum and Special Collections is delighted to contribute by loaning an important item. The 1691 edition of Scottish school-teacher David Wedderburn’s… Read More ›
The Development of the Book: a case study from Special Collections
From Monday 25 March Special Collections will be hosting a week-long HATII class on The Development of the Book. This new class, taught by visiting staff from City University New York, will use examples from Special Collections to explore a… 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 ›
What is the future of printed media? Special Collections (with an apologetic nod to Radio 4) takes The Long View!
The University’s Development and Alumni Office is staging a panel debate on 4 March examining the future of printed media. The panel – to be chaired by journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil – will consider the current trends in digital… Read More ›
Peter Darrell at the GFT
In December 2012 we posted information on the BBC 2 broadcast, Peter Darrell – Scotland’s Dance Pioneer. This tribute to the life and legacy of Peter Darrell, which marked the 25th anniversary of his death, will be shown at the GFT on Friday 15 February at… Read More ›
Images Online: 17th Century Emblem Book
New Special Collections Flickr Set A recent enquiry from a researcher has prompted our latest Flickr set of Roemer Visscher’s ‘Drawings for the Sinnepoppen’ (SM 1891A). ‘Drawings for the Sinnepoppen’ is an emblem book (c.1614) that contains 84 drawings, approximately… Read More ›
The Edwin Morgan Papers: Commemorating Burns Night
To commemorate Burns Night we thought we’d share with you a few items from the Papers of Edwin Morgan, in particular a couple of Robert Burns commemorative stamps which were sent to EM by an unidentified friend in the USSR…. Read More ›
Scotland’s failed colony: the Darien Scheme
Did you know that Scots established an overseas colony in the late 1600s? The trading colony in Darien, on the Isthmus of Panama, was founded to help secure a wider market for Scottish traders excluded from the privileges enjoyed by… Read More ›
