The entries came in, the jury deliberated, and we are now delighted to reveal the winners of our 2019-20 David Murray book collecting prize. The judging panel had a very difficult task in awarding the prize this year. Not only… Read More ›
Archives and Special Collections
This category is used for posts created by archives and special collections staff from August 2016.
ASC Rewind: The Journal of Design & Manufactures
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in August 2001 by Julie Coleman and the full… Read More ›
Commemoration Day 2020
Today is Commemoration Day, an annual celebration of the foundation of the University in 1451, where thanks are given to the many benefactors whose gifts have supported the development of the University. Sadly due to Covid-19 this year’s celebrations have been postponed… Read More ›
ASC Rewind: Gustav Holst – Letters to W. G. Whittaker (Sp Coll MS Gen 1350)
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in September 2004 by Morag Greig and the full… Read More ›
ASC Rewind: Free kicks at football
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in January 2004 and the full article can still… Read More ›
ASC Rewind: Rerum moscoviticarum commentarii
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with fresh eyes. This article was originally published in August 2007 by Sarah Hepworth and the full… Read More ›
Conservation of Higden’s Polychronicon…Part 1!
MS Hunter 223 is a 14th-century parchment manuscript copy of Ranulf Higden’s Polychronicon, a medieval chronicle of history and theology. Whilst little direct evidence remains in this copy to allow us to know exactly what the structure of the manuscript’s… Read More ›
ASC Rewind: Tortoises, Turtles and Terrapins
This series revisits our Book of the Month archive to highlight some of our favourite articles and explore the ASC collections they describe with new eyes. This article was originally published in September 2007 by Julie Gardham and the full article can still be found on… Read More ›
150 years of Gilmorehill: designing the new campus
by Andrew Mackay, History of Art placement student in Archives and Special Collections. For centuries, the University of Glasgow had been located on the High Street of Glasgow. However, come the 1800s it became clear that a change was necessary…. Read More ›
World of David Murray
David Murray was a Glasgow lawyer, antiquary and bibliographer, and Special Collections houses his personal library containing around 15000 printed books, incorporating some 23000 items including pamphlets and ephemera, and over 200 manuscripts. He bequeathed the majority of his library to the University in 1927 and subsequent acquisitions have been made… Read More ›
