This category is used for posts created by archives and special collections staff from August 2016.
A collection of papers relating to Hannah Frank, the Glasgow-born Artist, Sculptor and Arts graduate of the University of Glasgow is held by the University’s Archives and Special Collections. Recently, I had the opportunity to examine the papers which relate to Frank’s… Read More ›
Adam Smith was a moral philosopher, political economist and a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, perhaps best known by many as the author of ‘The Wealth of Nations’. He was Professor at the University, served as Dean of Faculties… Read More ›
Today, August 9th, is Book Lovers Day – an opportunity to indulge in everything we love about books and a good read… Here in Archives & Special Collections we are, obviously, very partial to a book and we are lucky… Read More ›
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival and takes place annually in Edinburgh in the month of August. This year we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and 70 years of fringe as a… Read More ›
The papers of Margaret Wylie Martin, nee Thomas (1903-2002) provide a fascinating insight into the story of 4 generations of determined women, Margaret, her grandmother, mother and daughter. Margaret Wylie Thomas graduated from the University of Glasgow with an MB… Read More ›
Our most recent ASC cataloguing forum was hosted by Roz Ryan-Mills, a former graduate trainee at ASC and current Information Management & Preservation MSc student at the University. For her Master’s dissertation Roz is currently researching the use of restricted collections… Read More ›
As all viewers of ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’ know, there is no ‘J’ in the Latin alphabet. In Hunter’s Trustees’ catalogue (and in the earlier catalogues compiled in Hunter’s lifetime), there is no separate section in MR 3… Read More ›
