This category is used for posts created by archives and special collections staff from August 2016.
The archives of Scottish Ballet – Scotland’s national ballet company – have been housed at the Scottish Theatre Archive since 1989. In 2021 Scottish Ballet gifted a new accrual of material to the archive, and this has now been catalogued… Read More ›
We are excited to share that we have recently completed a project to fully catalogue the archive of Johnny Beattie, a legend and beloved figure in Scottish comedy and variety entertainment. Johnny Beattie Born in Govan, John Gerard Beattie (1926-1920)… Read More ›
Louise Jopling (1843-1933) was an English painter and prominent figure in London’s social scene of the Victorian era. The University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) holds the papers of Louise Jopling, with material including letters, photographs and press cuttings. Jopling’s… Read More ›
Our Archives and Special Collections serve as guardians of our cultural heritage, diligently also preserving artifacts that provide valuable insights into the past. Among books, documents are old beer bottles and cans, representing a significant part of Scottish brewing history…. Read More ›
Guest blog post by Dr James Rann, Lecturer in Russian, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Glasgow It was the war that had sent me back to the archive and it was the war I found there. In… Read More ›
Guest blog by Maria Soroniati, MLitt History of Art student on placement in Archives & Special Collections. Entering the “backstage” of a library is a lot like entering a new world. At least, this was my impression as I walked… Read More ›
Guest blog by Charlotte Holmes. Charlotte recently completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, in which she discussed domestic medicine in early modern Scotland. Charlotte is interested in the relationship between food and medicine in this period as well… Read More ›
Guest blog by Sebastian Verweij, Senior Lecturer in Late-Medieval and Early Modern English Literature. ‘[I]n 2022 I managed at last to spend two happy weeks in the Level 12 reading room during April and August. My project revolved around Scottish manuscripts, and more particularly’
Guest blog by Lindsay Middleton, fourth year PhD researcher across the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow. The connections between food and health are even more longstanding than the formal use of medicine. In previous centuries, there were no distinctions… Read More ›
Guest blog by Dot Porter, University of Glasgow Library Research Fellow. My name is Dot Porter and I’m the Curator, Digital Research Services at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. In 2020 I was awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the… Read More ›
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