For International Nurses Day we decided to look at one of the most important figures in the founding of Erskine, the hospital’s first matron, Agnes Carnochan Douglas. Agnes began her nursing career at the Western Infirmary where she worked with… Read More ›
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Launching ‘The Erskine House Scheme’
On 29TH March 1916 a public meeting was held in Glasgow City Chambers to launch what the newspapers dubbed ‘The Erskine House Scheme’. The plan to open a hospital to provide care for limbless sailors and soldiers returning from the… Read More ›
Erskine Archive Project
This blog post is the first in a series about the Erskine Archive Project. My name is Orla and I’ll be working in Archives Services for the next year cataloguing the Erskine Hospital collection. The project is a joint venture… Read More ›
Community commemoration: the First World War Centenary at Glasgow University
A guest post by Esther Lucy Janes, a postgraduate Information Management and Preservation student, on placement in Archives and Special Collections. Community commemoration: The First World War Centenary at Glasgow University As Remembrance Day approaches communities will be preparing to… Read More ›
University of Glasgow Collections at the Sixth Postgraduate Conference in Conflict Archaeology
By Euan Loarridge The University of Glasgow recently hosted ‘Pens in One Hand, Trowels in the Other’: The Sixth Postgraduate Conference in Conflict Archaeology. Taking place over two days at the Kelvin Hall, 70 delegates attended nearly 30 presentations on… Read More ›
Through the Conservation Keyhole: MS Gen 1483 Boyd Charters Preservation
Published on behalf of Kerry Yates. In my last blog post I was talking about digitizing early 20th century photographs from the Erskine Collection. Today I have a few images from a recent project, rehousing documents from the 16th and… Read More ›
Explorathon 2016 and Library Heritage Collections
Explorathon is the largest celebration for European Researchers’ Night across Scotland and last Friday saw the celebration’s third year. Researchers from across the University of Glasgow showcased their work to the public with events throughout the day at different venues… Read More ›
Through conservation keyhole: engage with photography!
September and October is The Season of Photography in Scotland. It is an initiative of the Institute for Photography in Scotland (IPS), consortium established in 2012. The Consortium is comprised of representatives from the National Galleries of Scotland, The University… Read More ›
Commemorating the Battle of the Somme @UofGArchives
#OnThisDay 1st July 1916 the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of the Great War, commenced. The battle raged for five months drawing to an end on the 18 November 1916. In total an estimated 1 million… Read More ›
Commemoration Day 2016
Today is Commemoration Day, an annual celebration of the foundation of the University in 1451, thanks to the many benefactors whose gifts have supported the development of the University. The events of the day include a service for the Commemoration… Read More ›
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