Guest blog post by Roddy Simpson, photographer, Honorary Research Fellow School of Culture and Creative Arts and author of ‘The Photography of Victorian Scotland’ (2012). Elizabeth Johnston Hall (1822-1901) is one of the most famous photographed Scottish women because of… Read More ›
When we posted about the Season of Photography in Scotland, we didn’t mention William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) in our list of collections but the Library is fortunate to hold an original copy of his pioneering work ‘The Pencil of… Read More ›
The Season of Photography in Scotland, which runs until the end of November, is an initiative of Photography Scotland, a consortium comprising the National Galleries of Scotland, The University of Glasgow, the University of St Andrews, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow,… Read More ›
The Season of Photography brings together many of the exhibitions and events taking place throughout Scotland. The season offers the opportunity for everyone to engage with photography. From the moment of its birth, photography had a dual character – as a… Read More ›
Guest blog post by Roddy Simpson, photographer and writer on the history of photography. Roddy has researched and described a significant recent acquisition to our early photographic collections. The Glasgow Photographic Association was active from 1862 until 1900 and succeeded… Read More ›
Blog post by Megan Hon, Junior Honours student majoring in History of Art, on placement in Special Collections From January to March 2017, I was very lucky to be offered a placement at the University Library Archives and Special… Read More ›
The first post of the Gilmorehill Story Project comes to us from our Club 21 volunteer Lauren Moffat! Pearce Lodge is unique amongst the University buildings at Gilmorehill in that it exists as a material connection to the University’s old site on… Read More ›
Today the #WFJAlbum project draws to a close. Over the last few months we have been following the travels of William Fulton Jackson across Scotland in 1914, whose extensive photo albums with detailed captions allow us to know the… Read More ›
Today University of Glasgow Archive Services launches a new project following the life and travels of William Fulton Jackson. William Fulton Jackson, born in Glasgow in 1855, was the General Manager of the North British Railway Company. Whilst his success… Read More ›
This month our foyer exhibition features the work of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,1832-1898). He is best known for his books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass but he was also a mathematician… Read More ›
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