
Echoes from the vault
The University Collections and Museums blog highlights items from the collections to explore their past and context.
The University Collections and Museums blog highlights items from the collections to explore their past and context.
This blog was first issued as an article in St Andrews in Focus. Students at the University of St Andrews in the 19th century aspired to…
Are you tired of the same old parade of treats on your festive table? Bored stiff by yet another Bûche de Noel? Are you looking to…
One of the most important histories of Scotland, which sheds new light on William Wallace and the Stone of Destiny, has found its…
In continuation of UK Disability History month, we take another look at the University archive for stories of students living with disabilities in previous generations. In this blog we highlight the stories of students…
What do you get if you mix a famous golfer, an organ-paying medievalist and the Declaration of Independence? The improbable though entirely true tale of how a young lecturer came to swap St Andrews, Fife, for sunny…
November marks the start of UK Disability History month and the opportunity to discover and learn new narratives within the University’s archives. Archivists Sarah Rodriguez and Elizabeth Thompson-MacRae have been…