Born in Salzburg on Christmas Eve 1773, Joseph Woelfl was an Austrian pianist and composer. As a chorister at Salzburg Cathedral between 1783 and 1786… Read More »Woelfl’s Third Grand Concerto for the Piano Forte
[H]erein will be found mythology, necromancy, biography, topography, history, theology, phrenology, anatomy, legal ingenuity, conjugal correspondence, amatory epistles, poetry, theatrical representations, affecting anecdotes, &c. &c.… Read More »Maria Marten and the Murder at the Red Barn
In this ‘Behind the Scenes’ blog post we take a look at one of the volunteer projects that has been ongoing in the Special Collections… Read More »Cataloguing architectural plans of the Dean of Guild
We’ve spent some time recently working on replacing our aging photographic collections site – you can see the new and improved site here https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/special-collections/photographs/. The… Read More »Launch of New Photographic Collections Site
The Tullis Russell Paper Mills Collection (ms38973) contains records in a variety of formats – paper, photographic, audio tapes, VHS tapes and film reels. Previous… Read More »‘The Papermakers’ – Tullis Russell in film
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, we pay tribute to the Edinburgh District Council’s Women’s Committee (1984-1996) and feminist photographer Franki Raffles (1955-1994). To begin… Read More »International Women’s Day 2020: Snapshots of Edinburgh District Council Women’s Committee by Franki Raffles
Like a kid in a sweet shop! That’s what it felt like to be given a tour of the Photographic Collection at the St Andrews… Read More »A special visit to the St Andrews University Library’s Special Collections Photographic Collection
Maia Sheridan, our Manuscripts Archivist, discovers our very own ‘Greatest Showman’ in one of our archive collections. Sometimes fun things happen in the archives. While… Read More »Roll up! Roll up! For all the fun of the fair!
In previous blogs, we have featured reports from the Logjam project highlighting our active management of our archival collections through the appraisal and cataloguing of… Read More »Greta Michie: connections between Glenesk and St Andrews reinvigorated
We hope you have enjoyed our 2019 advent calendar! Here are all of the fantastic beasts for you to enjoy.
The myth of fairies has no single origin, but stories of fairy-like creatures are common throughout folklore. These magical creatures usually have a human appearance… Read More »December 25 – Fairies
The composite Persian volume known as the Book of Wonders, deals with natural history and geography. It is made up of the ‘Seven Seas’ section… Read More »December 24 – Chimera
