Archives Revealed: Letting the People Know
Christine Wood brings us up to date on the latest outreach activities of the Archives Revealed Hidden Archives of Cupar project. It’s been a while… Read More »Archives Revealed: Letting the People Know
Archives
Defining the boundaries: protection through housing and minimizing handling
Within the Burgh of Cupar charters collection (B13) is a document dated 5 April 1487 recording the marking of the boundaries of land belonging to… Read More »Defining the boundaries: protection through housing and minimizing handling
New Catalogue: Papers of Professor Alexander Danchev
The papers of the late Professor Alex Danchev (1955-2016), Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews from 2014 to his death in 2016, have… Read More »New Catalogue: Papers of Professor Alexander Danchev
Putting Pen to Paper: Love Letters in the Tullis Russell Business Archive
In the process of cataloguing archive collections one can come across the most unexpected and delightful documents. One such find is a small collection of… Read More »Putting Pen to Paper: Love Letters in the Tullis Russell Business Archive
Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
Back in September 2015 we announced on Echoes the acquisition of the Tullis Russell business papers which complement the extensive archive collection of Sir David… Read More »Tullis Russell Collection: Project Update
Remembering those lost in times of war, Christmas 1916
Full of old memories she yet shall be Nurse of heroic men for whom the debt To that dim past is unacknowledged yet, Till Time… Read More »Remembering those lost in times of war, Christmas 1916
Digital Humanities Internship
For a month I have been the Digital Humanities Intern, during which time I’ve been lucky enough to call the beautiful Napier Reading Room of… Read More »Digital Humanities Internship
Cataloguing the papers of David Hay Fleming: St Andrean, local historian and antiquarian
A few weeks ago, Fiona Menzies, our project cataloguer, gave a talk to colleagues, providing an outline of her work on the David Hay Fleming… Read More »Cataloguing the papers of David Hay Fleming: St Andrean, local historian and antiquarian
90th Anniversary Kate Kennedy Procession, 9 April 2016
Every February our reading room is busy with first year students researching the history of the town and University in preparation for their interviews as… Read More »90th Anniversary Kate Kennedy Procession, 9 April 2016
Reading the Collections, Week 51: Mrs Muir and Mrs Muttoe
It seems fitting in the week of St Andrews’ own poetry festival, StAnza, to feature one of our literary collections. I have chosen Willa Muir, poet,… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 51: Mrs Muir and Mrs Muttoe
Where we find new old books, chapter 3: buried treasure amongst the stacks
This is what buried treasure looks like in a library: This book, which is a collection of two perfectly respectable but not very rare tracts… Read More »Where we find new old books, chapter 3: buried treasure amongst the stacks
Tullis Russell Business Papers
News of the closure of the paper mill Tullis Russell at Markinch in June was greeted with shock and dismay, both for the loss of… Read More »Tullis Russell Business Papers