Last time, in our exploration of travel photographs from the General Rollo collection, we commented on the portrayal of local people. This post will continue… Read More »The lantern slide tourist, week 3: local animals
In the second week of our armchair-travels through the lantern slides of the General Rollo Collection we continue our virtual tours among the ordinary people… Read More »The lantern slide tourist, week 2: local people
In this blog, Pilar Gil, Cataloguing and Documentation Officer, starts a new series looking at the General Rollo collection, a set of prints, lantern slides… Read More »The magic lantern tourist
Julie Greenhill may be a familiar name if you have ever sent an enquiry to Special Collections. Here she reflects on a key role the… Read More »The anatomy of an enquiry, part 1: unlocking answers in the archive
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
As part of the British Home Front week in St Andrews, the University Library’s Special Collections Division is hosting a drop-in session on the morning… Read More »Memories of World War I
Ro Spankie, Principal Lecturer, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster, shares with us her recent search to find out about her… Read More »Friends for Life: letters home from an 18th century St Andrews alumnus
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust towards the conservation of material relating to… Read More »Caring for our Collections: National Manuscripts Conservation Trust
This is the second of our mini blog series featuring sensational headlines from The St Andrews Citizen newspaper. Spoiler alert: contains graphic descriptions of death by… Read More »‘Ten Minutes in Murderland’. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 2: Electrical Executions
One of the most enjoyable parts of working in Special Collections is, for me, answering the myriad of enquiries we receive from all over the… Read More »‘Ten Minutes in Murderland’. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 1: Lizzie Borden
Raisin Monday seems to have been a traditional celebration, the day when senior students claimed from their chosen bejant or bejantine (first year student) a… Read More »Raisin Monday: an evolving tradition
One writer of this blog post loves golf and not David Hay Fleming; the other loves David Hay Fleming and not golf. So, what brings… Read More »David Hacker-Fleming, a golfing life
