With the completion of a 26-month project, the Franki Raffles Photography Collection has now been fully catalogued. The online catalogue of the photographs in this… Read More »The Franki Raffles Photography Collection
In memory of the legendary golf commentator, Peter Alliss (1931-2020), we highlight moments from his life as documented in our photographic collections. Son of acclaimed… Read More »Remembering Peter Alliss (1931-2020), LLD 2005
The St Andrews Photographic Collection is a treasure trove for those interested in photographic albums. Here, we take a closer look at one of the… Read More »A Photographer’s Working Archive: The Thomas Hugh Miller Photographic Collection
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
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
We hope you have enjoyed our 2019 advent calendar! Here are all of the fantastic beasts for you to enjoy.
The kelpie, or water-horse, is a shape-shifting water spirit from Scottish legend. Included in the Robert Burns poem ‘Address to the Deil’ (1786), the kelpie… Read More »December 18 – Kelpies
No compendium of mythical creatures would be complete without Scotland’s own creature of myth – the Loch Ness monster. Nessie is said to live in… Read More »December 9 – Nessie
This is the last instalment in a series of five blog posts featuring juxtapositions of early photographs of St Andrews, selected from the Special Collections Division… Read More »St Andrews Then and Now: A Rephotography Project: Part V
This is the fourth instalment in a series of five blog posts featuring juxtapositions of early photographs of St Andrews, selected from the Special Collections… Read More »St Andrews Then and Now: A Rephotography Project: Part IV
This is the third instalment in a series of five blog posts featuring close juxtapositions of early photographs of St Andrews selected from the Special… Read More »St Andrews Then and Now: A Rephotography Project: Part III
