Memories of World War I
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
Rare Book Collection
James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018
Bibliophile? Photography lover? Tell us about your collection and you could win £500 plus the chance to help select a new Special Collections item. The… Read More »James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2018
Special Collections Teaching 2017-2018 Candlemas Semester
At the University of St Andrews Library we are keen that Special Collections materials are used to support teaching through workshops, seminars and show and… Read More »Special Collections Teaching 2017-2018 Candlemas Semester
Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine
On this day, the 14th May, in 1796, the first documented case of cowpox inoculation was carried out by Dr Edward Jenner. This blog looks… Read More »Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine
Searching for the Philosopher’s Stone
The following blog is the account of 10 year old Zachary’s visit to the Library’s Special Collections to see early Alchemical books to help with… Read More »Searching for the Philosopher’s Stone
Conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’
The University Library Special Collections Division recently contributed to the conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’. In… Read More »Conference ‘Dress and Décor: Domestic Textiles and Personal Adornment in Scotland up to 1700’
Copyright ABCs – ‘The Progress of a Water-Coloured Drawing’
Among the beautiful illustrations of the art books in the Special Collections Copyright Deposit Collection, classmark N (Fine Arts), one which stood out was the… Read More »Copyright ABCs – ‘The Progress of a Water-Coloured Drawing’
StAnza Poetry Festival
Last Thursday the University Library Special Collections put on a show and tell as part of this year’s StAnza poetry festival for an audience of… Read More »StAnza Poetry Festival
A treatise on famous female rulers
Dr Sandra Toffolo, Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the School of History, takes a look at John Lesley’s De illustrium foeminarum in republica administranda, ac ferendis… Read More »A treatise on famous female rulers
Editors at work: Constructing Knowledge and Identity through Scientific Periodicals
The workshop ‘Editors and Editing of Scientific Periodicals: Constructing Knowledge and Identity, 1760s-1910s’ was hosted by the School of History from the 18th to 19th… Read More »Editors at work: Constructing Knowledge and Identity through Scientific Periodicals
Ten Minutes in Murderland. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 3: Jack the Ripper.
This is the final part of our mini blog series featuring sensational headlines from The St Andrews Citizen newspaper. Spoiler alert: contains graphic descriptions of murder – not for the… Read More »Ten Minutes in Murderland. Horror and Sensationalism in The St Andrews Citizen, Week 3: Jack the Ripper.
A New Edition by Martin Luther
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (and former Lighting the Past Cataloguer), Drew Thomas, highlights the St Andrews University Library’s 1529 edition of Luther’s preface to the Psalter,… Read More »A New Edition by Martin Luther