Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote
1918 was an important year for women’s suffrage. Some women were entitled to vote for the first time, and did so in the General Election… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part V – Equal vote
Rare Book Collection
Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and her daughters Sylvia and Christabel, were committed members of the suffrage movement. Emmeline was on the executive committee of the Manchester… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part IV – The suffragettes
Votes for Women 2018: Part III – The suffragists and anti-suffragists
Yesterday, we looked at Dame Millicent Fawcett who was the president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) from 1897. After the failure… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part III – The suffragists and anti-suffragists
Votes for Women 2018: Part II – St Andrews campaigners
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which extended the vote to some women over the age of 30… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part II – St Andrews campaigners
Votes for Women 2018: Part I – Background to the Women’s Movement
2018 is an important year for the commemoration of the struggle for women’s suffrage. A number of anniversaries of key events in the history of… Read More »Votes for Women 2018: Part I – Background to the Women’s Movement
Copyright ABCs – ‘The Scots Musical Museum’
The Lighting the Past team share their highlights from the ‘M’ section of the Copyright Deposit Collection. You can see the previous posts in the… Read More »Copyright ABCs – ‘The Scots Musical Museum’
Washing ‘the Bosphore’ and attaching Oriental sketches 2: treatment and results
In part I of this post, we saw the pre-treatment condition of ‘Le Bosphore’ and ‘Sketches in Turkey, Syria and Egypt’. In part II, the… Read More »Washing ‘the Bosphore’ and attaching Oriental sketches 2: treatment and results
Washing ‘the Bosphore’ and attaching Oriental sketches 1: before treatment
To start the New Year, we take a look at the conservation work carried out on two of our rare books, in this two-part blog.… Read More »Washing ‘the Bosphore’ and attaching Oriental sketches 1: before treatment
The Great Plum Pudding ‘Bake’-Off
Four more sleeps till Christmas. The mental background burble of the culinary checklist is getting louder. Make pastry. Bake biscuits for gingerbread house. Make mince… Read More »The Great Plum Pudding ‘Bake’-Off
David Pearson workshop on ‘Provenance in Books’
On 21-22 November, Special Collections welcomed David Pearson, former Director of Culture, Heritage & Libraries for the City of London Corporation and author of Provenance… Read More »David Pearson workshop on ‘Provenance in Books’
A trip to the book doctor for a broken spine
A copy of The Whole Booke of Psalmes in Prose and Meeter, printed in Edinburgh by Andro Hart in 1617 was presented to Special Collections… Read More »A trip to the book doctor for a broken spine
Winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017
The winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017, Arthur der Weduwen, tells us about his collection… My book collection attempts to offer a representative… Read More »Winner of the James D. Forbes Collecting Prize 2017