Raising the cup of friendship
In this blog, we take a look at the history of the Boyd Quaich golf competition using the archive of the Athletic Union held by… Read More »Raising the cup of friendship
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Collecting, Curating, Assembling: New Approaches to the Archive in the Middle Ages
The School of Art History, SAIMS and the Special Collections Division of the University of St Andrews Library are pleased to announce an upcoming two-day… Read More »Collecting, Curating, Assembling: New Approaches to the Archive in the Middle Ages
Skills for the Future Archival traineeships recognised in national awards
It’s with great pleasure that we are able to pass on good news about the ‘Opening Up Scotland’s Archives’ scheme, in which Special Collections is… Read More »Skills for the Future Archival traineeships recognised in national awards
52 Weeks of historical How-tos: reflections and visual index
It all started with a scruffy manuscript recipe book from the 1830s and a few reckless comments about what fun it would be to have… Read More »52 Weeks of historical How-tos: reflections and visual index
Introducing this year’s blog theme: 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s!
Over the past couple of years we’ve had themes for weekly blog posts throughout the year, beginning with the very popular 52 Weeks of Fantastic… Read More »Introducing this year’s blog theme: 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s!
Showing off this summer! — exhibitions and conferences
We have had a busy few weeks supporting our academic colleagues during sunny conference season. The 600th anniversary has provided a big draw for conferences… Read More »Showing off this summer! — exhibitions and conferences
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 50: the Book of Wonders
We have always referred to this manuscript (St Andrews ms32(o)) as the ‘book of wonders’ and indeed wondered what it was all about as it is… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 50: the Book of Wonders
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 47: the Gillespie and Scott architectural archive
Amongst our holdings is the extensive archive of Gillespie and Scott, a firm of local architects active in St Andrews since 1876. The founding partner,… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 47: the Gillespie and Scott architectural archive
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 34: ‘10,000 paintings of St Andrews’ — John N. Bonthron’s sketchbook
This small sketchbook of around 100 watercolour sketches of St Andrews scenes represents just a tiny fraction of the artistic output of its creator, John… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 34: ‘10,000 paintings of St Andrews’ — John N. Bonthron’s sketchbook
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: artist’s life celebrated
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, the renowned Scottish abstract artist, has been attracting a lot of attention this year, with several recent events to celebrate the centenary of her birth. She was… Read More »Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: artist’s life celebrated
At last! New Archive Catalogue finally online
Regular users of Special Collections will know that over the last 5 years or so we have been promising that our new Archive Catalogue was… Read More »At last! New Archive Catalogue finally online