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
correspondence
Remembering those lost in times of war, Christmas 1916
Full of old memories she yet shall be Nurse of heroic men for whom the debt To that dim past is unacknowledged yet, Till Time… Read More »Remembering those lost in times of war, Christmas 1916
Reading the Collections, Week 45: The papers of Alexis Aladin
When I was tasked with looking for material for a school session on the Russian Revolution, I was dubious as to how much Russian material… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 45: The papers of Alexis Aladin
Reading the Collections, Week 44: The Mackenzie Correspondence, 1685-1691
I wonder yow writ not to mee. Like so many parents or guardians of young people at university, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was not… Read More »Reading the Collections, Week 44: The Mackenzie Correspondence, 1685-1691
David Hay Fleming and the Bronze Bowl
Whilst undertaking research for my MSc dissertation on David Hay Fleming (1849-1931) as a book collector, I came across some intriguing correspondence (msdep113/2/4) regarding a… Read More »David Hay Fleming and the Bronze Bowl