Electrifying Daguerreotypes
Rachel Nordstrom follows up here on her earlier post where she featured several of the daguerreotypes in the Library’s collections. Daguerreotypes are relatively rare in… Read More »Electrifying Daguerreotypes
Photographic Collection
Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
The Special Collections Division of the University Library is very sad to note the death of Dr Robert N Smart on 21 July 2019, aged… Read More »Tribute to Dr Robert N Smart (1931-2019)
52 Weeks of Reading the Collections: Visual Index and Reflections
52 weeks of Reading the Collections has come to an end – thanks to everyone who contributed, read, and shared our posts over the past… Read More »52 Weeks of Reading the Collections: Visual Index and Reflections
Contemporary Calotypists visit Special Collections to View Early Calotypes and Photographic Prints
This past week, Special Collections helped host the bi-annual meeting of The Calotype Society, a modern day take on the original photographic exchange circles that… Read More »Contemporary Calotypists visit Special Collections to View Early Calotypes and Photographic Prints
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!
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 30: oil and water don’t mix — The Bromoil Print
A photo-mechanical process based on the principal of oil and water repelling each other, the bromoil print is, loosely speaking, a type of lithography. To… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 30: oil and water don’t mix — The Bromoil Print
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 22: the beauty of the photogravure
This week’s inspiring illustrations post is about a photo-mechanical process which I’ve always found to be one of the most evocative ways or reproducing photographs… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 22: the beauty of the photogravure
lux: Showing off the Photographic Collection on Tumblr
The Department of Special Collections of the University Library has a new Tumblr blog called “lux”. Its aim is to cater to those who will… Read More »lux: Showing off the Photographic Collection on Tumblr
52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 11: Imbedded in the fibres: The Salted Paper Print
The first photographic print medium was known as the salted paper print and was invented by the English scientist William Henry Fox Talbot. Publicly announced… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 11: Imbedded in the fibres: The Salted Paper Print
52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 50: a 19th century deluxe photographic album
This week’s binding feature focusses on an item from a collection that has not yet been discussed here: the Photographic Collection. St Andrews University Library… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 50: a 19th century deluxe photographic album
Research on 19th century publican clarifies date of Valentine photograph
Our commemorative Burns’ Day blog post included a late 19th century photograph published by Valentine & Sons of Dundee featuring the Robert Burn’s boyhood cottage… Read More »Research on 19th century publican clarifies date of Valentine photograph
Cataloguer’s conundrum: Can anyone tell us what church this is? Is it still extant?
Our post last December on an unidentified French Book of Hours received a huge response and helped us to narrow down exactly which book it… Read More »Cataloguer’s conundrum: Can anyone tell us what church this is? Is it still extant?