So, this week, I thought I’d take a look at how to borrow a library book – after all, this is a library blog! I’ve… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-to’s, Week 48: How to Borrow a Library Book!
My research on life in medieval and early modern St Andrews has given me the opportunity to work at the new Special Collections Reading Room… Read More »Highlights from the Reading Room: Burgh of St Andrews Trade Guilds
T’was a dark and stormy night….no, honestly, it really was….when a gallant band of Special Collections and friends set out in full costume, accompanied by… Read More »52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 1: Special Collections Ghost tour
Last week the Lighting the Past team finished cataloguing the non-folio items of the St Andrews Collection. With some 2315 bib records and 3926 item… Read More »Lighting the Past: The St Andrews Collection
The Women’s British Open is the leading Major Golf Championship recognised by both the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Begun in… Read More »The Women’s British Open Championship is in St Andrews this week!
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
I’ve been keeping my eye on this summer’s calendar of events, and it’s looking like St Andrews is the place to be this summer if… Read More »St Andrews this summer is the place to be for historians and lovers of the book!
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
Instead of focusing on a specific medium, this week’s Inspiring Illustrations post on photography is devoted to a well-known presentation format, the stereograph. More recently… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 33: 3D Photography — the Stereograph
Worms and bugs of beauty! This week we have chosen to feature a little album from one of our family collections. Compiled by Roberta Mitchell… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 25: the Commonplace book of Roberta McIntosh
Cross-posted from the original on the Museum Collections Blog of the University of St Andrews. The new temporary exhibition A Royal Foundation: 400 Years of… Read More »A Royal Foundation 2.0.1 – an Augmented Reality Experiment
This week’s illustrations come from an album of watercolours of St Andrews compiled by John Cook in 1797. It contains the usual views which one… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 13: John Cook’s unusual perspectives …
