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A huge thank you to all of the wonderful staff and students we have worked with this past semester. Although there have been challenges we are grateful to have such gracious colleagues and generous and understanding…
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December 23: A Carter’s sleigh on Dominion Square, Montreal, ca. 1900
A Carter’s sleigh on Dominion Square, Montreal, ca. 1900 (JV-102721). A print from the James Valentine Photographic Collection. Valentines of Dundee produced prints and then postcards of topographical views for the…
December 22: Maiden Rock Snow Scene, St Andrews, New Year 1894
Maiden Rock Snow Scene, St Andrews, New Year 1894 (JHW-C-84). A lantern slide from the John H Wilson Magic Lantern Slide Collection. John Hardie Wilson was a botanist and lecturer in the University of St Andrews from…
Getting muddy with manuscripts
Heather Curtis, a first-year PhD student at the University of St Andrews, has won the Scottish Records Association’s Tunnock Prize – an award for an essay utilising archival research to expand our knowledge of Scottish…
December 21: Curling, 1878
Curling, 1878 (JV-645). A print from the James Valentine Photographic Collection. Curling is a winter sport that has a long history in Scotland. The first written evidence of curling appeared in a notary’s protocol…
December 20: Douglas firs in the snow, Birnam, December 1925
Douglas firs in the snow, Birnam, December 1925 (RMA-H-1607). A half plate (6.5×4.75 ins.) glass negative from the Robert Moyes Adam Scottish Landscape Photography Collection. Birnam is the location of Great Birnam…
December 19: Kintail – the view from Ben Sgriol, ca. 1985
Kintail – the view from Ben Sgriol, ca. 1985 (HMB-P-224). A print from the Hamish Brown Mountaineering and Scottish Photography Collection. The view from Beinn Sgritheall (or Beinn Sgriol) was described by Sir Hugh…
December 18: The Pends, St Andrews in the snow, 1878
The Pends, St Andrews in the snow, 1878 (JV-303-B). A coloured postcard from the James Valentine Photographic Collection. This view is particularly interesting to local residents as it shows the gateway to Priory House…
December 17: Kincraig, a winter study, the an Suidhe (Suie) black-faced sheep in Strathspey, January 1949
Kincraig, a winter study, the an Suidhe (Suie) black-faced sheep in Strathspey, January 1949 (RMA-H-9281). A half plate (6.5×4.75 ins.) glass negative from the Robert Moyes Adam Scottish Landscape Photography…
December 16: Law Mill. Bridge in Winter, ca.1910
Law Mill. Bridge in Winter, ca.1910 (JHW-C-100). A lantern slide from the John H Wilson Magic Lantern Slide Collection. The first reference to the Law Mill dates from 1570. It was owned by the burgh of St Andrews for…