Souvenir Tapes of Graduation
As a living collection, the muniments (the University’s own archive) continue to grow with regular transfers of historical records from across the University’s departments and units. One of the more […]
Search by author: St Andrews Special Collections
The Tullis Russell Band Centenary, 1919-2019
As part of our occasional audio-visual blog series, this week we look at (and listen to!) the Tullis Russell brass band, which celebrates its 100th birthday this year and whose […]
“For a quart of Ale is a dish for a king.”: celebrating Beer Day Britain
To help celebrate Beer Day Britain (raise a pint at 7pm on 15th June and say ‘Cheers to Beer’!), this week we’re taking a look at some of the beer-related […]
Migration of digital photography
The University of St Andrews Library’s photographic collection comprised traditional media up until the 1990’s, when digital photography became popular. Part of that collection is regularly augmented with material…
Defining the boundaries: protection through housing and minimizing handling
Within the Burgh of Cupar charters collection (B13) is a document dated 5 April 1487 recording the marking of the boundaries of land belonging to the Burgh of Cupar and […]
Call for Papers: Science and Photography Symposium
Science and Photography Symposium Hosted by: University of St Andrews Library’s Special Collections Division Wednesday 23rd October 2019 09:30 – 17:00 Lawrence Levy Studio, Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews […]
Collecting and Collections Part III: Collecting Items of Local Interest – David Hay Fleming and St Andrews
There are a multitude of items which a collector can choose to collect: books, tea pots, figurines, etc. But a collection doesn’t have to be based around one particular form; […]
Collecting and Collections Part II: Pteridomania strikes Special Collections
In the second part of the Collecting and Collections blog series, our Manuscripts Archivist takes a look at the trend of fern collecting, pteridomania. It may be conceded that not […]
Examinations for Ladies Literate in Arts
It is that time of year again when our students are hard at work studying for their end of module exams. In continuation of previous blogs about examinations at St […]
University of St Andrews Library Special Collections Visiting Scholars 2019
Since 2014, we have enjoyed hosting a number of visiting scholars to enable them to make research visits to make use of materials held in the Library’s Special Collections. These […]