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April 22, 2018
The Metamorphosis of Patrick Geddes Work continues on re-cataloguing the Geddes family photographs. Working in such close proximity with these photographic collections has provided a rare opportunity to follow intimately the changing face of Patrick …Continue reading →
Sticky Situations Last week our Project Conservator, Nicole Devereux, wrote about how she had uncovered an unusual sticky situation among the Patrick Geddes Collection photographs. Rising to the conservation challenge, Nicole explored …Continue reading →
Cataloguing the Sir Patrick Geddes papers Our project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, provides an update on cataloguing work. One of the major aims of our Wellcome Research-Resource funded project is to catalogue the papers of Sir Patrick …Continue reading →
Hello! Welcome to the first blog post from the ‘Evergreen: Patrick Geddes and the Environment in Equilibrium’ project. The Project Archivist has now begun work on cataloguing the significant Patrick Geddes …Continue reading →
For the love of Gaelic (and everything else Scottish). TAGS: ethnology | Gaelic | pop up library | School of Scottish Studies Archives | Scottish Studies The School of Scottish Studies Archives holds: over 30,000 sound recordings 320 film / video items over 50,000 images manuscript collections As part of the University’s Gaelic Week programme of …Continue reading →
The Metamorphosis of Patrick Geddes
Work continues on re-cataloguing the Geddes family photographs. Working in such close proximity with these...
Living Icons: Keeping with the “Archival Liveness” of the University’s Iconic Items
As the other blog posts that I have written for the DIU will attest to,...
Problem Photographs in the Patrick Geddes Collection
This week’s blog comes from Project Conservator, Nicole Devereux, who has come across a sticky...
Store Room Surprises!
Project Conservator, Helen Baguley, describes some of the more unusual objects she has found in...
