Implementing ArchivesSpace Meeting our Needs Since the early 2000s we have been looking for suitable software to manage our archives in a holistic manner. We began to deliver online catalogues at this …Continue reading →

Science during Wartime TAGS: campus | science | students | Untold stories We have a more detailed analysis of the University’s response to the experience and aftermath of WW1 to come later on.  This article looks instead highlights a few of the …Continue reading →

Edinburgh University Union Committee, 1899 TAGS: alumni | staff We recently acquired this photograph.  It shows the committee which had responsibility for running the University Union, one comprised of both staff and students. We have researched each of the …Continue reading →

Fairbairn as Student TAGS: Archives | University of Edinburgh | William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn In the academic year 1907/8, the 17 year old WRD Fairbairn matriculated to study in the Arts Faculty at the University of Edinburgh.  This followed 11 years schooling at Merchiston …Continue reading →

The Foundation of Anatomy: Class List of Alexander Monro (primus) TAGS: Alexander Monro primus (1697-1767) | alumni | Anatomy | Archives | staff | students From time to time we ‘rediscover’ items in our collections.  It’s not that we didn’t know we had them; rather that they have not come to anyone’s specific attention within …Continue reading →

Untold Stories TAGS: Arthur Graeme West | John Abel | linocuts When deciding on what to do in relation to marking the centenary of the First World War, we opted to let our collections talk. By that we mean letting stories …Continue reading →

Referendum TAGS: collections | independence | indyref | referendum | union So, what have our collections to say about the referendum? More than you may think.  The Referendum is not an isolated event but sits within a historic time-line. Our collections …Continue reading →

All in a name (nearly) TAGS: Andrew Brown | Arts | regulations | students A notice from 1827 reveals certain privileges that were available if: Your name was STEWART Your surname was SIMPSON You were a Highlander acquainted with the Gaelic language These seem …Continue reading →