To the city, in the city, for the city: Patrick Geddes in India TAGS: Edinburgh Global | University of Edinburgh Go Abroad | University of Mumbai Our project archivist, Elaine MacGillivray, travels to India later this week to deliver presentations at the CEPT Archives (Architecture, Planning and Design) in Ahmedabad, and at the ARTISANS’ gallery in …Continue reading →

Judaism and Jewish Studies: the work of John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan and Adolph Saphir TAGS: 19th century | Adolph Saphir | Biblical Studies | Christianity | Church of Scotland | Hebrew | Jewish | Jewish Studies | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | John Duncan | Judaism | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | nineteenth-century New College Library holds collections of and about a number of individuals who gathered material and wrote extensively on Judaism and Jewish Studies, motivated by their interest in the conversion …Continue reading →

E-Resources on trial for LGBT+ History Month TAGS: e-journals | e-resources | LGBT+ | LGBT+ History Month | trials Alongside our print book display in the main library, we are also trialling the following E-Resources for LGBT+ History Month: LGBT Magazine Archive LGBT Magazine Archive is a searchable archive …Continue reading →

Crime and punishment in late 18th-early 19th century Scotland: Types of punishment In our last two blog posts in our series on crime and punishment we have looked at levels, types, causes and prevention of crime. But, how exactly did parishes in …Continue reading →

Cataloguing the correspondence of Thomas Nelson & Sons TAGS: Archives | students Cataloguing the correspondence of Thomas Nelson & Sons Last January, our intern Isabella started a 10-week placement at the CRC, as part of her MSc in Book History and Material …Continue reading →

On trial: digital collections relating to the slave trade and slavery in the West Indies TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Antigua | Archives | Black history | Britain | Colonisation | correspondence | cultural history | databases | empire | Europe | history | International Relations | Jamaica | Manuscripts | missionaries | North America | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland | Slave trade | slavery | social history | West Indies *The Library has now purchased access to the collection ‘Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 ’. See New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865* Thanks to a request from …Continue reading →

Nature Journals 2019 renewal TAGS: 2522-5812 | 2522-5820 | 2522-5839 | Nat. Mach. Intell. | Nat. Metab. | Nat. Rev. Phys. | SpringerNature With the 2019 renewal of our Nature journals collection, we gain access to 3 new titles. Nature Machine Intelligence will publish high-quality original research and reviews in a wide range of topics …Continue reading →

On trial: Archives of Sexuality & Gender TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | e-books | Europe | gender studies | history | Letters | LGBT+ History | LGBT+ studies | Magazines | Manuscripts | Politics | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two *The Library has now purchased access to Archives of Sexuality & Gender. See New to the Library: Archives of Sexuality & Gender* Thanks to a request from staff and students …Continue reading →

Celebrating 100 years of Social Work at Edinburgh University Welcome to the introductory blogpost of Advisors, Advocates & Activists: A Century and more of Social Work in Edinburgh. Work has now begun on cataloguing the collections of Edinburgh University’s …Continue reading →

Who You Gonna Call? (Dustbusters!) TAGS: museum vacuum cleaners | surface cleaning | University Collection Facility This week’s blog comes from Project Collections Assistants, Anna O’Regan and Stephanie Allen, who assisted the Museum Collections Team with a large scale move of artworks by Edinburgh College of Art …Continue reading →