Japanese art – painting album – gassaku-jo LIBER AMICORUM OF TOKYO ARTISTS On behalf of Edinburgh University Library, the Centre for Research Collections has recently acquired an example of a Japanese painting album – gassaku-jo or liber amicorum. …Continue reading →

George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917), architect TAGS: architects | Architecture | George McDonald Sutherland (1886-1917) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) GEORGE MCDONALD SUTHERLAND AND HIS LOST ‘YEARS TO BE’… THE STORY OF A ROBBED CAREER. In his 1914 sonnets (III. The Dead), the war poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) wrote of …Continue reading →

‘Empire Kingsley’ – 70th anniversary of sinking on 22 March 1945 TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive | Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association | second world war | shipping | South Georgia Co. Ltd. | submarine warfare | whaling LAST LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 – Christian Salvesen & Co. 22 March 2015 is the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the steam cargo vessel Empire Kingsley. …Continue reading →

Charles Sarolea and his relief effort for Belgium during the War TAGS: 'Everyman' | Belgian Relief and Reconstruction Fund | Belgium | Charles Sarolea (1870-1953) RELIEF FOR BELGIUM… OFFERS OF AID FROM ALL OVER SCOTLAND If we are to let our collections talk about the First World War, then surely the story of Charles Sarolea …Continue reading →

Recent acquisition – Small archive relating to ‘The Jabberwock’ TAGS: Edinburgh University literary review | Ian Holroyd | The Jabberwock Assisted by the College, a small but interesting archive of material relating to the Edinburgh University literary review, The Jabberwock, has been acquired by the Centre for Research Collections (Special …Continue reading →

Recent acquisition – Sketch-books of Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill (1880-1960) TAGS: architects | Architecture | Charles Lovett Gill | London Recently, a group of 13 sketch-books by the Scottish architect Charles Lovett Gill were acquired by the Centre for Research Collections (Special Collections) for Edinburgh University Library. Gill was notable …Continue reading →

Bicentennial of the birth of Professor Edward Forbes (1815-1854), marine biologist, geologist, natural historian and biogeographer TAGS: Edinburgh University | Isle of Man | Norway | Palaeontological Society | Professor Edward Forbes | Professor of Natural History | School of Mines | University Maga DRAWING & SKETCHING, STUDYING & RESEARCHING, TRAVELLING & DREDGING, DESCRIBING MOLLUSCS & SHELLFISH, MUSEUM CURATION & PALAEONTOLOGY, PRESIDING OVER SCIENTIFIC BODIES & CLASSIFIYING TERTIARY FORMATIONS, AND LECTURING – ALL IN …Continue reading →

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco ‘meets’ his great-great-grandfather, Prince Albert I TAGS: 'Princesse Alice' | Herbert Mather Spoor (1872-1917) | Honorary LLD | Prince Albert I of Monaco | Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982) | Scottish National Antarctic Expedition | Senatus Academicus | Spitsbergen | The Student | William Speirs Bruce (1867-1921) Today, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco visited the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI), and met the Director of ECCI and staff from the School of Geosciences at …Continue reading →

Pipe bombs, hurt sternframes, peas, penguins, stowaways and cookery books: the Salvesen Archive TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive After the recent BBC whaling documentary produced by KeoFilms / KeoNorth– entitled ‘Britain’s whale hunters: the untold story’ – a spike in enquiries about the archive of the former whaling …Continue reading →

Whale hunting: New documentary for broadcast on BBC Four TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive The story of Britain’s whale hunters is to be broadcast across the UK in a new 2-part documentary on BBC Four on Monday 9 June and Monday 16 June. The …Continue reading →