A game of two halves One of the photographs in the Alan Greenwood collection depicts a chicken. This is hardly unusual in itself, seeing as Greenwood was director of the Poultry Research Centre. However, a …Continue reading →

‘To sow the seeds of a new science…’ Happy Birthday James Cossar Ewart TAGS: birthday | bungalow | craigybield | Edinburgh | f.a.e crew | genetics | institute of animal genetics | james cossar ewart | penicuik The name of James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933) has featured regularly in this blog over the past year or so, but we wish him a happy 163rd birthday for tomorrow (26th November). …Continue reading →

‘The Art Student’ Cartoons for Movember! TAGS: 1950s | Archives | art | Edinburgh College of Art | Movember | The Art Student Today our volunteer Neasa found some interesting cartoons that include some unusual depictions of moustaches in the ECA ‘The Art Student’ magazines from 1950, 1951 and 1952. We hope you …Continue reading →

ASCUS talk: Genetics in the Archives: Inspiring New Art TAGS: Archives | artwork | epigenetics | genetics   Another way we promote the project is by giving talks and last Wednesday we had the exciting opportunity to collaborate with both ASCUS: the Art and Science Collaborative and …Continue reading →

Alan Greenwood’s ‘Mexican Misadventure’ TAGS: 1958 | alan william greenwood | conference | congress | floods | james ebeneezer wilson | mexico | mexico city | poultry Many of the scientists who feature in our collections were extremely well-travelled, and their archives abound with information about the conferences, congresses and conventions which they attended all over the …Continue reading →

Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth: Collections Connections TAGS: Archives | art | Barbara Hepworth | Ben Nicholson | Edinburgh College of Art | Letters | Venice Biennale We’ve mentioned before how we work across the collections to tell the stories about the life, times and doings at ECA. So we thought we’d show you some of the …Continue reading →

Mystery Children’s Book Illustrations TAGS: Archives | Edinburgh College of Art | M. B. Matheson We can’t find anything about the author/ illustrator M. B. Matheson from Lockharton Crescent, Edinburgh so far in staff and student lists. So we’re asking for your help. Do any …Continue reading →

Letters in the Limelight: E.A. Clemens Cataloguing the correspondence of zoologist/animal breeder James Cossar Ewart (1851-1933), I have been intrigued by the various ‘life stories’ which emerge from the letters. Periodically I will be including some …Continue reading →