William Henry Playfair, architect On 2 Nov 2015, the CRC hosted a seminar which looked at the figure of William Henry Playfair (1790-1857), discussing his life and work and looking in some detail at …Continue reading →

Talk given to Members of the South Georgia Association – on the Salvesen Archive TAGS: Christian Salvesen & Co. Ltd. | Salvesen & Co. | Salvesen Archive AT THE BUDONGO LECTURE THEATRE, EDINBURGH ZOO, SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2015 This past weekend – Saturday 31 October – saw Dr. Graeme D. Eddie of the Centre for Research Collections …Continue reading →

Charles Oppenheimer (1875-1961), craftsman, artist 140th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH THE EVE OF SAINT AGNES – RECENT ACQUISITION AT CENTRE FOR RESEARCH COLLECTIONS, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Saturday 10 October 2015 marks the 140th anniversary of …Continue reading →

The Music of Archives For the past few years, we have had one of our volunteers, Fiona Donaldson, working with Deputy University Archivist, Grant Buttars, to develop a usable catalogue to our Tovey Collection, …Continue reading →

Papers of Dr. Jacobus L. Potter & Dr. Elizabeth M. Potter TAGS: Elizabeth Mackay Potter (1924-1979) | Jacobus Louw Potter (1924-2015) | physicians THEIR BIRTHS IN NOVEMBER 1924 WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE SCOTSMAN ON THE SAME DAY… AFTER CAREERS IN THE USA, JACOBUS LOUW POTTER BECAME EXECUTIVE DEAN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY, …Continue reading →

2016 Library and University Collections calendar: Cities of the World TAGS: Calendar The 2016 Library & University Collections calendar is out now, offering a fascinating insight into how the world looked at the dawn of the modern era. Featuring maps, city plans …Continue reading →

Fabienne Hess: Hits and Misses The exhibition Hits and Misses by Swiss London-based artist Fabienne Hess opened in the Talbot Rice Gallery on Thursday 31st July. Please try and catch it; it’s on till 3rd …Continue reading →

MacDiarmid and ‘Nisbet: An interlude in post-war Glasgow’ TAGS: Hugh MacDiarmid | Scottish Literary Papers II – IN THE HUGH MACDIARMID COLLECTION…: MS LETTER FROM THE PROJECT THEATRE, GLASGOW… NEW PLAYS ‘PROJECT’ NEW IDEAS Among the many letters to Hugh MacDiarmid from producers and directors  …Continue reading →

New Arts & Crafts Binding Acquisition We are delighted to welcome a guest blog by art historian Dr Elizabeth Cumming, exploring an exciting new acquisition with a binding designed by Phoebe Anna Traquair. The Psalms of David …Continue reading →

Dylan Thomas poem in ms: ‘In memory of Anne Jones’ I – IN THE HUGH MACDIARMID COLLECTION…: MS LETTER FROM DYLAN THOMAS AND MS POEM For several months work has been going on to bring order within the collections created …Continue reading →