Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts TAGS: Archives | staff | students | University History               My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art. I am fortunate to be one of two successful applicants for the position of Archival …Continue reading →

Plaque Unveiled to Edinburgh University’s First Nobel Prize Winner TAGS: Charles Glover Barkla | Hermitage of Braid | Nobel Prize Today, at the Hermitage of Braid, Principal Peter Mathieson will unveil a plaque commemorating Edinburgh University’s first Nobel Prize winner, physicist Charles Glover Barkla (1877–1944). Barkla is one of a …Continue reading →

Elizabeth Wiskemann, First Woman Professor and War-Hero A university figure that deserves far greater recognition is our first woman professor Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899-1971), who held the Montague Burton Chair of International Relations from 1958 to 1961. Although …Continue reading →

Meet the Collections Managers TAGS: Course reading | Library Resources Plus | pop up library Hannah and I can’t wait to meet some of our users tomorrow, when we do our Pop Up Library session on the 1st floor of the Main Library. We will …Continue reading →

1940s Dunfermline College of Physical Education: We’ve Found Another One! TAGS: 1940s | College | Dunfermline | Physical Education Last week I was having a chat with our conservator Emma Davey who sits at the desk next to mine.  In passing she mentioned that she thought her Grandmother, Bettina, …Continue reading →