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November 7, 2024
SSSA in 70 Objects: Photograph of Sorley Maclean and Ian Paterson TAGS: archive in 70 objects | Gaelic | Ian Paterson | Somhairle MacGill-Eain | Sorley Maclean | sssa at 70 This week saw the 110th anniversary of the birth of Raasay poet Sorley MacLean (26 October 1911 – 24 November 1996) and so today’s blog is a great …Continue reading →
SSSA in 70 Objects: Filling the Creative Well: A Tribute to Joan W. Clark TAGS: archive in 70 objects | Manuscript at 70 | SSSA | SSSA in 70 Objects Manuscript: The Joan Clark Collection Response by: Elaine MacGillivray Out of a thousand possible options, I have chosen to respond to the manuscript collection of Scottish botanist Joan W. …Continue reading →
SSSA in 70 Objects: Nagra III TAGS: archive in 70 objects | sssa at 70 by Stuart Robinson, AV Technician at SSSA It was hard to pick a single object from our extensive collection of historic equipment to speak about in this article. I …Continue reading →
SSSA in 70 Objects: A Seer Saw a Full-Rigged Ship TAGS: archive in 70 objects | sssa at 70 | SSSA in 70 Objects Response by Gill Russell, Artist Material from the archives of the School of Scottish Studies forms a central part of South West by South, An t-Eilean Fada, The Long Island: A Poetic …Continue reading →
Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds
My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that...
Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts
My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art....
Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles
In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
Giving Decorated Paper a Home … Rehousing Books and Paper Bindings
In the first post of this two part series, our Collection Care Technician, Robyn Rogers,...