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September 28, 2023
New to the Library: Stuart and Cumberland Papers TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Battle of Culloden | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland I’m really happy to let you know that the Library has recently been able to purchase the extensive Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, digitised …Continue reading →
On trial: The Stuart and Cumberland Papers TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Letters | Manuscripts | Politics | primary source | Scotland | Scottish history *The Library has now purchased access to The Stuart and Cumberland Papers. See New to the Library: The Stuart and Cumberland Papers* I’m pleased to let you know that Gale …Continue reading →
New College Library record of Jacobite Edinburgh TAGS: Bonnie Prince Charlie | David Hume | Edinburgh | eighteenth-century | Funk | Jacobites | Pamphlets | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections On 15 September 1745 a Jacobite army was at the gates of Edinburgh. Charles Edward Stuart had arrived to attempt to regain the Scottish throne for the exiled House of …Continue reading →
A Scottish Witness of the Great Kantō Earthquake
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Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages
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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,...
The Book Surgery Part 2: Bringing Everything Together
In this blog, Project Conservator Mhairi Boyle her second day of in-situ book conservation training...
