The moment you login to Facebook you are faced with an up-to-the-second archive of vacation photographs, pet videos, political screes, and daily frustrations of your close friends, and distant acquaintances. Yet social…
When the idea for the 52 weeks of Historical How-To’s came to light I thought it made sense to explore the subject of ink. From manuscripts to books, and even photography, ink is present extensively throughout the…
We bought this recipe book at auction recently, and it arrived with no provenance information. However, from the names and places mentioned, I have worked out that it belonged to Mrs Elizabeth Edwards, wife of George…
On Thursday, 1 November 2012, a day conference dedicated to Andrew Lang will be held in Upper College Hall, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews. Lang was a student at St Andrews, and resident of St Leonard’s…
“Drawings made by a black fellow at Corowa New South Wales June 1886. His name I do not know. By the whites he goes by the name of Tommy Macrae…He is quite self-taught at drawing.” This is the handwritten note on an…
John Read, who was Professor of Chemistry in the University of St Andrews for all of 40 years, from 1923 to 1963, had an avid and serious research interest in the history of chemistry. His legacy to the institution…
The new Highlight section has been created to feature our lesser-mentioned treasures and our most important recent acquisitions. Each post will be written by members of the Department of Special Collections staff,…