Echoes from the vault
The University Library’s Special Collections blog highlights items from the collections to explore their past and context.
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Gynack Burn in the snow, Kingussie, February 1954 (RMA-H-10700J). A half plate (6.5×4.75 ins.) glass negative from the Robert Moyes Adam…
5 December 2020
Special Collections is delighted to have resumed in-person small group teaching from the start of this semester, in line with government…
4 December 2020
The Ladies on the Curling Rink at Montrave, Fife, 1896 (LHG-3-91). A full plate (8.5×6.5 ins.) glass negative from the Lady Henrietta…
4 December 2020
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December 3: Storm on top of the Table, the Quiraing, North Skye, ca. 1970
Storm on top of the Table, the Quiraing, North Skye, ca. 1970 (ID: HMB-796). A 35mm slide from the Hamish Brown Mountaineering and Scottish Photography Collection. Hamish Brown, mountaineer and explorer, was the first…
December 2: Tobogganing in the fields near St Andrews, ca. 1930
Tobogganing in the fields near St Andrews, ca. 1930 (ID: GMC-EC-30-c). A 5×4 ins. plate glass negative from the George M Cowie Collection. George Cowie was a local St Andrews man who became a noted press photographer…
Advent Calendar 2020: Winter Wonderland
For our 2020 Advent Calendar, we will be sharing snowy and wintery scenes from our Photographic Collections each day leading up to Christmas. Snow covered North Street, St Andrews, 1891 (ID: JV-14203-B). A coloured…