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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In October 1942, the University Librarian George H Bushnell, amused the University Celtic Society with a ghost story which, according to…
Date 31 October 2023
Category Muniments Collection
Bringing in collections Incoming university collections are routinely checked for dirt, mould and insect activity before being cleaned,…
Date 17 October 2023
Category Archives
This year is the 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley’s work Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, the first volume published…
Date 6 October 2023
Category Anniversaries
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Preparing ‘The Ricardian’ for access – review of a conservation volunteering placement
A blog post by Elizabeth Hayslett, volunteer in University Collections. The history of the University of St Andrews spans over 600 years, and St Andrews University Collections holds and cares for much of the…
Fifth International Congress of the John Gower Society
On the 8th July 2023, the University Libraries and Museums hosted an exhibit for the Fifth International Congress of the John Gower Society. We displayed 16 manuscript and printed items relating to the papers being…
Has it been digitised? A history of reproducing St Andrews manuscripts.
Digitisation in libraries, archives, and museums is an important way of providing wider access to collections than would be possible in person. In recent years, understandably, the demand for online access increased as…