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Over the last year, fourth-year International Relations and Arabic student Natalie Pereira, has enjoyed looking online at the photographic collections held by the University Libraries and Museums. In this blog Natalie…
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The Franki Raffles Photography Collection Part II
In the second part of the blog series on the Franki Raffles Photography Collection, Weitian Liu picks several highlights of the collection as an introduction to this substantial body of work. Instead of offering an…
The Franki Raffles Photography Collection
With the completion of a 26-month project, the Franki Raffles Photography Collection has now been fully catalogued. The online catalogue of the photographs in this collection is now available on the Special Collections…
Remembering Peter Alliss (1931-2020), LLD 2005
In memory of the legendary golf commentator, Peter Alliss (1931-2020), we highlight moments from his life as documented in our photographic collections. Son of acclaimed British golfer Percy Alliss, Peter grew up…
A Photographer’s Working Archive: The Thomas Hugh Miller Photographic Collection
The St Andrews Photographic Collection is a treasure trove for those interested in photographic albums. Here, we take a closer look at one of the many hand-made albums that form part of the Thomas Hugh Miller Scenic…
Launch of New Photographic Collections Site
We’ve spent some time recently working on replacing our aging photographic collections site – you can see the new and improved site here https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/special-collections/photographs/. The main…
International Women’s Day 2020: Snapshots of Edinburgh District Council Women’s Committee by Franki Raffles
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, we pay tribute to the Edinburgh District Council’s Women’s Committee (1984-1996) and feminist photographer Franki Raffles (1955-1994). To begin with, we embark on a visual…
A special visit to the St Andrews University Library’s Special Collections Photographic Collection
Like a kid in a sweet shop! That’s what it felt like to be given a tour of the Photographic Collection at the St Andrews University Library Special Collections by Rachel Nordstrom, the Photographic Collections Manager.…
Advent Calendar 2019
We hope you have enjoyed our 2019 advent calendar! Here are all of the fantastic beasts for you to enjoy.
December 18 – Kelpies
The kelpie, or water-horse, is a shape-shifting water spirit from Scottish legend. Included in the Robert Burns poem ‘Address to the Deil’ (1786), the kelpie is said to lure travellers into the water. The kelpies shown…