Memories of World War I
As part of the British Home Front week in St Andrews, the University Library’s Special Collections Division is hosting a drop-in session on the morning of Saturday 23 June, where visitors can see surviving original…
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Remembering those lost in times of war, Christmas 1916
Full of old memories she yet shall be Nurse of heroic men for whom the debt To that dim past is unacknowledged yet, Till Time shall set their names in history. From St Andrews by W L Courtney Just as 2016 has been a…
Reading the Collections, Week 45: The papers of Alexis Aladin
When I was tasked with looking for material for a school session on the Russian Revolution, I was dubious as to how much Russian material we would have here at the Special Collections in St Andrews. As I searched the…
Reading the Collections, Week 44: The Mackenzie Correspondence, 1685-1691
I wonder yow writ not to mee. Like so many parents or guardians of young people at university, Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh was not impressed by his nephew Simon’s epistolary abilities, much less his money…
David Hay Fleming and the Bronze Bowl
Whilst undertaking research for my MSc dissertation on David Hay Fleming (1849-1931) as a book collector, I came across some intriguing correspondence (msdep113/2/4) regarding a bronze bowl. Known not only for his…