Find out more about Accountancy at the University. Kenneth Baxter from Archive Services traces its origins from part of Law to a thriving department in its own right. Watch Kenneth’s film below…Continue Reading 50 Years of Accountancy
The first of three blogs about the Alexander Low collection held by Archive Services. Most of us have some old family photos, letters or documents tucked away in a drawer or in the attic, but how many of us have over 20 boxes relating to eight families, dating back to 1723? Alexander Low did and…Continue Reading Lives through letters: the Alexander Low family
What do coral, an octopus and a snake have in common? They are among the various specimens getting a bit of TLC in this year’s wet specimen preservation session. Let me explain… A huge selection of our collections are ‘wet specimens’. These are flora or fauna that are preserved, as the name would suggest, in…Continue Reading Things in Jars – The Process of Preservation
What makes Scotland’s culture vivid and important? Today – and in the future? A brand new publication of creative writing inspired by the archives of The Saltire Society was launched at a special event at the Society’s Headquarters last month. Released as part of the long-running Saltire pamphlet series, Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85…Continue Reading Meeting Places: A Gathering to Celebrate 85 Years of the Saltire Society