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#WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 1 (Video)

Categories: Archives, Well Together

For #WellTogether Week, University Archivist Caroline Brown has created some short talks which explore how archives relate to mental well-being. Today we share the first of her short talks, in which she discusses collections that relate to mental health in the University Archives; the University Archives hold the archives of NHS Tayside, including information about…Continue Reading #WellTogether: University of Dundee Archives and Mental Health Part 1 (Video)

RDMH – Saudade by Chantal Leimbach

Categories: Archives, Art

Chantal Leimbach used The Grampian Club photos and images she shot herself in Austria to inspire her contribution to the River Deep Mountain High exhibition. Chantal looked for textural similarities & differences in the images and explored this in her paintings. Saudade by Chantal Leimbach Acrylic on canvas board “When I first looked through the…Continue Reading RDMH – Saudade by Chantal Leimbach

HerStory: Dundee’s Women in Science Exhibition

Categories: Archives, Science

HerStory of Science exhibition opened at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee on Friday, 3rd March 2017 with some of the descendants of those featured in attendance. A series of outdoor posters consider the early history of women’s contributions to science from a local perspective. The extraordinary achievements of 10 women…Continue Reading HerStory: Dundee’s Women in Science Exhibition

The Peto Collection – Barcelona Streetlife, June 1959

Categories: Archives, Photography

This vibrant picture, taken in June 1959, was one of a series Peto photographed for the ‘Observer’ which did a feature of Spanish life under Franco’s regime. In the 1950s Franco implemented some reforms of Spain’s isolationist self-sufficiency policies which led to massive economic growth and a move away from its totalitarian repressive regime. Photo-journalist…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – Barcelona Streetlife, June 1959

The Oldest Item in the University Archives

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The oldest thing in the University Archives is this fragment of papyrus given to University College Dundee in acknowledgement of their support of the Egypt Exploration Fund (MS 142). It probably records the sale of a female slave (likely 8 years old) in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt on 22 August AD 99….Continue Reading The Oldest Item in the University Archives

RDMH – Stretch of Water by Lucy Golden

Categories: Archives, Art

Lucy Golden’s ,’Stretch of Water’ for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition was inspired by data & models produced by the Dept of Geology & R.W. Austin’s ocean colour scale held by the University Museums. Lucy developed a series of paintings which explore the Tay Estuary, fascinated by the unseen. Stretch of Water by…Continue Reading RDMH – Stretch of Water by Lucy Golden

RDMH – Reticulating Rivers and Forest Forages: Personal Geographies of a Walk in the Woods by Christine Kingsley and Susan P Mains

Categories: Archives, Art, Literature

Poetry, digital printing, waterless lithography & a caramel wafer! Connecting well being & nature, these wonderful contributions are from Christine Kingsley and Susan P Mains for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition. Inspired by flora, fauna, nature notes & the Tayside coast. Reticulating Rivers and Forest Forages: Personal Geographies of a Walk in the…Continue Reading RDMH – Reticulating Rivers and Forest Forages: Personal Geographies of a Walk in the Woods by Christine Kingsley and Susan P Mains

The Peto Collection – The Beatles playing on Salisbury Plain, May 1965

Categories: Archives, Music, Photography

Peto captured the Beatles filming and recording their second feature HELP in 1965! One of the film’s most iconic scenes is the Beatles playing on Salisbury Plain, protected by the Army from the cult who want to sacrifice Ringo. Photo-journalist Michael Peto worked with The Observer during the 1950s and ‘60s. His collection is a…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – The Beatles playing on Salisbury Plain, May 1965

RDMH – Crinoid – of Discovery by Rebecca Baird

Categories: Archives, Literature

Rebecca Baird‘s poetic contribution for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition is displayed in the case containing the feather star specimen which inspired her musings. We can’t physically enjoy the exhibition at the moment but we can do so virtually. You can watch a reading of her poem, followed by an analysis from Rebecca, in…Continue Reading RDMH – Crinoid – of Discovery by Rebecca Baird

The Peto Collection – Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, 1963

Categories: Archives, Dance, Music, Photography

Peto excelled at capturing the world of ballet, particularly the relationship between Nureyev and Fonteyn the two most iconic dancers of the period as this image from 1963 shows. He not only photographed productions, but also rehearsals like this one for ‘Marguerite and Armand’. Photo-journalist Michael Peto worked with The Observer during the 1950s and…Continue Reading The Peto Collection – Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, 1963

1960s Aerial View of Queen’s College, Dundee

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This aerial view was taken in the early 1960s and shows the area around campus of Queen’s College, Dundee, which became the University of Dundee in 1967. The campus was rapidly expanding at this point. The recently built Tower Building was about to be extended resulting in the demolition of the last of the original…Continue Reading 1960s Aerial View of Queen’s College, Dundee

RDMH – This Day Begins… by Hannah Fleming

Categories: Archives, Art

Hannah Fleming’s beautiful oars took inspiration from a 1902 SS Active logbook held by the University Archives. The whaling logbooks given an insight into this industry and tell of successes and challenges. Sadly, the SS Active was to sink near Orkney losing all of her crew. This day begins … (2019) by Hannah Fleming…Continue Reading RDMH – This Day Begins… by Hannah Fleming