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July 31, 2017 / archives / Uncategorized

#30 Joan Eardley (1921-1963)

Wave Study II (Oil on board, 1958) Born in Sussex in 1921, Joan Eardley studied…

July 24, 2017 / archives / Uncategorized

The Musicians’ Union Archive features a veritable treasure trove of artefacts from the Union’s 124…

July 17, 2017 / archives / Special Collections

James Hogg (1770-1835) was a shepherd, but battled against a childhood of poverty in the…

July 10, 2017 / archives / Archives

Signed Saltire flag, Commonwealth Youth Games, Pune, 2008 (ref. CG/3/3/312) The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG)…

July 3, 2017 / archives / Archives

Reports on the screening of German impounded material, 1945 (ref. H6.35) In the 1920s Germany…

June 26, 2017 / archives / Special Collections

The Leighton Library in Dunblane is founded on the personal library of Archbishop Robert Leighton…

June 19, 2017 / archives / Art Collection

Black Lace (Gouache on watercolour paper, 1951) Anne Redpath grew up in the Scottish Borders and enrolled…

June 12, 2017 / archives / Archives

Documentary 47, Programme for the first Edinburgh International Film Festival, 1947 (ref. H3.P3) On the…

June 5, 2017 / archives / Uncategorized

In the early 1990s the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly and other groups sought to…

May 29, 2017 / archives / Archives

Graduations are always an exciting day for students and staff. They mark the end of…