Hill and Adamson Collection: an insight into Edinburgh’s past TAGS: Adamson and Hill | Archives | Edinburgh | photography My name is Phoebe Kirkland, I am an MSc East Asian Studies student, and for the last 4 months, I have been a Digital Collections Assistant working on digitising and …Continue reading →

Cataloguing the private papers of Archibald Hunter Campbell: A Journey Through Correspondence TAGS: Archives My name is Pauline Vincent, I am a student in my last year of a Master’s degree in Archives Management at the University of Haute-Alsace, in France. This year, I …Continue reading →

Archival Provenance Research Project: Lishan’s Experience TAGS: Archives | Manuscripts Presentation My name is Lishan Zou, I am a fourth year History and Politics student. As I enter my final year of undergraduate history, I have come to appreciate the …Continue reading →

Archival Provenance Project: Emily’s finds TAGS: Archives | students | University History               My name is Emily, and I’m the second of the two archive interns that are currently working on the Dc and Dk collections. I’m a part-time Masters student in …Continue reading →

Archival Provenance Project: a glimpse into the university’s history through some of its oldest manuscripts TAGS: Archives | staff | students | University History               My name is Madeleine Reynolds, a fourth year PhD candidate in History of Art. I am fortunate to be one of two successful applicants for the position of Archival …Continue reading →

Rediscovering the Poetry of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, a 19th-Century Edinburgh Writer and Musician Today we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement Team, on a little known 19th-century Scottish poet. The Edinburgh-born Louisa Agnes Czarnecki (née Winter) …Continue reading →

A Scottish Witness of the Great Kantō Earthquake To mark the centenary of the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923, we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, a volunteer in the Civic Engagement Team, which explores the archives …Continue reading →

Come Hither: Walter de la Mare and the Young of All Ages TAGS: Walter de la Mare The English writer Walter de la Mare was born 150 years ago this week on 25 April 1873. To mark his anniversary, we are publishing a blog by Ash Mowat, …Continue reading →

The History of Access to University Ash Mowat is one of our volunteers in the Civic Engagement Team. Ash has been researching the history of access to study at University, via our University Archives and shares …Continue reading →

Volunteering at the CRC: Charlotte’s experience TAGS: Archives | children's books | illustrators | Theatre Today we’re introducing Charlotte Holmes, a postgraduate student who is doing some volunteer work under the supervision of archivist Aline Brodin. Her main task is to catalogue and box-list two …Continue reading →