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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As Glasgow hosts the XXIII Commonwealth Games this summer, our newest foyer display, curated by Levi Tippett (Sporting Heritage Engagement Officer), reflects on the University’s athletes’ historic participation in the Games. 🏸 #SSSHeritage

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

'The string alphabet remains a remarkable chapter in the development of tactile literacy in Scotland' Dr Taylor Hare, Visiting Research Fellow, investigates the history of raised-letter printing in Glasgow. Read his full guest blog exploring his findings.

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The String Alphabet in Nineteenth-Century Glasgow

Guest blog by Dr.Taylor Hare, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections. Dr Hare is a Postdoctoral Fellow in English Literature at Baylor University (…

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We have a new guest blog post by Visiting Research Fellow Steven J. Livesey: "Three early copies of Gilles of Corbeil’s “Versus de urinis”: examining provenance". 🔎 Check it out here:

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Three early copies of Gilles of Corbeil's "Versus de urinis": examining provenance

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Check out our newest foyer display in Archives & Special Collections - "Performing Memory: Students and the Institution in 1951" curated by UofG MLitt History of Art student Yuling Huang!🎓 #UofG575

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢Job alert! We’re looking for 3 new full-time graduate trainee Archives & Special Collections Assistants to join our innovative, user-focused engagement team. See more details and apply: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/archives... 🗓️Closing date: 16 April 2026

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Happy 140th birthday @glasgowunisrc.bsky.social! 🍰 Find out more about what the SRC are doing to mark this milestone, including their contributions to 'Glasgow Makes People: 575 Years of Student Life', a new exhibition coming to the Library: www.glasgowunisrc.org/whatson/src-... #SRC140 #TeamUofG

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Calling all #UofG students! There is less than 1 week to apply for the David Murray Book Collecting Prize! £500 will be awarded to the student with the best collection of books or printed materials 📘📕📙 To find out more and apply, go to www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li....

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The University of Glasgow Library is pleased to announce the 2026 Visiting Research Fellows! 🎉 Find out more about this year's fellows and their research here: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome! www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social

A poster, background image is a copperplate engraving form a 16th century book, displaying a man that holds a heavy stone in his right hand and has feathers in his left hand. The right hand hangs down on his side, the left hand is raised to the sky, towards a representation of God, who appears in the top left corner, in-between clouds. The man has his back towards the viewer. The text of the poster is: Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales
Jennifer Taylor, University of Reading
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library (level 12)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw

A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones
Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Thursday, 05 March 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: TalkLab, University of Glasgow Library (level 3)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg

Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely
David John Boyd and Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 5 p.m. (book launch)
In partnership with Leuven University Press.
In-person: University Bookshop, Fraser Building
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ

Various locations, click on each event for find out more.

ALL WELCOME.

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Queer Histories in the Archives: Student Perspectives at UofG 🌈 Join us for an interactive LGBT History Month event exploring how queer histories are preserved, uncovered, and interpreted within the University of Glasgow's Archives & Special Collections.📚

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 26/01/2026

As the University celebrates its own 575th birthday in 2026, the 26th of January 2026 marks 100 years since UofG world changer and alumnus John Logie Baird gave the world’s first public demonstration of a working television at 22 Frith Street in Soho, London. Learn more: gla.ac/3M5Xbyr #UofG575

University’s Television Studio being used by staff and students (GUST) in the 60s/70s

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The 26th of January 2026 marks 100 years since UofG alumni John Logie Baird gave the world’s first public demonstration of a working television at 22 Frith Street in Soho, London. 📺 You can view our new display within Archives & Special Collections on Level 12 of the library until April!

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Applications for the David Murray Book Collecting Prize are now open! If you’re a student developing a collection of books or printed materials, we want to hear from you! 🧑‍🎓 📚 To find out more and apply, go to: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... #UofG #UofGLibrary

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We were honoured to welcome staff and students from Ninohe City High School in Japan last week. The school visit us every year to follow in the footsteps of Aikitsu Tanakadate, who was born in Ninohe, studied at the University under Lord Kelvin and became one of Japan’s most renowned geophysicists 👨‍🎓

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Group photo of guest students and ASC staff, featuring Tanakadate's student records.

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Honoured to be part of #UofG575 celebrations - Happy Birthday UofG! 🎂

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The University of Glasgow is 575 years old today! We're joining in with the celebrations here at ASC 🎂 #UofG575 #TeamUofG

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 07/01/2026

Happy Birthday to us! 🎉 The University of Glasgow is 575 years old today. We have been changing the world since 1451! This year we will be celebrating the centuries of impact of UofG, while looking towards to the future, with our #TeamUofG community around the world. #UofG575

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Applications for our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships close on 5th January 2026, so don't delay! ⏳ We’re welcoming applications from scholars from across the globe to work with our unique research collections. Apply now: glasgow.ac.uk/library/rese... #UofGLibraryFellows

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 18/12/2025

The end of term & the winter break is right around the corner! Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to our community in Glasgow and all over the world. ❤️

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Wishing everyone a merry festive break! ⛄ Here's a design for a pantomime stage backdrop by Mary MacEwen for a production of Cinderella (c. 1950s-60s) 🐁🕛🥿 [STA 2Fa 1/45] We close today for the holidays, and will be back open on Monday 5th January. See you in the new year!

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Interested in conducting original research with our internationally significant collections? ✍️📚 Applications for Library Visiting Research Fellowships at @glasgow.ac.uk are open! Apply here: gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... Closing date: 5/01/2026 #UofGLibraryFellows

Image showing leather binding with gold tooled cover with text box containing information about the fellowships being open to support scholars to work with our collections and the closing date of 5/01/26.

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

We bring EYA Focus Week 2025 to a close with #EYAYourArchive! We were only able to choose a handful of our favourite items for this year's Focus Week, so we're using this opportunity to share a few more. Refs: GUA 014058; Sp Coll T.C.L. f5; T-87-3; UGD 255/1/40

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

🎉#EYAAnniversaries🎉Next month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first public demonstration of the television, by UofG alumnus John Logie Baird. Related items in our collection include a Phonovision disc containing a unique copy of the earliest surviving television recording! [MS Gen 1774/3]

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

For #EYAInclusion, we’ve been looking at the records of Queen Margaret College, a higher education institution for women that joined with the University of Glasgow in 1892. The records are a fascinating resource for anyone interested in the history of women’s education in Scotland. DC 233/2/22/2/63

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

We’re behind the scenes for #EYADigital with our FRED machine, which analyses and processes digital files. Our collections increasingly involve digital materials; we’ve recently used the FRED and FTK to process material from the 2000s deposited from the University’s student television station, GUST.

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Today's Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAPets, and we've picked some more items from the Scottish Theatre Archive. Amongst this collection of autographed theatrical postcards are a number featuring actor John Martin Harvey posing with his dogs 🐕 Refs: STA Gen 15/1/14, 13 & 12

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Whilst celebrating the collections, it's important to recognise histories that are underrepresented in archives. #EYASilence is an opportunity to highlight work taking place to challenge these silences, such as Ashanti Harris's project which consulted the Scottish Theatre Archive. STA 2Fa 2/42

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

For #EYAMedieval, we've chosen the 12th-century Hunterian Psalter, one of the most magnificent manuscripts from William Hunter’s library. Here's a miniature depicting the Ascension (fo. 4r), an intricate initial B (fol 22r), and a singing goat with an ass playing the harp (fol 88r). [MS Hunter 229]

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The House of Fraser Archive offers a glimpse into the past of the 200 stores that have been acquired by the company since its foundation as a Glasgow drapery in 1849. For #EYABeauty we’re taking a look at some cosmetics counters through the decades💄 FRAS 813/3 FRAS 1226/1 FRAS 771/5

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

We kick off this year's #ExploreYourArchive Week with the theme #EYAConservation. A Chinese star chart bound within a manuscript has recently been conserved by our Book Conservator with Japanese paper & jin shofu paste. Can you see the difference before and after conservation? 🌟 [Ref: MS Hunter 10]

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We are thrilled to now share our work and collections on Bluesky! As an introduction, our Graduate Trainees are participating in this year's #ExploreYourArchive Focus Week. Look out for posts over the next week showcasing the breadth of the University of Glasgow’s collections.

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications! We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections. Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... 📆Closing date: 5 January 2026 #UofGLibraryFellows

Graphic showing double page opening of emblem book from Stirling Maxwell Collection featuring portrait of a man on the left and a printed emblem of text and image on the right. The image is overlaid with information about the fellowship scheme welcoming researchers and repeating closing date and URL to follow.

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