This is one of a series of photographs taken of the mills of Jute Industries Ltd. in the early 1920s. The company was formed in 1920 by the amalgamation of several Dundee firms including Thomas Bell & Sons, who owned…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…
Oceans Deep is a stunning collection of silver pieces by Anne Watson for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition. Anne’s highly detailed pins, pendants, earrings, cufflinks, bracelets and rings derive from engravings in the rare books ‘Deliciae Naturae Selectae’ and…
Blog-post written by Divya Jindal-Snape and Jonathan Glazzard. Students across the world have been experiencing multiple transitions related to their studies, family life and employment, to name a few. Students go to university not only to achieve an academic qualification but…
This week’s Flashback Friday Film Festival offering from the University Archives takes us back to 1977. This was a promotional film for the University which marked a change in its approach to marketing. The film was recorded over a number…
Today’s musical performance from student Rebecca features 2 cello pieces. The first is the Bourree I from JS Bach’s 3rd Cello Suite BWV 1009. The second is another remote recording, this time of the opening Grave from Bononcini’s Cello Sonata…
Join Dr. Kenneth Baxter from the Archives Team in another video looking at something from our collections. In this short video, Kenneth looks at some photos of the University of Dundee – but it’s not the University of Dundee that…
The Cooper Gallery, within Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, has launched its latest project as part of the ‘A space inbetween’ online exhibition: ‘What I am Reading Now…’. What I am Reading Now… July 2020 – ongoing…
While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind…
These wonderful beach huts, handcrafted by Suzanne Scott for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition, were inspired by glass plate negatives from the University Archives showing people enjoying the beaches of Carnoustie and Broughty Ferry in 1913. Welcome to Sunny…