Archives
Alasdair Bachell, Project Archivist, gives us an update on his work. This month I wanted to give a brief update on the Brittle Bone Society archive project and give a little peek behind the curtain at what’s involved. The archive…
Be a Big Back Garden Chatterbox – come along to the Baxter Park activity centre on Thursday 19 May between 3.30 and 6.30 to find out more about the history of the park and to share what Baxter Park means…
In this post Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives takes us back in time to explore the University’s main campus in 1969. As you can see from the image below there is much that is familiar but also a lot…
As we are coming up to the local elections, Kenneth Baxter from the University Archives looks at some early women politicians in Dundee. The first woman to be elected to political office in Dundee was Miss Jessie Shaw who was…
Alasdair Bachell, Project Archivist for the Brittle Bone Society collection, uses the records to explore how the charity has raised funds – As with any charity, fundraising is a core activity of the Brittle Bone Society. In this blog I…
Another in our occasional series from Archive Services looking at how the city and University has changed. The Ewing Building on the corner of Small’s Wynd and Small’s Lane is a familiar sight on campus. While today it is very…
Join Keith Williams from the School of Humanities for a talk which introduces the life and work of Cupar-born Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99). Milne published over fifty Science Fiction stories (some multi-part or novella length), mostly in the Argonaut and…
Every March, Dundee Women’s Festival takes place with events occurring across the city. This year’s theme “Today’s Women Shape Tomorrow’s World” has sparked enthusiasm with University staff and students who have organised a myriad of events. You can pick to:…
The Society’s project archivist, Alasdair Bachell, tells us more about this pioneering campaigner. It is only right that my second blog for the Brittle Bone Society project I talk about the founder of the Brittle Bone Society: Dr Margaret Grant…
Discover the history of Dundee’s Caird Hall in this post from Archive Services. In April 1914, Sir James Caird, one of Dundee’s wealthiest jute barons and a noted philanthropist, announced he was prepared to fund a new building to act…