Category: Our collections

Interesting items in, and stories from, our collections.

April 21, 2026 / archives / Our collections

New records for the Stirling District Asylum Archive

We were incredibly fortunate to receive a new donation to the Stirling District Asylum Archive…

February 18, 2026 / archives / Our collections

University Collections, which includes the Art Collection, also cares for other museum collections, including all…

February 13, 2026 / archives / Our collections

Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights has long been an inspiration for filmmakers with the…

September 19, 2025 / archives / Our collections

Our Digitisation Assistant Joel reflects on the beauty and value of rugby programmes. I am…

September 16, 2025 / archives / Our collections

300+ issues of the Aberlour Orphanage magazine now available to view online The University of…

July 30, 2025 / archives / Art Collection

It will soon be time to wind up the ‘Faculty of Taking Notice’, to return…

July 16, 2025 / archives / Our collections

With the recent news that Clyde, the face of the Glasgow 2014 Games, will be…

May 6, 2025 / archives / News and events

The Dumyat Hill Race has been a stalwart of the University calendar since the 1970s…

May 6, 2025 / archives / Our collections

This semester, Archives and Special Collections have held four placements for the Arts & Humanities…

April 4, 2025 / archives / Art Collection

Early in the autumn semester, the ‘Faculty of Taking Notice’ noticed that a horse chestnut…