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Researching Biographies – Part 2
This week’s post is part 2 of our “Researching Biographies” blog, following on from Part 1 here. A&C Support Assistant Kay gives an insight into
8 December 2020
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This week’s post is part 2 of our “Researching Biographies” blog, following on from Part 1 here. A&C Support Assistant Kay gives an insight into
In this week’s blog, A&C Support Assistant Kay covers the work she has been doing to research biographies for those who feature in our catalogue.
This month, we took part in #MuseumPassion, a social media initiative to get museums talking about the items in their collections that they are
As some of you will know from following our social media, we’re currently in the process of digitising and uploading lots of lovely new images
This July I can attest to the fact that we have well and truly been pulling our weight in the Archives and Collections. In fact,
Sunday the 13th of May will mark the 450th Anniversary of the “Battle of Langside”. Fought in 1568, this was the most significant battle within the
There has been some great media coverage today of our exciting finds within the records of Francis Newbery, ex Director of the School! Find out
Read the next instalment of volunteer Kay Bryant’s discoveries about sisters at GSA in the late 19th and early 20th century! Elma MacDonald was for
Exactly 100 years ago today on 1 July 1916, Staff Captain Eugene Bourdon, GSA’s first professor of Architectural Design was killed in France at the
Archives can be amazing places where not only objects and records are stored, but where stories can be re-discovered and re-used. The GSA Archives and
Skills for the Future trainee Cat looks at the impact of Belgian teaching staff at The Glasgow School of Art in the early 20th century.
Skills for the Future Trainee Maja Shand, talks about her research into GSA alumnus Allan D Mainds. Photograph of the Mainds’ wedding in 1916 Allan