Library & Archive blog

Former Caird Fellow Dr. Jack Avery explores the seventeenth-century maritime journals held at the Caird Library and Archive, and in particular the one written by the amateur poet and astrologer Jeremy Roch

Explore printed ephemera at the Caird Library and Archive, a collection that brings to life the golden age of ocean travel.

How a reading of a Victorian novel led to research into contemporary maritime themes and an exploration of our collections.

Take a closer look at the hairy diary of a sailor involved in one of the search expeditions to find Sir John Franklin and his crew.

In this bicentennial year of the modern railway, we take the opportunity to explore some railway connections in the Caird Library and Archive.

Learn more about the afterlives of slaving vessels with Caird Research Fellow Dr Richard Anderson

Learn about Dr Nina Baker’s struggle to become one of the first women navigation officers in the British Merchant Navy