Library & Archive blog

This blog takes a look at an almost five-hundred-year-old geographical text in the Caird Library and Archive.

Explore the works and legacy of Richard Hakluyt, an Elizabethan compiler and editor of travel writing at the Caird Library and Archive.

The Syren and Shipping Illustrated was a weekly journal for the merchant shipping industry, published 1887-1967.

A brief look at the varied career of the Scottish physician, author, and campaigner, whose personal papers were recently catalogued.

Sophie Warburton explores the story behind a portrait in Royal Museums Greenwich's collection and their connection with the sitter.

The turbulent years of the First World War witnessed a myriad of human experiences, among which the stories of British prisoners of war (POWs) stand as testaments to resilience, endurance, and the human spirit.

Daisy Chamberlain curated a recent display of Library and Archive materials relating to the Challenger Expedition (1872–76). Here she explores the hidden stories, scientific research and record of sailors' lives held within these materials.