8 August 2016
The 600th donation to the University Archive was added to the online catalogue this morning. It forms part of the Miscellaneous Donations or “D-Number” collection, being material donated to the University Archive by former students and staff members….
2 April 2015
Our feature this month is a recent deposit of 100 year old sports caps (University Archive reference D564). They belonged to Frank Nuttall, a St Paul’s student at Cheltenham Training College between 1913-1915. The caps came in their…
19 September 2014
With the exciting launch of our new fashion courses BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Fashion and Textiles (Strategic Alliance FdA), our item of the month focuses on historic fashion course provision by our predecessor colleges. The Special Collections…
7 August 2014
Cheltenham Training College Football Team 1894 (Archive Reference UA36/7/2) In a tribute to the start of the football season next weekend our item of the month is a photograph of the Cheltenham Training College football team from 1894….
3 June 2014
“A Novel Race” (UA34/1/26) Archive article of the month – June 2014 Whilst working as an intern at the University of Gloucestershire’s archives, I found a very unique and entertaining article titled “A Novel Race”. Written in…
16 May 2014
We are firmly in the middle of the exam period, so this month’s item from the archive is a “mock” exam paper, written by St Paul’s College students in 1927. St Paul’s College mock entrance exam paper –…
11 February 2014
UA34/1/24 Manuscript Chelt 1892-1893 p.42 If you are wondering how to improve your physical prowess in order to impress the object of your desires this Valentine’s Day then fear not! Tips on how to grow taller and…
4 December 2013
Priory Students 1924 (archive reference D373/1) This month our item is a photograph of St Mary’s College students dressed for a Christmas party in 1924. They are referred to as “waitresses” on the back of the photograph, wearing…
17 October 2013
I feel very lucky to be working as an intern for the Archives Department here at the University of Gloucestershire. As I was recording information from a St Paul’s Chelt from 1883, I came across this very…
20 September 2013
This week all of our campuses and staff have been extremely busy welcoming our new students to university, and none more so than our fantastic estates staff, caretakers and cleaners, who undertake a vast range of work which…