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…
9 July 2013
Do you ever get stuck for ideas of what to cook for tea? Are you sick of having the same old meals every week and want to try something different? Then why not take some inspiration from recipe…
10 June 2013
On 13th June the University Archives and Special Collections are hosting the St Paul’s Practising School Old Boys’ Association reunion. This year there will be a special memorial service in the Chapel dedicating the St Paul’s College Practising…
23 May 2013
This month’s item is a christening certificate with a difference. One of the old initiation traditions of St Paul’s students was to assemble a “Jury” of senior students to assign nicknames to the unsuspecting first years. University…
26 April 2013
This month our slightly belated item is a collection of student TV production photographs from the 1990s. Archive Reference C/11/00/6 The Media School at the University of Gloucestershire houses some of our most popular courses, including…
6 March 2013
This month the University of Gloucestershire is hosting exhibitions and events as part of the Impress International Printmaking Festival 2013. To correspond with this our archive item this month is a collection of material from the Tarsus…
6 February 2013
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so it seemed fitting to present a Valentine’s message written in 1896 as this month’s item from the University Archive Collection. Manuscript Chelt 1895-1896 UA34/1/27 A transcription of the letter is below….