17 January 2013
University Archive reference D489 This month’s item is an album of 38 original cartoon illustrations by William A. Freeman. He was a student at St Paul’s College from 1925-1927 with an obvious talent for art. His…
2 November 2012
With Armistice Day approaching, the focus this month is on a collection of documents deposited by Miss Mayer, the niece of Gertrude Mayer, who was a student at St. Mary’s College from 1906 to 1908. Part of D467…
11 October 2012
Local Councillor Mike Skinner (LD, St Marks, St Pauls and St Peters, Cheltenham) recently contacted the University Archive to enquire about a donation of an ornate New Testament dating from 1841 that he kindly donated to the…
3 September 2012
This month sees the University taking part in national Heritage Open Days for the first time on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th September. The Chapel, Quad building and Archives Room will be open as part of the festival…
20 June 2012
Manuscript Chelt 1951-1953 UA34/1/60 On Friday 22nd June, the University will hold a special Jubilee event with the theme of celebrating “60”. There will be various exhibitors at Park campus from throughout Gloucestershire showing a range of material…
24 May 2012
On 24th May the St Paul’s Practising School Old Boys’ Association held their annual reunion in the Archive Room. The Practising School was located in what are now the Clegg and Bodley buildings at FCH, and local boys…
25 April 2012
University Archive reference D464/1/4 Our item this month is a student scrapbook from the University Archive. Claude Blogg (nicknamed “Tiger”) was a student at St Paul’s College (now FCH campus) from 1922 – 1924 where he would have…
23 March 2012
The end of the Spring Term is traditionally a time when students have a lot of deadlines and assignments to hand in. Today, the majority of essays are word processed and conform to set editorial conventions. In the…
8 December 2011
The festive season was anticipated and regaled as much by past students as it is today. Our item this time is an edition of “The Chelt” magazine from Christmas 1938. “The Chelt” magazines were produced by students from…
18 November 2011
As November is traditionally a month of remembrance, our item this month is from a selection of material we hold relating to the wartime experiences of staff and students. Pictured is the identity bracelet worn throughout World War…