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…
Read more20 December 2012
B13 – ‘Midwinter’ by Miriam Macgregor (Whittington Press, 2012) This month’s archive item has a suitably wintery theme and is the latest accession to our Whittington Press Collection. Midwinter is a beautifully presented set of wood engravings by…
Read more2 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…
Read more11 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…
Read more3 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…
Read more23 August 2012
Staff in the University Archives and Special Collections were deeply saddened to hear about the death of Ron Prewer, Chair of the Practising School Old Boys’ Association, earlier this month. Ron was a frequent visitor to the archives…
Read more19 July 2012
To coincide with the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BGAS) Library open day on Saturday 21st July, our item this month is a 300 year old first edition of Sir Robert Atkyns’s The Ancient and Present State of…
Read more20 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…
Read more12 June 2012
Sir Robert Atkyns’s ‘The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire (1712) The University Archives and Special Collections will be holding an open day for the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BGAS) Library on Saturday 21st July, 10am –…
Read more24 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…
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