28 October 2020
Article produced by Simona Dlugošová, University of Gloucestershire archive volunteer. This blog post is written as a response to my experience working with a selection of records produced by the Local Heritage Initiative (LHI). In the following text,…
Read more17 March 2020
The University of Gloucestershire Special Collections & Archive announcing an Artist Residency. When Harold Macmillian was asked for the most likely scenario that could plunge the Government of course, he famously did not say ‘Events dear boy events’….
Read more9 December 2019
The Special Collections and Archives will be close for the Christmas break on Friday 13 December 2019 at 5pm. The service will re-open on Thursday 2 January 2020 at 9am. If you’d like to visit the Special Collections…
Read more13 September 2019
Following the move from Delta Place over the summer, the Special Collections and Archives have now re-opened at Hardwick Admin Centre. All our collections are available to consult by making an appointment Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm…
Read more12 February 2019
The Special Collections and Archives will be moving from our current location at Delta Place to Hardwick Campus (Admin Centre) in Cheltenham. The service will be closed to all enquiries from Monday 24 June until Friday 6 September,…
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The Special Collections and Archives will be closed from Wednesday 16 January to Wednesday 30 January, re-opening on Thursday 31 January 2019. If you would like to make an appointment to visit after the closure please email archives@glos.ac.uk
Read more4 December 2018
The Special Collections and Archives will be closed for the Christmas holiday from Thursday 20th December (3pm) to Tuesday 1st January inclusive. During the first week of January the service will be open for appointments: Wednesday 2nd January:…
Read more8 November 2018
Our Remembrance display marking 100 years since the end of the First World War is at Francis Close Hall Chapel until Friday 9 November. Staff and alumni from the University have crocheted 264 poppies, one for each of…
Read more11 September 2018
University of Gloucestershire Public Lecture Series Friday 5 October 2018, 6pm, TC001, Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ Free entry. Please register via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edward-thomas-and-nature-melancholy-ecstasy-and-the-strange-sweetness-tickets-49387593622 Following an introduction to the work of the Friends of the Dymock Poets…
Read more3 August 2018
Special Collections and Archives at the university has secured important letters written by the famous American poet Robert Frost for their Dymock Poets Special Collection. The university, with the aid of grants from Friends of the National Libraries…
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