Join us for a great event where you will meet other ARA members and see the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow collections. Thurs 24 Sept, 2:00-4:30. Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-scotla...

ARA Scotland: Collections and Conversations

Join us for a great event where you will meet other ARA members and see the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow collections.

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Apparently its #WorldLetterWritingDay, a perfect opportunity to revisit some of our favourite letters in the #LindsayAnderson Archive: archives.stir.ac.uk/2022/04/12/d...

Swallowing pistol bullets as a cure for hysteria, 18thc folk remedy used by Jean Clerk, a seamstress (noted in Edinburgh dispensary records)

Whilst the Law has been part of the Dundee's backdrop since time immemorial, the road to the top is a relatively new feature. Find out when and why it was built in our latest blog post. dundeecityarchives.w... #Dundee #Archives

The Law Road

Inspired by some photographs from our Engineers Negatives collection, one of our volunteers looks into the construction of the road up to the top of the Law.

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An A.F. MacKenzie photograph of Scottish Horse troops training near Little Dunkeld Church, pre-1914.

Photograph No. 48 in an album showing the construction of the "New Tay Viaduct" (2nd Tay Rail Bridge). Here they are building brick shafts. It was taken on 3rd September 1886 Ref: GD/X717/1 #Dundee #Archives #Onthisday

Abertay Historical Society is running a campaign to replace the Unicorn on top of the Mercat Cross in the Nethergate. Read more about the campaign and the Unicorn on the fundraising page: www.crowdfunder.co.u.... This image shows the Unicorn in 1913. Ref: GD/MUS230/2/13/3

Until the 9th of September we've got a wonderful exhibition of photographs from the Orkney Japan Association about some fascinating connections between the two places, stretching back to the 1870s. Come along to see it whenever the Library is open, and you can find out more in

Another week finished! Have a read of our update to find out what we've been up to and to find out what we have planned for the rest of this year... www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2026/09/04/w...

What we've done this week... - Historic Dunkeld

We have had several young people working with us to gain work experience over the last few months, we are always happy to help people gain skills in the heritage sector. If you are interested in volunteering with our organisation, please get in touch to find out more or organise a visit.

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Join us for a great event where you will meet other ARA members and see the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow collections. Thurs 24 Sept, 2:00-4:30. Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, 232-242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-scotla...

ARA Scotland: Collections and Conversations

Join us for a great event where you will meet other ARA members and see the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow collections.

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The Archives for Learning and Education Section's next lunchtime training session is Wednesday, 9 September from 1-2pm on Microsoft Teams: Divergent Minds in the Archive - Neurodivergent Professionals and Accessibility aralearning.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/a...

ARA ALES Lunchtime Seminar: Divergent Minds in the Archive – Neurodivergent Professionals and Accessibility

The Archives for Learning and Education Section’s third event in 2026 will be held using Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 9th September, from 1 to 2pm.  “Divergent Minds in the Archive – Neurodive…

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South Tay Street Date: c.1962 Ref: DCC-BW015-12

Somehow it is 8 years today since we posted this Twitter thread, about a very, VERY old document from our Archive. Now it's another year older and we're still keeping it safe. It was written 624 years ago. No really. Archives are amazing. 👇

Orkney Library & Archive@orkneylibrary.bsky.social · last yr.

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something amazing. Read this short thread to find out more. 🧵👇

Street of the Week: Campbell Street This street was built in the mid 1870s on what was then part of the Dudhope Estate. At the time the estate was owned by William MacBean Rankine, who inherited the estate from a distant relative, Richard Gardner in 1862.

Looking down Annfield Road, possibly from the junction with Annfield Row Date: Jun 1991 Ref: DCC-CL0604-22

Illustration of the heart, with flaps that can be folded back to reveal the inner chambers, from Descartes' 'The Treatise of Man'. Published after his death, he feared that this book would result in accusations of heresy for its idea of 'man as a machine'

This the rear of the 3 storey tenement which sat on the corner of Hawkhill and 2 Small's Wynd. A back court entrance divides the two buildings and runs the length of the rear of the buildings to Wallace's Pend. Date: August 1928 Reference: GD/MUS230/5/7 #Dundee #Archives

A "Hail Caledonia" postcard showing Dunkeld and Birnam from Torwood Hill. The postcard is undated but looks to be pre-1960s due to the absence of Stell Park. Any date info would be much appreciated!

Our Doors Open Days tour of the Industrial History Store on 12 September is now sold out but we still have places on the canal walk at 2pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doors-open...

Doors Open Day- Guided Canal Walk

Explore the history of the Gartsherrie Branch of the Monkland Canal, now a Scheduled Monument, with the Industrial History Curator.

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NorthLan Heritage@nlheritage.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On Saturday 12 September join a curator at Summerlee Museum for a store tour & a guided walk along the route of the Summerlee branch of the Monkland Canal The tours, which are part of the #DoorsOpenDays festival are free but please book ahead, details here www.doorsopendays.org.uk/regions/nort...

Early bookings are now open for the SCA Annual Conference 2026: Archives & Records at the Heart of Society! 📅 Tuesday 3 November 📍 Tynecastle Park, Heart of Midlothian F.C, Edinburgh Secure your ticket now so you don't miss out: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-annual...

SCA Annual Conference 2026: Archives & Records at the Heart of Society

Join us for this year's conference exploring how archives and records underpin democracy, accountability, creativity, wellbeing & community.

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More groups have submitted letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic. View them below:

Scottish Council on Archives@scotsarchives.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Organisations and individuals have submitted letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic due to concerns over the proposed sale of the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Third Eye Centre archives. View the letters: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/conce...

Coming soon: Style on Screen: Italian Cinema in the Edinburgh Film Guild Photographic Archive Exhibition opens Thursday 3 September University of Stirling Library #WorldPhotographyDay #StirlingPhotographyFestival @edinburghfg.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social @macrobertarts.bsky.social

#WorldPhotographyDay 📸 Scotland's archives hold millions of photographs. Thank you to the archivists, conservators, and volunteers preserving them for future generations. Image: Courtesy of CEATS-Siabost, the West Side Society, Lewis & Tasglann nan Eilean

Next month marks the 67th anniversary of the #Auchengeich Colliery Disaster. 47 miners were suffocated following an underground fire To mark the anniversary Summerlee Museum is displaying a collection of items relating to Auchengeich Colliery & the 1959 disaster lent by Harry & Michelle Lycett-Nutt

Archives & Records at the Heart of Society For this year's conference, we want to explore the essential role that archives & records play in underpinning democracy and accountability as well as inspiring creativity, wellbeing and community building CFP: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/sca-a...

SCA Annual Conference 2026 – Call for Papers - Scottish Council on Archives

11 August 2026

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Scottish Horse Regimental dogs Ralph and Punch having a sleep with their bonnets on in 1937.

Whitehall Crescent Date: not recorded, possibly 1960s Ref: DCC-SA2694 #Dundee #Archives

This handy 18thc cure for the King's Evil (i.e. scrofula) argues that 'Mice roasted, and eaten by Children, is very good'

Community Stories – Community Archives Project Update Community members at the Pilton Community Health Project‘s lunch club were invited to add their stories to the Granton Hub archive. Find out more: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/commu...

Community Stories - Community Archives Project Update - Scottish Council on Archives

13 August 2026

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In case you missed it, we featured on a recent episode of the BBC's Fake or Fortune (s14 ep2). There was even a brief cameo from our City Archivist Martin Allan! We won't spoil the ending but this is a really interesting story about a Dundee born artist.

BBC One - Fake or Fortune?, Series 14, A Passage to India

Is a portrait of an Indian woman a lost work by 18th-century trailblazer Katherine Read?

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