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Friends Newsletter friends newsletter summer 2017 Note from the Editor: Priscilla Barlow This is my 10th year editing the splendid illustration of books on the Friends of the Argyll Papers Newsletter. newsletter – this being the 20th issue. GUL shelves; just a wee memory jog When I eventually bury my editor’s For the first two years I co-edited with reminding us that not everything is hatchet, I know the newsletter will be in Dr David Fergus. Over these years we digitised - although you might well be safe and creative hands. changed from dashing purple and green reading this online. We continue the now familiar format print to monochrome and eventually Duncan Beaton, who has been a with Friends news, Library news and to full colour; from 4 pages to 8. We Friend for a decade and a committee articles of bibliographical interest and as are currently working with our third member for 3 years, now affords me always we are well illustrated. To all our designer and we progressed from no the luxury of an assistant editor. He is contributors who continue to meet our particular masthead to a book spine, well versed in the intricacies of desktop deadlines, I give my thanks. then a view of the Library and now a publishing and already edits the The Priscilla Barlow: [email protected] The David Murray Book Collecting Prize The David Murray Book Collecting Prize, inaugurated this year, was made available through a generous donation of £500 and was open to all currently matriculated students of the University of Glasgow. An additional £500 was awarded to the winner to help select a new acquisition for Archives and Special Collections. £250 of this was generously contributed by FGUL with the additional Edward Cole (winner) and Stephen Hall (runner up) receiving their cheques from bonus of one year’s FGUL membership. Susan Ashworth and Julie Gardham The winning entry by Edward Cole, whose recently completed PhD focuses will go some way towards filling in some decision to award two runners up prizes on Glasgow Museum’s collections of of these gaps. of £100. So congratulations are also due birds’ eggs, described his own collection The quality of submissions for the to Stephen Hall for his entry on the John of books and other material relating competition was very high. From the Smith Collection and Becca Gauldie (not to Scottish waterfalls. His diverse entrants, the judging panel invited five pictured) for A Cabinet of Curiosities. collection, focused in topic but wide students to the Library to make mini Our overall winner Edward now has ranging in format, encompasses regional presentations about their collections. the pleasant task of browsing through and walking guides, maps, postcards and Meeting them and hearing about the various booksellers’ catalogues for an even literature and poetry. The judges books was great fun. The final selection acquisition to enhance the Library’s own were impressed by Edward’s tenacity of an outright winner was incredibly Murray collection, as partly sponsored and enthusiastic passion in building his difficult. Since this was the first year by FGUL. He has promised to write an collection, and also by his very detailed of the competition, Susan Ashworth article about his choice for the next listing of desiderata. Hopefully his prize (Head Librarian) took the exceptional newsletter, so watch this space! FGULsummer17alt.indd 1 09/08/2017 18:27 Letter from Acting Convenor: Jean Anderson Profile: 22 Moira Rankin Since our last Newsletter in Green is looking after our built library, the Leighton Moira was born and bred in Churchill Archives Centre in the development of the January, the FGUL Committee web pages and will assist with Library at Dunblane and to the Paisley. She spent her formative Cambridge confirmed this was University of Glasgow Story has been busy reforming itself events; Freda Tuck remains our University of Stirling Library. It years between Castlehead High the right career choice. website since its prototype First to comply with the OSCR rules Membership Secretary; Peter was a great day out. (see report School and working in her Moira received a Masters in World War Roll of Honour was (Office of the Scottish Charity Davies continues as Secretary; in Summer Outings). I would parents’ model railway shop. Archives and Records Manage- launched in 2006. She has been Regulator, www.oscr.org.uk). Priscilla Barlow cntinues as the like to acknowledge the work She completed an Honours ment from UCL in 1995 and Principal Investigator on several Committee members have Newsletter Editor with Duncan done by Priscilla and by Peter History degree at Glasgow in returned to Glasgow that year Wellcome Trust Research been taking on new roles, Beaton as her understudy. I am in arranging events and talks for 1991 and a Marketing Diploma as Assistant Archivist on a cata- Resources grants. some as officers and some as acting as the chair for the time the membership during the last at the Scottish College of logue retro-conversion project. Outside work, Moira has understudies. being and I would like to thank six months. Textiles in 1992. A discussion She never left and is been married to Frank for 20 Our new Treasurer, Fiona all of the volunteer committee I am sure the events and talks with Dr John McCaffrey, her now Senior Archivist with years. They enjoy long walks Hamilton, is compiling an members for their work. planned for the autumn will be former Scottish History tutor, responsibility for the with their children, Peter and archive of our records, In early July our editor took just as interesting. Remember led her to volunteer at the management of the Archives & Joan, accompanied by the arranging new signatories for time out from Newsletter that we are always pleased University Archives. Thereafter Special Collections operations latest addition to their family, our bank account and liaising production to organise a trip to have suggestions from our posts at the United Distillers that are based in Thurso St. Toby - a 1 year old miniature with our accountants; Johanna to Scotland’s oldest purpose- supporters. Archive in Leith and at the She is currently overseeing wire-haired daschund. Dye-versity Project Erskine Hospital Project n A most interesting talk marketing of the first suc- ‘Dye-versity’ research proj- n Moira Rankin and Dr on the Dye-versity Project cessful one, Perkin’s mauve ect, funded by the Carne- Jennifer Novotny gave - Research into Glasgow’s - 1857, through 1859 when gie Trust. I studied patterns the 21st March 2017 talk 19th century dyeing they were accepted on an in dye manuals by Smith, on the Erskine Hospital industrial scale, until the end Crookes, Crace-Calvert and manuals - was delivered Centenary Project, a of the century when 90% of Knecht, dating from 1857 on the 21st February 2017 partnership formed three dyes were synthetic. to 1893 in the UoG ASC col- by Dr Anita Quye. Her years ago to catalogue If the patterns are dyed lection. Did their chemistry enthusiasm for the subject and preserve the records with what the authors make sense for manufactur- enthralled the audience claimed, they are important ing descriptions in the man- of Erskine Hospital. Moira of 20, who were invited We have evidence for Victorian textile uals? How much chemical Rankin is Senior Archivist, to give tactile feedback variation was there between University of Glasgow helped with via textile tokens. Dr dyes with different names Library. She joined the Quye is Senior Lecturer over the years? University as an Assistant funding… in Conservation Science Patterns allegedly dyed Archivist in 1995 and since within the History of Art with aniline reds, magentas, Artificial limbs of all In her will the late 2012 has managed the at the University’s School violets, blues and greens for shapes and sizes Professor Christian Kay, Archives team at Thurso of Culture and Creative chemical analysis by Dr Julie were produced for a staunch member of Street. Dr Jennifer Novotny Arts. She has collaborated Wertz with our Centre’s ul- the battle-scarred is Research Assistant the Friends, made a in the authorship of two tra-high performance liquid residents of Erskine chromatography with photo in History, University generous bequest to books and a number Hospital diode array detection (UH- of Glasgow School of the Library. The 4th of articles on the PLC-PDA) were sampled. Humanities. Edition of Johnson’s preservation and analysis Backed by mass spectro- Sailors and Soldiers and it was 20 linear metres of material. of WWI wounded at Erskine Dictionary of the of dyes and resins used metric analysis with Profes- the University’s Regius Pro- Further details of the project Hospital.’ The background to English Language was on fabrics and pottery. Abstract sor Ilaria Degano, Universi- fessor of Surgery, Sir William including a link to the cata- the establishment of manual proposed as a suitable ty of Pisa, the 80+ named Erskine Hospital is a charity Macewen who led the efforts logue can be found on the therapy workshops at Erskine acquisition in her Abstract Image courtesy of Special dyes studied gave distinctive that will be familiar to many to mobilise support. The Uni- Library website http://www. and how such programmes Friends of the Library as the memory. Purchased by Nineteenth century printed Collections GUL chemical profiles with ex- versity was involved again in gla.ac.uk/services/library/col- of vocational rehabilitation University has many connec- ASC with part-funding books called dyeing manuals, colours. Heritage scientists pected behaviours for what 2016, providing heritage sup- lections/medicalhumanities/ were culturally informed by can identify historical dyes the nineteenth century dye tions with the charity which port in their centenary year.
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