University Archive

  This month’s item is a christening certificate with a difference. One of the old initiation traditions of St Paul’s students was to assemble a “Jury” of senior students to assign nicknames to the unsuspecting first years. University Archive reference…

  This month our slightly belated item is a collection of student TV production photographs from the 1990s.   Archive Reference C/11/00/6 The Media School at the University of Gloucestershire houses some of our most popular courses, including Film Production…

  This month the University of Gloucestershire is hosting exhibitions and events as part of the Impress International Printmaking Festival 2013. To correspond with this our archive item this month is a collection of material from the Tarsus Press, set…

  Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so it seemed fitting to present a Valentine’s message written in 1896 as this month’s item from the University Archive Collection. Manuscript Chelt 1895-1896 UA34/1/27 A transcription of the letter is below. Read through…

  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 widow donated…

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 – Miss…

  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 institution back…