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To coincide with the Cheltenham Science Festival our item of the month has a slightly scientific theme. Pictured is a copy of a poem on ascending Mount Everest by Samuel Robinson, who was a student at the Cheltenham Training College…
With a certain wedding prevalent in the news, the archive item this month is an example of one of the many relationships to be struck up between St Paul’s College and St Mary’s College students. These photographs are taken from the St…
The University Archive holds an early edition of the King James Bible, which celebrates it’s 400th anniversary this year. The King James Bible was originally published in 1611 and was a new translation of the Bible in English. William Tyndale…
The Graf Zeppelin over FCH? This picture was taken on Sunday 3rd July 1932 when the Graf Zeppelin was seen over the Chapel at St Paul’s College (now FCH). The turret is the Chapel is just visible at the bottom…
Every month an item or document held in the University Archives and Special Collections will be selected, photographed and displayed in this blog. To dispel the myth that archives are full of fusty old documents, our first item is a bell…