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The University of Gloucestershire is celebrating its 10th birthday this month, so our archive item features the official letters patent granting the arms, crest, badge and supporters to the University of Gloucestershire, on 15 April 2002 (the University having officially been created on…
Last week saw a busy induction week across all three campuses at the University of Gloucestershire, with new students moving into halls of residence, getting to know their surroundings and making new friends. Our archive item of the month for…
A mystery almost 100 years old These photographs show the havoc wrecked by a fire at Cheltenham Training College on the night of 8th January 1914. The building is now part of the Teaching Centre at FCH, housing lecture rooms…
500 year old graffiti in the University Archives The University Archives and Special Collections will be holding an open day for the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BGAS) Library in the Archive Room at FCH on Saturday 16th July. This…
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…
May 2011 is the Historical Association’s Local History Month, so to celebrate this our feature this time is our collection of Acts of Parliament held within the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (BGAS) Library. These date from 1698 to 1874 and…
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…
On Wednesday 16th March 2011 the University signed an agreement with the Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trust to act as custodians of the Sculpture Trail collection. Material in the collection relates the the artists, administration and creation of the Sculpture Trail…
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…