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Former staff member visits FCH campus 60 years on, and enjoys looking at some of the photos in the University Archives!
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Special Collections and Archives
Welcome to the blog for the Special Collections and Archives at the University of Gloucestershire.
Read MoreFormer staff member visits FCH campus 60 years on, and enjoys looking at some of the photos in the University Archives!
New Donation to the University Archive
A leather-bound Photo Album circa 1920s depicting St Mary’s students and the Priory Hostel on London Road. The album includes photos of leisure activites like playing tennis, country walking, dancing, camping, beach scenes and graduation. It is inscribed ‘Love and…
University of Gloucestershire Timeline
A fascinating look at the evolution of the university To see details of all the collections the university holds , see our catalogue Why not take the time to arrange a visit to your university Archives and Special Collections…
Celebrating 150 years of Art Education in Gloucestershire
The book titled ‘150 years of Art Education’ was put together by the School of Art, Media & Design at the University of Gloucestershire (designated as a university in 2001). It was intended to indicate the range of staff and…
Christmas Closure 2023
The Special Collections and Archives will close for the Christmas break on Wednesday 20 December 2023 at 5pm. The service will re-open on Wednesday 3 January 2024 at 1pm If you’d like to visit the Special Collections and Archives before…
University of Gloucestershire staff and students will be reading a selection of works from The Cyder Press books in the chapel at Francis Close Hall on Friday 8 December at 6pm.
but if you are unable to make this reading, or would like to spend more time browsing, Special Collections and Archives hold The Cyder Press collection: along with the Dymock Poets collection: which you can access by appointment
Little Gem! Memories of a teacher training student, Francis Close Hall campus 1901-1902
This delightful little album, recently donated to the University Archives, contains memories, photos, poems, sketches and notes from friends and well-wishers. It was started by J E Pooley in 1901, when he attended St Paul’s College, and it goes up…
Alumni David Bryant – International Lawn and Indoor Bowler – written into the Oxford University Press Dictionary of National Biography
David Bryant studied to become a teacher at St Paul’s College, (a predecessor college of the University of Gloucestershire), and he appears on the St Paul’s student register for September 1953 – June1955 He is acknowledged as the ‘greatest bowler…
A snapshot in time: two teacher training students from the University of Gloucestershire’s predecessor colleges, St Paul’s and St Mary’s, married in 1849
The university’s Archives were approached by a lady in Australia, who wanted to know if we held in our collections, any records of the early days of the colleges. She had been told that her Great, Great, Great Grandparents studied…