Category: The Collection blog

Badges of Honour at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

Published on 11th July, 2013 by Laura S

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The third Badges of Honour visit took place on Wednesday 19th June. This was an rare chance to visit the Glasgow Museum Resources Centre (GMRC), based out at Nitshill. GMRC […]

Badges of Honour at GWL

Published on 10th June, 2013 by Laura S

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On Friday the first in our special series of Badges of Honour visits took place in the Library. It was a rare opportunity to dive into the badges housed in […]

Arena 3: An Introduction

Published on 6th May, 2013 by Laura S

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Have a read at this great introduction to Arena 3, a rare lesbian journal housed in the Library’s Collection.

Happy Easter

Published on 28th March, 2013 by Laura S

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Happy Easter from the Collections Team at the Library! Please remember that the Library will be closed on Good Friday (29th March) and Easter Monday (1st April). We should open as usual at […]

Book of the Month – Anne of Green Gables

Published on 14th March, 2013 by Wendy Kirk

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This is a children’s book, full of broad humour involving Anne’s misadventures with, variously, ice cream, puffed sleeves, hair dye and accidental drunkenness. However, it can still be enjoyed by adults who will, perhaps, have more understanding of some of the strong emotions it invokes.

New Acquisitions: March 2013 update

Published on 8th March, 2013 by Laura S

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It has been one of our busiest years for acquisitions – and it’s only March! Since January, we have received over twenty donations to the museum and archive collections. Here are some […]

UK Disability History Month 2012

Published on 3rd December, 2012 by Laura S

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Archive Item of the Month: Music and Liberation

Published on 12th November, 2012 by Laura S

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November has been the month of music at Glasgow Women’s Library, with the arrival of the eagerly anticipated exhibition Music and Liberation 1970 – 1989. Deciding which item to feature as Archive Item of the Month was extremely difficult with so many fantastic objects within my reach.

Roller Skating all the way from Dom City

Published on 27th September, 2012 by Laura S

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There have been some visitors skating into the Library. On Monday 28th August, the Archive received a lovely visit from Falke and Leticia. They had heard about the National Museum […]

Visitors from across the pond

Published on 2nd August, 2012 by Wendy Kirk

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Last week we had a lovely visit from a group of graduate library students from the University of Missouri. They’d been touring around different places in the UK, exploring the […]

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