The Collection blog
Badges of Honour at GWL
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
Have a read at this great introduction to Arena 3, a rare lesbian journal housed in the Library’s Collection.
Happy Easter
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
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
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
Archive Item of the Month: Music and Liberation
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
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
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 […]
Hens, zines and Glasgow Pride
In January 2012 I began working with the Rainbow Sisters, a youth group run by LGBT Youth Scotland. The group helped to organised a Lesbian Archive Open Day to celebrate […]