There have been some fantastic additions to the archive this year. In recent months the following material has been donated to the Collection: Pamphlets owned by Annette Eick including Gallery:Women’s Poetry (1976), […]
Category: From the Archives
Greenham Common in the Archive
This month not only marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Glasgow Women’s Library but also it is 30 years since women arrived at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire in order to oppose the siting of 96 nuclear cruise missiles at the base.
At the library we have some items relating to Greenham Common and other materials from the women’s peace movement including badges, music and leaflets.
Archives of the Josephine Butler Society
We recently received a collection of archives from the Josephine Butler Society. Founded by Josephine Butler (1828-1906) herself in 1869, the Society was first known as the Ladies National Association. It was set up to oppose the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866 and 1869.
Recent archive donations
This banner was made by a group of women to be carried during the ‘Gude Cause’ march in October 2009. The march was organised to commemorate the 100th anniversary of […]
The Edible Archive
The Scottish Council on Archives is running a project to collect recipes, from families and individuals, from the familiar to the bizarre. With this in mind, I thought I would see what we had within our collections.