This exhibition space is dedicated to displaying
a selection of some of the riches held by archives
around Scotland. Use the menu on the left to visit
our current exhibitions.
Part
of a programme of events taking place to mark
Black History Month in October 2002, Slavery
and Glasgow aims to showcase the collections
held by Glasgow City Archives and Special Collections
which relate to black history in general and slavery
in particular. This online exhibition is a version
of a larger exhibition, which
can be seen at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow
in the month of October 2002.
Here you can also:
- read about how Scottish burghs pursued those
accused of witchcraft in the 17th century in
the
Horrid Sinne of Witchcraft taken from documents
held by Dumfries & Galloway Archives
- see an exhibition on a
children's TB Hospital in Renfrewshire - 'Mearnskirk
Hospital'
- find out more about the people and places
of the Highland Railway, past and present, in
'North
by Northwest'.
- learn the story of the women of Angus through
the ages in 'Revealing
Women'
- discover how herbal
remedies were exchanged by the gentry and
nobility in centuries past.
- look at the public face and products of Scottish
companies from the 19th and 20th centuries as
portrayed in their trade
cards and letterheads.
These exhibitions are
constantly being developed so why not register
with us for updates?
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