March 5, 2025

The Cockburn Association was founded in 1875 to promote and encourage the care and conservation of Edinburgh’s unique architectural and landscape heritage.   The Association is one of the oldest conservation, planning and architectural advocacy organisations in the world.  It takes its name from Lord Cockburn (1779-1854), a renown Scottish lawyer, judge and literary figure, who […]

July 30, 2021

Most of us have some old family photos, letters or documents tucked away in a drawer or in the attic, but how many of us have over 20 boxes relating to eight families, dating back to 1723? Alexander JS Low did and decided to give them to us, University of Dundee Archive Services. The bonus […]

July 30, 2021

The core Glasgow archive collections (ref: GB 243 / A-H) are those which document the rise of various public bodies in the city until many united under the banner of Glasgow Corporation (GC), the largest local authority in Scotland and, for a period, the largest city administration under one council in the UK.   From the […]