Stories
- Article
Native Americans through the 19th-century lens
The stories behind Rinehart's photographs may not be as black and white as they first appear.
- Article
Tragic artists and their all-consuming passions
Does having a debilitating disease help or hinder creative genius?
- Article
Jim, the horse of death
Horses’ blood was used to produce an antitoxin that saved thousands of children from dying from diphtheria, but contamination was a deadly problem. Find out how a horse called Jim was the catalyst for the beginnings of medical regulation.
- Article
Air of threat
Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
International Correspondence Schools advertisement
Date: Late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: MS.7489/6Part of: Polar Exploration: Townsend Thorndike Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Bankart, James (1834-1902), surgeon and ophthalmologist
Bankart, James (1834-1902), MB Lond, FRCSDate: Mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/JBA- Archives and manuscripts
M 20181 'Marjory Schafer (left) and school friends'.
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: PP/ESS/P.117/6Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Archives and manuscripts
Andrew Baillie of Bo’ness: Bill presented to Carriden School
Date: 19th century - 20th centuryReference: MS.7563/9Part of: Veterinary Miscellanea- Archives and manuscripts
Chapter 3 School Days
Date: Late 19th - early 20th CenturyReference: GC/228/4Part of: Miller, Florence Fenwick (1854-1935): autobiography 'An Uncommon Girlhood'