What is included in the Project

• Introduction
• University of St Andrews  (founded 1413)
• University of Glasgow (founded 1451)
• University of Edinburgh (inaugurated 1583)
• University of Strathclyde (origins as Anderson’s Institution 1796)
• Heriot-Watt University (origins as Edinburgh School of Arts 1821)
• Glasgow School of Art (origins as Glasgow Government School of Design 1845)
• Glasgow Caledonian University (origins as Glasgow School of Cookery 1875)
• University of Dundee (origins as University College, Dundee 1881)
• Edinburgh College of Art (founded 1907)
• Napier University (origins as Napier Technical College 1964)

Introduction

The ten partners in this project are representative of Scottish Higher Education from medieval Universities to modern post polytechnic Universities and together their HEI collections run to over 10 linear kilometres and encompass well over a million items. Scottish HEIs have developed from a number of predecessor and affiliated bodies (bodies may have been affiliated with more than one project partner over time) and records of these institutions are included as an integral part of the project.

The following paragraphs list the partner institutions and their antecedents and affiliates and identify specific research themes. Please note that work is in progress and descriptions have not yet been compiled for all these institutions.

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University of St Andrews (founded 1413)

Institutional records from 1215. Early modern diet; class structures; communities in wartime; land-holding and property administration; development of modern sport.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: St John’s College and the Pedagogy; St Leonard’s College; St Mary’s College; St Salvator’s College; United College of St Salvator and St Leonard; University College, Dundee and Queen’s College, Dundee, being the University of St Andrews in Dundee.

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University of Glasgow (founded 1451)

Institutional records from 1304. Land use and property administration; history of science; the development of naval architecture and engineering; medical education; the origins of the Scottish Nationalist movement; early modern diet; gender studies.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Andersons College of Medicine; Glasgow Veterinary College; Glasgow Dental Hospital & School; Mackintosh School of Architecture; Queen Margaret College; Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama; Royal Technical College; Scottish College of Agriculture; St Andrews College of Education; St Mungo’s College of Medicine; Trinity College; West of Scotland Agricultural College.

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University of Edinburgh (inaugurated 1583)

Scottish Enlightenment; history of science; medical education; the relationship of town and gown; 19th century social policy.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: New College; Royal (Dick) Veterinary College; Moray House Institute of Education; Edinburgh Church of Scotland Training College and Normal School; Edinburgh United Free Church Training College; Edinburgh Normal and Model Free Church School; Edinburgh Provincial Training College and Moray House College of Education; Callendar Park College; Scottish Centre of Physical Education, Movement and Leisure (formerly Dunfermline College of Physical Education); Edinburgh College of Domestic Science; St. George’s Training College.

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University of Strathclyde (origins as Anderson’s Institution 1796)

Scottish Enlightenment; technical education; international linkages (Japan, the Empire); development of the oil industry; development of textile technology; the history of television; overseas students and ethnic minorities; gender studies.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Anderson’s Institution; Glasgow Mechanics Institution; Glasgow Education Association; Glasgow Athenaeum; Allen Glen’s School; Glasgow Weaving, Dying & Printing College; West of Scotland Agricultural College; Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama; Glasgow & West of Scotland Commercial College; Anderson’s College; Andersons University; Jordanhill College of Education; Royal Technical College; College of Science and Arts; Scottish College of Commerce.

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Heriot-Watt University (origins as Edinburgh School of Arts 1821)

History of science and technology; industrial and business history e.g. applied chemistry, offshore mining, pharmacy, textiles and brewing; economic and political policies and debates; gender studies; land use and planning.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Heriot-Watt College; Watt Institution and School of Arts; School of Arts of Edinburgh; Scottish College of Textiles; Scottish Woollen Technical College; South of Scotland Technical College; Galashiels Combined Technical School; Edinburgh College of Art.

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Glasgow School of Art (origins as Glasgow Government School of Design 1845)

Institutional records from 1844. Art, design and architectural history; Glasgow Style and Charles Rennie Mackintosh; suffragettes and new dress movement; early Scottish film-making; the infrastructure of the arts in Glasgow and the West of Scotland.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Glasgow Government School of Design, Decorative Trades Institute; Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated).

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Glasgow Caledonian University (origins as Glasgow School of Cookery 1875)

Development of modern cookery; history of domestic science; gender studies; attitudes to servant classes.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Glasgow School of Cookery; West End School of Cookery; Glasgow and West of Scotland College of Domestic Science (Incorporated); The Queen’s College, Glasgow; Glasgow College of Technology; Glasgow Polytechnic.

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University of Dundee (origins as University College, Dundee 1881)

Institutional records from 1874. Scientific and medical education including the environmental sciences, biomedical developments, pathology; development and debate in the mathematics and physics disciplines; economic policy debate; women in education and the wider society; war studies.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Dundee Technical Institute; Dundee Art Institute; Dundee Technical College & School of Art; Dundee Institute of Art & Technology; Duncan of Jordanstone Art College; Dundee College of Nursing; Dundee & Angus College of Nursing; Tayside College of Nursing; Dundee Dental Hospital; Dundee Dental School; University College, Dundee; Dundee School of Economics; Queen’s College, Dundee.

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Edinburgh College of Art (founded 1907)

Institutional records including those of predecessor institutions from 1869. Art, design and architectural history including the development of Town Planning; the Edinburgh School.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Trustees Academy School of Art; School of Applied Art; Art Department of Heriot-Watt College.

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Napier University (origins as Napier Technical College 1964)

Institutional records from 17th century. The history of mathematics; Scottish vocational education; land use and planning.
Predecessor and affiliated bodies: Edinburgh College of Commerce; Napier College; Napier Polytechnic; Heriot-Watt College School of Printing; Lothian College of Nursing & Midwifery; Lothian College of Health Studies; Scottish Borders College of Nursing & Midwifery.

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