Scottish Political Archive

Are you into podcasts?
Have a listen to our episode of Outside the Box from
Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland for some SPA, Scots Independent newspaper & volunteering chat: https://stir.ac.uk/9st

(Not in the least for the voice of Grant Thoms who should clearly narrate M&S adverts!)

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Outside the Box: The Scottish Political Archive: political history of Scotland in the 20th and 21st centuries This week we hear from four brilliant guests to learn more about the Scottish Political Archives (SPA) housed at the University of Stirling.  Joining us are Rosie Al-Mulla, Archivist at the University of Stirling, Grant Thoms, Lecturer and Editor of the Scots Independent Newspaper, Bria Bednari...

To celebrate 14th February, here's a different kind of Valentine's Day missive, drawn by the ever-fantastic for the Scots Independent newspaper.

We have a wonderful selection of Bain's original cartoons in our Scots Independent Archive, alongside an almost complete run of the newspaper.

Happy Valentine's Day!
Love, the Scottish Political Archive

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As always, we couldn't help getting out some election ephemera and Campaign for a Scottish Parliament material to inspire those students who might be interested in politics!

Our catalogued archives all live in the University of Stirling library now, all the better for researchers to come and use our lovely reading room to consult material! Email [email protected] to book an appointment or to discuss your research.

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We hope the who visits you it a bit more generous!

Today's offering comes, once again, from our wonderful and witty original cartoons from the Scots Independent Collection. Ewen Bain cartoons featured in the newspaper throughout the 1970s and 80s and we have some beautiful hand drawn examples in the archive.

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Scottish Political Archive!


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Delighted to be speaking on the panel 'CREATING: contemporary collections' at next week!
I can't wait to talk about SPA's contemporary collecting practices and collaborating with wonderful colleagues in University of Stirling History, Heritage & Politics!

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See if you can spot a Scottish Political Archive cartoon - taken from Aether, the magazine of University of Aberdeen's Environmental Protection Society - in this wonderful online exhibition on the history of energy: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/research/economicsocialhistory/projects/energyinhistory/

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We've had a fun donation through the post for all you stamp enthusiasts! Did you ever see more Scottish envelopes?
Happy everyone!

For 19 we have more election material - not all elections evidenced in the archive are local! The European election material from 2019 keeps a record of the results, shows you how to vote and reminds us of the key issues of the period.

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We're coming to the end of this year's What's in the !
Our penultimate box 37 yielded spa.si.371. Our photographic archive contains the amazing images used in the Scots Independent newspaper - and even some that were never used in print! They tell sucha a unique story of Scotland and will be full catalogued as part of our ongoing project to open up the Scots Independent archive

Image info: http://stir.ac.uk/8py

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We've got more election ephemera for number 8 today.
In a previous box we mentioned that we collect election material from right across Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but today's box also highlights the variety of parties represented by this type of collecting - it's not all Labour, Conservatives and the SNP! Here's some Unite Against Fascism material from 2019.


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We've been a bit sneaky with 46! Here's some material from our George Robertson archive and more particularly his time as Secretary of State for Defence (May 1997-December 1999).

Browse the full archive & his vast career here http://stir.ac.uk/8ny

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