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Access to The Glasgow Academy Archive is available by appointment. For any enquiries, please get in touch at: archives@tga.org.uk

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The Glasgow Academy Archive@TGAArchive
28 Feb 2025
To celebrate #ScottishArchivesDay we are launching our brand new #Archives website where you can find out more about the history of The @GlasgowAcademy and view some of our digital resources from the comfort of your home! theglasgowacademyarchive.orgโ€ฆ
Home page of the Glasgow Academy Archive which can be found at https://www.theglasgowacademyarchive.org.uk/

ALT Home page of the Glasgow Academy Archive which can be found at https://www.theglasgowacademyarchive.org.uk/

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The Glasgow Academy Archive retweeted
Glasgow Accies 160@hugh_barrow
May 20
Lacrosse in Kelvinbridge 1876 @TGAArchive @SportsTGA
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This signed etching of @GlasgowAcademy from Great Western Rd, is by Wilfred Crawford Applebey (1889-1958) He studied at @GSofA and exhibited 48 works at the Glasgow Institute, 3 at Liverpoolโ€™s Walker Galley & 14 at the Royal Scottish Academy during his career.
Etching of The Glasgow Academy by Wilfred Crawford Applebey (1889-1958)

ALT Etching of The Glasgow Academy by Wilfred Crawford Applebey (1889-1958)
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May 11
Introducing NRS services: We collect, preserve and publish information about Scotlandโ€™s people and history, to inform current and future generations. Find out more๐Ÿ‘‰bit.ly/WelcomeNRS

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A special thanks to all of the knitters who took part in our #KnittingChallenge to create 180 bells to celebrate our 180th school anniversary. We were delighted to welcome those who could make it along to our coffee morning today. Thanks so much for your time and hard work!
Our lovely knitters

ALT Our lovely knitters

The Rector's Study

ALT The Rector's Study
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The Glasgow Academy Archive retweeted
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Apr 23
Replying to @hugh_barrow @TGAArchive
@GlasgowAccies is one of our two founding clubs that takes us back to the very founding of the @Scotlandteam in March 1873 in @GlasgowAcademy in Elmbank St
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Today, on the 160th anniversary of The Glasgow Academical Club, it was lovely to receive this great donation of a Barbarians signed shirt from c. 2000. @GlasgowAccies began #otd 21st April 1866
Barbarians signed shirt and photo of Glasgow Academy mini rugby festival team. C. 2000 - 2001

ALT Barbarians signed shirt and photo of Glasgow Academy mini rugby festival team. C. 2000 - 2001
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Glasgow Accies 160@hugh_barrow
Apr 21
The Glasgow Academical Club 160 years ago it all began on 21st April 1866 A Club that made a huge contribution to the birth of organised sport in Glasgow and far beyond started its journey
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A few weeks ago we had a visit from some former #Westbourne pupils who shared memories of their #SchoolDays with us during an oral history session. We were also kindly donated some items for our school #archive too. Thanks ladies, we had a wonderful time!
Former pupils of Westbourne School, one of our predecessor institutions, which merged with The Glasgow Academy in the early 90s to make the school co-ed. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

ALT Former pupils of Westbourne School, one of our predecessor institutions, which merged with The Glasgow Academy in the early 90s to make the school co-ed. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

Former pupils of Westbourne School, on a tour of Westbourne House at The Glasgow Academy. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

ALT Former pupils of Westbourne School, on a tour of Westbourne House at The Glasgow Academy. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

Former pupils of Westbourne School during our oral history session. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

ALT Former pupils of Westbourne School during our oral history session. ๐Ÿ“ธ L Murray

Collection of Westbourne sporting badges

ALT Collection of Westbourne sporting badges

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Dating from the 1920s, this lovely framed photo with antique @BootsUK art dept label shows staff and pupils from Westbourne Garden School, including the two Misses Nielson's - one was Headmistress, the other was a languages teacher. #WomensHistoryMonth @womenslibrary
Back of framed photo with antique Boots art department label, c. 1927

ALT Back of framed photo with antique Boots art department label, c. 1927

The two Miss Neilston's Left - Miss A. B. Neilston, Headmistress Right - Miss J. B. Neilston

ALT The two Miss Neilston's Left - Miss A. B. Neilston, Headmistress Right - Miss J. B. Neilston

Detail of group photo showing some of the staff and pupils from Westbourne Gardens School

ALT Detail of group photo showing some of the staff and pupils from Westbourne Gardens School
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We had a wonderful evening for School #Archives Day yesterday where we held our fourth annual Ronnie Woods memorial lecture at The @GlasgowAcademy To find out more, head over to our Facebook page facebook.com/share/p/1AqkCqrโ€ฆ
Our speaker Paul Bassett with his "People Make Glasgow Theatre" talk

ALT Our speaker Paul Bassett with his "People Make Glasgow Theatre" talk

Our Rector, Dr Gibson with Actor, and former "Westbourne Girl" Vivien Heilbron

ALT Our Rector, Dr Gibson with Actor, and former "Westbourne Girl" Vivien Heilbron

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A reminder about our public talk this coming Thursday evening which is open to all. Admission is ยฃ5, please email archives@tga.org.uk to book. Thanks, and feel free to share. @ArchiveHashtag @GlasgowAcademy
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Feb 24
Our next Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture is on Thu 12 March @ 7pm. Guest speaker Paul Bassett's talk is "People Make Glasgow Theatre". A former pupil, Osborne Henry Mavor, aka James Bridie was involved in founding the Citizens Theatre in 1943. Email: archives@tga.org.uk to book
Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture 2026 flyer. Paul Basset "People make Glasgow theatre" on 12/2/2026 @ 7pm

ALT Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture 2026 flyer. Paul Basset "People make Glasgow theatre" on 12/2/2026 @ 7pm
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Our next Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture is on Thu 12 March @ 7pm. Guest speaker Paul Bassett's talk is "People Make Glasgow Theatre". A former pupil, Osborne Henry Mavor, aka James Bridie was involved in founding the Citizens Theatre in 1943. Email: archives@tga.org.uk to book
Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture 2026 flyer. Paul Basset "People make Glasgow theatre" on 12/2/2026 @ 7pm

ALT Ronnie Woods Memorial Lecture 2026 flyer. Paul Basset "People make Glasgow theatre" on 12/2/2026 @ 7pm
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We are getting ever closer to our aim to receive #180bells to celebrate our 180th anniversary! Our archive Volunteer Mags has been busy organising the knitters, so far 95 people have registered, mostly from the UK, but also USA & Egypt 1/2 #ringinginthebells @GlasgowAcademy
More bells from our wonderful knitters!

ALT More bells from our wonderful knitters!

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There is still time to take part in our #knittingchallenge If you would like to help, please scan the QR code below to get involved. We are happy to accept purple bells if you would like to use your leftover yarn, to represent our Westbourne School FPs. 2/2
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We are always very grateful to receive donations to the archive. Last week, Carol kindly gifted several items belonging to her late father Colin, including (amongst other things) this wonderful sports cap. We do not have another example like it, so we are delighted! #archives
Carol with her late father Colin's cap and photo of him with his fellow team members playing Rugby

ALT Carol with her late father Colin's cap and photo of him with his fellow team members playing Rugby

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This year is the 180th #anniversary of @GlasgowAcademy and to celebrate we are asking our community to #knit a school bell in the hope that we will receive 180. Please use the QR Code to sign up and you will receive a free pattern. Thank you! #KnittingPattern #Knitting
Please sign up to join our #knittingchallenge to create 180 bells to celebrate 180 years of The Glasgow Academy

ALT Please sign up to join our #knittingchallenge to create 180 bells to celebrate 180 years of The Glasgow Academy
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Happy #ChristmasEve to all our friends and colleagues everywhere from the Archives and Development team at @GlasgowAcademy Hope you all have a wonderful festive break, see you in the New Year! #ArchiveAdventCalendar
Jill, Mags, Catherine, Alice and Lorraine from Alumni Development and Archives

ALT Jill, Mags, Catherine, Alice and Lorraine from Alumni Development and Archives

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Wishing you Seasons Greetings from the Academy Archive ๐ŸŽ… Our archivist Lorraine shares her annual round-up of all things archive-related within the school. Have a read below. See you all again in 2026! theglasgowacademyarchive.orgโ€ฆ #ArchiveAdventCalendar #12DaysOfChristmas
Seasons Greetings from The Glasgow Academy Archive

ALT Seasons Greetings from The Glasgow Academy Archive
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ #ArmisticeDay
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In our archive we are fortunate to look after the medal collection of former pupil Lt Albert Richmond Hunter, who died of pneumonia on 11 Feb 1919 during active service in #WW1 He served in 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bttn Northumberland Fusiliers #ArmisticeDay #WeWillRememberThem
Lt Albert Richmond Hunter with his horse. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JsE6Tk8HM/

ALT Lt Albert Richmond Hunter with his horse. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JsE6Tk8HM/

Lt Albert Richmond Hunter WW1 awards. Trio. L-R: Military Cross, Military Cross (awarded posthumously 3/6/19), British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal. French Lรฉgion d'honneur, 5th class (Knight) bottom left Death Penny (centre) Belgian Croix de Guerre (bottom right) awarded posthumously on 4/9/19

ALT Lt Albert Richmond Hunter WW1 awards. Trio. L-R: Military Cross, Military Cross (awarded posthumously 3/6/19), British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal. French Lรฉgion d'honneur, 5th class (Knight) bottom left Death Penny (centre) Belgian Croix de Guerre (bottom right) awarded posthumously on 4/9/19

Lt Albert Richmond Hunter's certificate from the Tyneside Scottish Brigade commemorating his death on 11th February 1919.

ALT Lt Albert Richmond Hunter's certificate from the Tyneside Scottish Brigade commemorating his death on 11th February 1919.

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