With the #SixNations returning this weekend its a good time to revisit this update from our Bill McLaren digitisation project on the beauty and value of #Rugby programmes:
archives.stir.ac.uk/2025/09/19/g...
#SportingHeritage #StirScanStudio
A colour photograph of the site of the future University of Stirling taken from the top of the Wallace Monument, Stirling, c 1960, ref. AE/P/1.
A pre university view of the campus from the lofty heights of the Wallace Monument c 1960.
#CampusInColour #StirScanStudio #CultureOnStirCampus #BridgeOfAllan #UofStirling
Headlines from press cuttings of articles reporting on athletics in 1949. From scrapbook in the John Brown (Athletics) collection, University of Stirling Archives (ref. JBA/9).
Sporting headlines from 1949 collected in a scrapbook in our #SportingHeritage collections.
#Athletics @sportingheritage.bsky.social #StirScanStudio
We're excited to be starting a new #SportingHeritage project to digitise the archives of Shettleston Harriers and document the wider history of Scottish athletics.
#StirScanStudio @isstirling.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social @scotsarchives.bsky.social @arascot.bsky.social
A view of the University of Stirling taken in 1970 showing new buildings at the centre of the campus.
One of the first images digitised with our new #StirScanStudio back in 2021 was this colour slide of the new #UofStirling campus taking shape in 1970. A view from across the water of the new buildings around Queens Court.
#CultureOnStirCampus
Work being carried out on the University of Stirling's scan studio.
A huge milestone today for our #StirScanStudio completing our 5,000th scanjob since setting up our new digitisation centre in 2021. Congratulations to all our scanners! 🎉🎉🎉
@isstirling.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social @ukri.org @scotsarchives.bsky.social
Zeutschel ScanStudio arriving at the University of Stirling Library, 31 March 2021.
Digitisation of archive material using the #StirScanStudio.
#OTD in 2021 our #StirScanStudio arrived on campus. Today we've just completed our 4,000th scanning job!
@ukri.org @isstirling.bsky.social @artatstirling.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk
Material from the Bill McLaren Archive. Bill McLaren was a Scottish broadcaster who commentated on rugby for over fifty years.
Read about the work of our project team digitising the archives of 'the voice of #rugby' Bill McLaren on our #CultureOnStirCampus blog:
archives.stir.ac.uk/2025/03/26/d...
#StirScanStudio #SportingHeritage
A selection of shinty photographs to be digitised as part of a new project at the University of Stirling Archives.
Our digitisation team are starting a new project this week to digitise shinty's #SportingHeritage
#StirScanStudio
Cover of The Alloa Burns Club annual celebration held on 25 January 1929 at the Station Hotel, Alloa.
Menu of the Burns Club Supper served at the Alloa Burns Club annual celebration, held on 25 January 1929 at the Station Hotel, Alloa.
Looking for some ideas for your Burns Night supper?
How about some Mixtie Maxies and Trimlin Tams?
In 2023 we worked with the Alloa Burns Club to digitise their amazing archive - find out more at:
archives.stir.ac.uk/2023/03/23/m...
#StirScanStudio #CultureOnStirCampus
Historic postcard of Doune Castle
We're excited to be starting a BIG new digitisation project with the Scottish Castles Association to increase access to their unique collections documenting Scotland's castles & fortified houses #StirScanStudio
A box containing material from the Bill McLaren Archive.
Our #StirScanStudio is going to be busy over the next few months with two BIG new digitisation projects. First up a collaborative project with the Bill McLaren Foundation to open up access to the archives of the famous #rugby broadcaster
www.stir.ac.uk/news/2024/au...
@sportingheritage.bsky.social
A framed photograph being digitised using the #StirScanStudio.
Historical records being digitised using our #StirScanStudio.
We're starting two BIG new digitisation projects next week. More details soon! #StirScanStudio
Pages from an 1835 guidebook to Stirling providing details of transport links.
In 1835 transport included regular omnibuses from #Stirling to #BridgeOfAllan four times daily.
#StirScanStudio
Pages from an 1835 guidebook to Stirling providing information on transport links.
An 1835 Guidebook in our special collections notes "There is no town more accessible than #Stirling, as the number of public conveyances, of every kind, is very great." This included 3 daily steamboats from #Edinburgh carrying passengers down the River Forth.
#StirScanStudio
