The collections
The collections cover a broad range of interests and everyone is welcome to use them.
Most of the collections are listed in our online catalogue. The subject sheets also provide a convenient way of finding material relating to a particular topic, such as shipping, women, medicine and the World Wars.
![]() The University Collections date from 1881 to the present day. They comprise records of the University of Dundee and its predecessor institutions, University College and Queen's College. They also include the records of merged institutions, including Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the College of Education. The records cover the administrations of the institutions and the activities, both formal and informal, of staff and students. |
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The collections cover over 600 years and include records of individuals and churches. They contain sermons and discourses, correspondence, diaries, transcripts of baptismal and other registers, plans and photographs |
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The collections include administrative records, and those of staff and patients. Please note that clinical records are closed for 100 years
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The collection contains images of musicians from the Beatles, to Louis Armstrong to Benjamin Britten, of icons of film and theatre such Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith and Richard Burton, of political figures such as Nelson Mandela, Khrushchev and Winston Churchill, as well as literary figures like Hugh MacDiarmid, Alan Bennett and Iris Murdoch. Peto was also prolific in capturing scenes of the every-day, from Welsh miners to street vendors in India, of cafe culture and families. |
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We advise and help individuals and organisations doing oral history projects, and actively engage in the creation of oral history collections, such as the University of Dundee Oral History project and the Strathmartine Hospital History project. |
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The Kinnear Local Collection contains a substantial number of local books and newspapers including many rare items. The Joan Auld Memorial Collection relates to British labour, social and shipping history. It was established in memory of the first university archivist. Other special collections include the Brechin Library and the Glasite collection. As with the archives, all books can be consulted on a reference-only basis in the Archives. |