Volunteering
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As part of the Archives Revealed project Hidden Burgh: Restoring Cupar’s place at the heart of Fife, the University of St Andrews is pleased to offer the following workshops to the members of the Cupar community (As numbers are limited on each of the workshops, it is necessary to reserve your place in advance. Please either email Christine Wood, Project Archivist at caw23@st-andrews.ac.uk or telephone on 01334 462339 to book).
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Title of Workshop |
Date and Time |
Venue |
Description |
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Caring for your Family Photographs |
Friday 5 April 13:00 to 15:00 |
Meeting Room Cupar Library Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS |
For anyone interested in learning more about the history of photography, how to identify old photographic processes and how to take care of their own family archive. If you have any photographs on which you would like advice, please feel free to bring them along. |
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Scottish Palaeography |
Thursday 11 April 10.30am to 12.30pm |
New Park Seminar Room Martyrs Kirk 80 North Street St Andrews KY16 9HH |
Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to decipher the handwriting in Scottish documents from 1500-1800. This will be hands-on workshop using copies of records from the Special Collections archives. In addition, there will be original material to inspect. |
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Conservation/ Preservation |
Wednesday 22 May 10.30 am to 12.30pm |
Meeting Room Cupar Library Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS |
For those interested in how to look after their own personal records, where and how to store them. If you would like advice on some of your own documents, please bring them along. |
As numbers are limited on each of the workshops, it is necessary to reserve your place in advance. Please either email Christine Wood, Project Archivist at caw23@st-andrews.ac.uk or telephone on 01334 462339 to book.
