The Scottish Political Archive

Collects around contemporary Scottish politics, independence + devolution. Based in the Division for History, Heritage & Politics at the University of Stirling.

[StirlingHistHeritPol @ustirhistpol]

The HHP Research Seminars presents:

Commitment in Long-Term Protests: The Case of the Vigil for a Scottish Parliament
Dr. Anna McKeever and Dr. David McKeever, University of the West of Scotland

9th April 2025, 16:00-17:30pm
Pathfoot Sc2 and MS Teams

[Art Collection, University of Stirling @artatstirling]

Join our Artists in Residence Gardner & Gardner for 'A Day in the Life of the Unloved Dictionaries' on Thursday (14/11) in the Library Level Two.

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Look at political campaigns in the Scottish Political Archive, consider what makes them so good - or not good at all - and create your own campaign!

Summer course
7th-9th August 2024
15-18yr olds

More info: https://t.co/5m38HFOIYU
@ustirhistpol @isstirling @StirlingLibs

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

@WallaceHighPTN would your students be interested? https://t.co/DehKzFQNzN

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

We're running a 3 day summer course for 15-18 yr olds! Ideal for Modern Studies/Politics Highers/Advanced Highers students, we'll explore past political campaigns in the archive & you'll create your own! More info: https://t.co/5m38HFPgOs
@ustirhistpol @unistirarchives

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Following HAP24 with @RoyalHistSoc, @ihr_history & @UkNatArchives we're delighted to be giving a talk with @ScotUnhinged & @artatstirling! Come & talk all things oral history & filmmaking - 29th July at 1pm 🎉
Free but book here https://t.co/bb205GJiXA

@isstirling @ustirhistpol

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Final call 📣📣
Anyone in Scotland with election ephemera - leaflets, pamphlets, promotional material - why not donate it to us so we can evidence political messaging across Scotland? Just let us know your constituency!
All info here: https://t.co/aLmQ34WRTE
@ustirhistpol

[ARA Scotland @ARAScot]

If you still have some election leaflets about the house, why not send them on to the Scottish Political Archives. ⬇️⬇️

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Time to vote! #GE2024

And once you have, why not send all those election leaflets and flyers you've been getting through your door to us @Scotpolarchive? All the info you need here: https://t.co/qIQUhjlmnU

📷Ballot Boxes being distributed for the 1979 Referendum

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Folks, it's what you've all been waiting for! Our article, written with @ScotUnhinged, @artatstirling + some fantastic vols from our oral history project, is live! It's part of an utterly wonderful issue chock full of interesting articles - have a read!
@ustirhistpol @isstirling

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Did any of you enjoy the #StirlingSummerSessions this week?
#DYK that the space was used for an outdoor concert (we think for the first time!) for A Day for Scotland back in 1990? https://t.co/OdgGUHLB0x

Hasn't changed a bit!
@SmmrSessions #SummerSessions2024

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Heather has also done some amazing work matching up our beautiful original Ewen Bain cartoons to the Scots Independent issues where they were published.
You can read about her time as #CultureOnStirCampus intern in our last two blog posts https://t.co/FzNDoGVZYT

@ustirhistpol

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

📣New blog post from our Archives intern Heather: https://t.co/nRVX16TdcG
Heather has been delving into a few different collections and learning new skills. Here she talks about her work with the Stirling District Asylum Archive.

#CultureOnStirCampus @ustirhistpol

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

We're particularly keen to evidence political messaging beyond the central belt this #GE2024 - all election ephemera gratefully received, but especially from the further reaches of🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! Save your leaflets, send them to us!

All your info: https://t.co/rjlMokIvZY

@ustirhistpol

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

It's election time & SPA is, as always, collecting your election ephemera! Please do keep the leaflets coming through your letterbox & post them to us so we can evidence party messaging across the whole of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
All your info: https://t.co/DGixbmqhbg

#GE2024 @ustirhistpol

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Adding our thanks too, it was great to see everyone and share the project with you all! The Pandemic Archive is now live! https://t.co/hMFWidQov0…

And many thanks to the wonderful @NinaParish for chairing!

@ustirhistpol @isstirling @StirAlumni
#CultureOnStirCampus

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Tonight's the night! There's still just a few tickets left for our first ever screening of 'An Unusual Period of Unspecified Length' - our story of @StirUni during the #Covid19 pandemic. Get your (free) tickets while you can!
https://t.co/B74IotGXzz

@isstirling @ustirhistpol

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

In #Stirling this weekend? Last chance to see our 2024 #CultureOnStirCampus exhibition Movement @Macrobert celebrating the kinetic energy & joy of movement across our collections:
https://t.co/4EDQp9nbJy
@artatstirling @ArtlinkCentral @CreateStirling @isstirling

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

We had a great day at the Angus Og symposium with @HLHArchives chatting about the wonderful Ewen Bain cartoons which feature in our Scots Independent archive (spoiler: no Angus but tonnes of wit!)
Maybe the best conference merch we've ever seen too?
@editor_si1926 @ustirhistpol

[The Scottish Political Archive @Scotpolarchive]

Having an excellent time at the Angus Og Symposium @uofglibrary chatting all things Ewen Bain and cartoons!

[Highland Archives @HLHArchives]

Rosie Al-Mulla, from the Scottish Political Archive.

[StirlingUniArchives @unistirarchives]

Congratulations to our archivist Rosie for her Outstanding Collaborator award at the @StirUni Festival of Research 2024 Research Culture Awards! 🎉🎉🎉
#SupportingResearch @isstirling @artatstirling @ustirhistpol @IAS_Stir