We are delighted to have been given the @_INSP collection. The Street Papers which include @BigIssue cover homelessness and a range of social issues spanning the globe over the last 30 years. It will be a fantastic resource for our students, researchers and the public.

RT @GCU_StudentLife: Did you know that GCU has an Archive Centre?📚 The Archive Centre is home to GCU’s archives & special collections, pre…

#OTD 100 years ago the Electrical Association for Women was founded in London to help improve women’s lives through the adoption of home electricity. This #EAW summer school was held at the college of domestic science in Glasgow in 1932. Read more in:

Today's visitors were so impressed by the story of the #WW2 #Dday flag made by students and staff of the "Dough School" that they came to see it in person. They were delighted to find it had survived albeit a bit battle-worn. Read more about the flag:

Great insight into the life & work of #CommunityEnterprise pioneer John Pearce in this @ceisgroup anniversary blog. We hold John's records as part of the Scottish #SocialEnterprise Collection. Visit the website to find out more: #SocEntCollection #SocEnt

Great to welcome Development Trusts Association Scotland conference attendees for a workshop on our #SocialEnterprise Archiving Toolkit. Take a look at the toolkit for tips on telling your organisation’s story here: #DTAS24 @DTAScot #socent

What a fun afternoon! We were delighted to assist with your investigations.

All the way from Texas @noirgal17 & friends came to conduct their own detective work with Blythe Duff's Taggart scripts. It was a joy to welcome you & help solve the mystery of the closed captions - turns out it was "Rome burns" not "Rowan buns"! @weeblythy

This puts a whole new twist on having a nanny. Advert from the ‘British Workman’ 1884 for goat-drawn prams - payable with POO. 📷Heatherbank Social Work Collection

'Shopping at the Co-op' (1985) is an eye-catching picture book aimed at children. It uses the example of familiar Co-op shops and societies to simply explain the workings of co-operative #SocialEnterprises. From our Thomas Carberry Collection. #CoopFortnight

‘Come clean’, know who the ‘Grime Squad’ were? The John Pearce papers hold examples of many early #SocialEnterprise initiatives, like Clydeclean co-operative of the 1980s. #CoopFortnight For more on Scottish social enterprise:

Why not raise awareness on #WorldEnvironmentDay with a rousing rendition of 'garbage' from @RagingGrannies songbook. #ProtestSongs are a powerful way to educate and inspire action. See our Political Song Collection for more examples:

Ahead of today's GCU Fashion Showcase, some student designs from the 1920s. Dressmaking students of the GWSCDS modelled their creations in a mannequin parade on the college rooftop to raise funds for the Student Welfare Scheme. For more on GCU history:

“Wow” was our reaction as we opened up Margaret Bishop’s boxes to discover these beautiful embroidery samples. Margaret made the work during her studies at GCU predecessor institution the Glasgow & West of Scotland College of #DomesticScience in the 1940s.

Scottish Union of Students (predecessor to @NUSScotland) was founded to promote the common interests of its student members. This week we are carrying out some preservation work on the Union's records from the 1950s by removing rusty staples that are showing their age.

There are many examples of #SocialEnterprise taking on unemployment in the #SocEntCollection. This May 1980 issue of ‘actions’ includes an article by John Pearce suggesting a Permanent Employment Project. From the John Pearce Collection.

Our current display features historical resources dating back to 1764 from across our collections that relate to courses currently taught in GCU's School of Health and Life Sciences @GCUSHLS #HealthArchives #Archive30

For #Archive30 #ArchiveTravel we present this magnificent illustration from 1867 of a rail worker from The British Workman periodical. More information and a link to the digitised resource can be found on our blog here:

@MMoffski @FionaSkillen @Scotindustria Thanks @FionaSkillen yes we can help. Dr Moffat @MMoffski our email address is archives@gcu.ac.uk so please get in touch

This week we're working on the papers of life-long anti-nuclear activist Tony Southall. During UN International Year of Peace 1986, people from around the UK travelled to Scotland for 'October Peace Weekend', two days of non-violent direct action in protest of nuclear weapons.