This collaborative oral history focuses on the origins of the St Andrews photographic archives and its growth over the years, with an emphasis on the massive digitization project commenced in 1996. Featured to the left are three short introductory videos shot in the strongroom of the archives with Dr Norman Reid. Once you are finished on this page, please click here to explore over four hours of audio interviews.
Included in the interviews are Dr Robert Smart, Keeper of Archives from 1959-1995; Dr Reid, the current Head of Special Collections; and Mrs. Cilla Jackson, long-time archivist and spearhead of the digitization project. Their widely varied experiences come together to tell a diverse and interesting story of how the current collection evolved into the valuable resource it is today.
