Donations to University of St Andrews fundraising campaigns in the late nineteenth century (dataset)

Dataset

Description

These spreadsheets contain lists of donors who gave money to two University of St Andrews fundraising efforts in the late nineteenth century: the Bursary Augmentation Fund (1885), and two phases of fundraising for University Hall (1892 and 1908). They were transcribed from archival records in the University collections as part of the 'St Andrews and the Legacies of Empire' project, and offer insights into small-scale (and crowd-funded) philanthropy in Scotland c1880-1910.
Date made available12 Mar 2025
PublisherUniversity of St Andrews
Temporal coverage1880 - 1910
Date of data production2023
Geographical coverageScotland

Keywords

  • philanthropy
  • universities
  • Scotland
  • history

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