Photographic collection
The University of St Andrews has been collecting photography since 1844. The University Library now holds about a million photographs, which are found in manuscript collections, the archive, rare books and stand-alone photographic collections. The collection includes negatives on glass and film of varying sizes, lantern slides, prints ranging from salt paper to modern processes, as well as postcards and transparencies.
![CtT-1, Hailstones, Kinnaber, 2000, 30/May/2000, McPherson, Mr, Colin](/assets/university/library/images/ph.jpg)
Featured collection
Alan Reiach Collection of Architectural Photography
Alan Reiach (1910-1992) was one of Scotland's most celebrated architects. The collection features photographs taken and purchased by Reaich from 1929-1950's.
The collection comprises of images of: Scottish vernacular architecture; the foreign scenes, notably Germany, Italy, Sweden and Spain, but also images of Greece, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Belgium, Switzerland, North America, France, Finland, Poland and Denmark.