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Friends Of Dundee City Archives - Conference

Day Conference

DUNDEE IN PRINT

Everyone interested is invited to attend this event celebrating 500 years of printing in Scotland and the importance of the printing industry to Dundee. Topics will include Dundee newspapers, the Valentine photographic archive and local printers and publishers. There will also be an opportunity to find out more about the discovery in Dundee City Archives of an early printed fragment of the 15th century epic poem "The Book of the Howlat" [The Book of the Owl].

The conference will be held in the Glasite Hall, St. Andrew's Church, King Street, Dundee

on

Saturday 19th April 2008

Tickets for the day and further information may be obtained from
The Archive and Record Centre, 21 City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BY.
Telephone: 01382 434494
Email: archives@dundeecity.gov.uk


The cost is £20 each, including the price of lunch.