We have recently completed a catalogue of the collection of Alfred Darbyshire (1839-1908), a leading Manchester architect and a prominent figure in the social and cultural life of the city during the Victorian period.
A hundred more manuscripts from the John Rylands Library’s Hebrew Collection have just been published on the Manchester Digital Collections website.
An update on Palladium project development work.
From the early 1960s Dave Cunliffe and Tina Morris ran a small press which they used to produce poetry publicationsContinue Reading
Jane Donaldson explores the relationship between the Guardian newspaper and the early years of cycling.
Through books, scrolls and artworks from our Chinese collections, we explore the languages and cultures of the Qing empire.
By Elizabeth Gow, Special Collections Manuscript Curator and Archivist. The Rylands Reflects series explores the history of the John RylandsContinue Reading
Ian Graham from our Reader Services team discusses the impact of Harry “Donny” Davies, ‘An Old International’ through correspondences from the Manchester Guardian.
Dr Kerry Pimblott and Mary Booth discuss the recently developed module ‘Race, Migration & Humanitarianism: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in the Modern World’ for MA History students at The University of Manchester.
Historical medical objects from The Museum of Medicine and Health launch on Manchester Digital Collections, a post by Professor Carsten Timmermann