The Norman Shrapnel Collection – Nostalgia in the past and present
By Sophia Louise Lee During my time at the John Rylands Research Institute & Library, I have been box listingContinue Reading
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The Golden Tango: Ernest Wilson and his Most Varied Musical Career
Researched and written by Bruce Wilkinson and Dave Goulding Donated to the John Rylands Library Special Collections in September 2019,Continue Reading
Liberal England and the Irish Civil War
After the Irish home rule debates in the 1880s the Manchester Guardian and its editor, C. P. Scott, emerged asContinue Reading
If you wanted to know…: number-letter divination in a Jewish miscellany
Learn about a curious prognostic technique called onomancy.
A Song For Ukraine
In this blog we mark the remarkable lives and work of Stuart and Mercy Hine who were itinerant evangelists in Eastern Europe and worked with Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Yugoslav and Polish refugees in the UK.
The Photography Collection: Photobooks by Women
Our extensive Photography Collection contains a grouping of photobooks by women. The purchase of these books was intended to act as a further step forward in diversifying the visual material within our Special Collections.
Anonymous Anatomies: A Critical History of Visual Anonymity in Britain and America, 1870 – 1955
This blog post includes images of pregnancy and nudity, which some readers might find uncomfortable. Dr Christine Slobogin, Visiting EarlyContinue Reading
45 Year Old Records At The John Rylands Library: the Kevin Cummins Archive
Dave Goulding looks back on his first punk rock gig, inspired by the Kevin Cummins Archive, part of the British Pop Archive.
Rylands Reflects: Enriqueta Rylands’s first home
By Elizabeth Gow, Special Collections Manuscript Curator and Archivist. The Rylands Reflects series explores the history of the John RylandsContinue Reading
Meet our interns: Sophia Lee from Aarhus University
Who am I? My name is Sophia Louise Lee, and I am in Manchester doing a 2-month work placement atContinue Reading