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Slavery and Blackburn’s Cotton – Part Two
In his second blog post on links between the cotton industry in Blackburn and the exploitation of enslaved people, Bruce Wilkinson examines the triangular trade from the port of Lancaster.
Slavery and Blackburn’s Cotton – Part One
In the first of four blog posts, Bruce Wilkinson explores the archives of Messrs Cardwell, Birley And Hornby to reveal the connections between the cotton industry in Blackburn and the exploitation of enslaved people.
Researching the Eyefull Tower
A blog by Anastasia Eremeeva, placement student, BA Art History. First experiences with the archive offer no immediate instruction onContinue Reading
Designed to be Collected: The Leslie Clarence Cigarette and Trade Card Collection
The John Rylands Library holds a wide variety of ephemeral printing, from ballads and broadsides to playbills and advertisements. However,Continue Reading
An experiment in higher education: Owens College opens, 12 March 1851
Dr James Peter commemorates the 175th anniversary of the opening of Owens College, a predecessor institution of the University of Manchester.
Rediscovering Frances Power Cobbe
Using our collections to reignite the work of this near-forgotten Victorian philosopher and figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
Discovery and Empire: The botanical works of Caspar Commelin and Maria Sibylla Merian
A blog by Verity Burton, placement student, BA Art History. The John Rylands Library holds a remarkable collection of rareContinue Reading
New online collection of Arabic manuscripts II: from calendar to calligraphy
In our recent blog, we introduced some of the Quranic codices featuring our new digital collection of Arabic manuscripts. ApartContinue Reading
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. Number 11: Blockbooks (Part 5) – The Art of Memory
In this final blog on the John Rylands Library’s collection of 15th-century blockbooks, we take a look at the memory aid known as the “Ars memorandi”