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Cum on Feel the Noize: The Student Ephemera Collection as Musical Time Capsule
From 1969 to 1976 a University of Manchester Library initiative collected flyers, posters, letters and handbills distributed around the campusContinue Reading
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#3) – An interesting find
This post explores an interesting piece of ephemera, a map of ‘Rome in 1890’ published in ‘The Graphic’ newspaper in 1890.
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#2) – Collection provenance
This post delves into the provenance of thirty-six manuscript maps of the Greek Archipelago.
The Dave Cunliffe Trial and the AS Byatt Conundrum
One of the joys of the John Rylands Library is working alongside clever colleagues happy to share their knowledge inContinue Reading
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#1) – Antiquarian maps
This is the first blog post in a series of three, and this post explores three maps of France, Greece and Italy by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville.
The Palladium project and survey for researchers who use email archives
The University of Manchester Library is about to undertake an exciting new project, codename Palladium, which will include exploration ofContinue Reading
Finney of Fulshaw Deeds: a new online archive catalogue
One of our archive volunteers, Sandra Cruise, has recently catalogued a collection of deeds from Cheshire. She writes: The latestContinue Reading
Free Your Mind…The Kingdom of Heaven is Within
Much of my time at the John Rylands Library has been spent working on archives connected with small press experimentalContinue Reading
A historian’s reflections on Seeing the Invisible: Medieval Hidden Heritage Revealed (John Rylands Library, 30 October 2019–8 March 2020)
Dr Joanne Edge, our Latin Manuscripts Cataloguer, writes: In October 2019, a uniquely important manuscript was loaned to the JohnContinue Reading
Exploring the Wood Street Mission
This is the first in a series of blog posts by Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield on the History of the Wood Street Mission. Their MA project at The John Rylands Library will reveal hidden stories from a long-established Manchester children’s charity.