A Peterloo Scrapbook
Blog post by Sergio Alonso Mislata, Rare Print Metadata Specialist at The University of Manchester Library Last year, I cataloguedContinue Reading
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Snapshots from Sinai: James Rendel Harris and the Search for Manuscripts
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. This is the second blog in a series. MyContinue Reading
Behind the scenes Collections Guest post Long read Manuscripts Photography Series Visual Collections
“Abundantly justified”: Glass plate photography at The John Rylands Library
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. In May I finished a 20-day placement with theContinue Reading
‘We are just ordinary people who believe the Bible, and have found in the Christian faith something real’: the intriguing story of Parkhill Chapel
Reader Services Assistant Angela Petyt-Whittaker writes about exploring the history and significance of a Brethren chapel’s archive.Â
Rylands Reminiscences: Insights into life at the John Rylands Library in the 1950s and ’60s
John Hodgson interviews former member of staff Brenda Scragg on working at the John Rylands Library in the 1950s and 60s.
Introducing the Frank Tilsley Archive
Joanna Tilsley and Jessica Smith write: We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the archive of writer, journalist andContinue Reading
Slavery and Blackburn’s Cotton – Part Four
This blog post quotes from historical sources that contain racist and dehumanising language. The University of Manchester does not condoneContinue Reading
Stories from Manchester’s General Strike: Silent printing presses and strikebreaking students
Dr Janette Martin curator of the Modern History Archives writes: May 2026 marks the centenary of the General Strike, oneContinue Reading
Slavery and Blackburn’s Cotton – Part Three
This third blog in a series which looks at evidence of slavery in English Ms 1199 Messrs Cardwell, Birley AndContinue Reading
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Newly catalogued exhibition photos!