This blog post, the second in our series, summarises the University of Manchester’s ongoing research project on film critic Caroline Lejeune, with reference to the contents of her archive held at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
A blog by PhD placement student Hannah McAuliffe on her project with the Special Collections Teaching and Learning department.
British Pop Archive curator Mat Bancroft writes about Manchester’s Cities In The Park festival from 1991.
Guest researcher Dr Manjiri Thakoor writes on the making of the Mahabharata, and discusses the characteristics of the ‘Adi Parva’ and ‘Rama Vijaya’ held at the Rylands.
Placement student Owen Mills talks about using the Guardian archive as a resource for learning about African Decolonisation.
One of our volunteers, Heather Richards, talks about her experience at the Rylands and working with the Norman Shrapnel archive
Guest post by postgraduate students, Fatima Shaban and Owen Mills, whose project centres on the Patrick J Monkhouse correspondence inContinue Reading
A little frolic through the John Rylands’ festive collections.
A blog by Jan Whalen, Digital Preservation and Systems Manager, The University of Manchester Library. Organized by the Digital PreservationContinue Reading
Steven Hartshorne, Curator of Science, Technology and Medicine Rare Books, discusses the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in September 1830