Burnt Books and Degenerate Art: a story from the Archive of the Guardian newspaper
Jane Speller, Project Archivist for the Guardian newspaper foreign correspondence cataloguing project, writes: After the end of World War I,Continue Reading
Author: Fran Baker
The Curious Case of the Reichstag Fire: A Story from the Guardian Archive
Jane Speller, Project Archivist for the Guardian newspaper foreign correspondence cataloguing project, writes: The burning down of the Reichstag building inContinue Reading
What the Papers Say
Project Archivist Jane Speller writes: A new archive project funded by the John Rylands Research Institute aims to unlock theContinue Reading
The Art of Correspondence: Percy Kelly’s Illustrated Letters
Last year we celebrated the centenary of Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987), and the year finished on a high note withContinue Reading
Safeguarding the Digital Legacy Award – we won!
At a ceremony held last week in London, we were proud to receive one of the biennial Digital Preservation AwardsContinue Reading
Carcanet Project shortlisted for international award
Our Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project has been selected as one of the finalists for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards. Administered byContinue Reading
A Man of Letters and Words
Jane Speller writes: This final blog about the Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth Archive cataloguing project looks at his literary interests.Continue Reading
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Inbox
We recently entered our Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project for one of this year’s Digital Preservation Awards. Each institution wasContinue Reading
Preserving the Email Explosion
During the past two years, the Library has been engaged in an innovative project to rescue and preserve the emailContinue Reading
American Archival Pleasures
Last Friday, the John Rylands Library provided the venue for the inaugural reading group of BrANCA – the British AssociationContinue Reading