Digitisation of Letters by Charles Dickens in the Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
I am pleased to announce that a collection of 31 letters written by Charles Dickens is now available for accessContinue Reading
Author: Jessica Smith
Creative Arts Archivist at the John Rylands Library
The Papers of Peter Good: An Accrual to the Dave Cunliffe Archive
Bruce Wilkinson writes: Dave Cunliffe spent much of the early 1970s in Blackburn’s alternative bookshop Amamus. Increasingly a magnet forContinue Reading
Cataloguing the Papers of Elfrida Vipont
Nicole McNeill writes: Over the last few months I have been cataloguing the Elfrida Vipont collection to make its contentsContinue Reading
Acquisition of The Papers of Alison Brackenbury
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the papers of poet and broadcaster Alison Brackenbury. Alison has thus farContinue Reading
Jeff Nuttall and the William S. Burroughs Connection
Bruce Wilkinson writes: Described in his Guardian obituary by Mike Horovitz as a ‘catalyst, perpetrator and champion of rebellion andContinue Reading
Arthur Moyse: Artist, Critic and Bus Conductor
Bruce Wilkinson writes: When Dave Cunliffe moved to London in the late-1950s he befriended ‘artist, critic and bus conductor’ ArthurContinue Reading
How to Ask for a Residency
Rosie Garland writes: Since I wrote about the Power of Asking, I’ve been heartened by how many writers have toldContinue Reading
The Power of Asking
Rosie Garland, writer-in-residence at the John Rylands Library writes: I’ve just been appointed the first writer-in-residence at The John RylandsContinue Reading
The Papers of Interlink in the Christian Brethren Archive
Jane Donaldson writes: The papers of Interlink have recently been deposited with The Christian Brethren Archive. Interlink, formerly known asContinue Reading
Digitisation Projects in the Christian Brethren Archive
I’m delighted to announce the completion of several digitisation projects of material from the Christian Brethren Archive, with special thanksContinue Reading