Remembering Pilot Officer Henry Allen Litherland (1921–44)
2021 marks the centenary of one of the most courageous members of staff ever to work at the John Rylands Library: Henry Allen Litherland (1921–44), DFC and bar.
Author: John Hodgson
Dr John Hodgson is an honorary research fellow in the John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester.
‘Matter of Curious Inquiry’: Gilbert White and The Natural History of Selborne: part 2
18 July 2020 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Gilbert White, the pioneering naturalist and author of the perennially popular Natural History of Selborne, published in 1788. In the first blog post to celebrate the centenary, I explored Gilbert White’s life, his significance as a proto-environmentalist and scientist, and the charm of his natural-history writing. In this second blog post, I discuss the publication history of The Natural History of Selborne and its evergreen appeal to successive generations of readers.
‘Matter of Curious Inquiry’: Gilbert White and The Natural History of Selborne: part 1
18 July 2020 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Gilbert White, the pioneering naturalist and author of the perennially popular Natural History of Selborne, published in 1788. In this blog post, I explore some aspects of Gilbert White’s life, his significance as a proto-environmentalist and scientist, and the charm of his natural-history writing.
A Novice Archivist and the Papers of R. H. Wilenski
Hannah Smith, a student from the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, writes about her cataloguing placement at the JohnContinue 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
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
Zines & the Art of DIY Publishing
Dr Janette Martin, Student Engagement Manager, and Bruce Wilkinson, Reader Engagement Assistant and PhD Candidate, jointly developed and delivered aContinue Reading
Teaching Spotlight: Art in Medieval Books
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Cataloguing Manuscripts: A Historian’s Reflections
Dr Joanne Edge writes: I am just coming to the end of a 17-month stint setting up an online catalogueContinue Reading
Inspiring Tomorrow’s History Teachers
A joint blog post by Dr Janette Martin (Special Collections Student Engagement Manager) and Thomas Donnai (Lecturer in Initial TeacherContinue Reading