Bear With us While We’re Changing
The Special Collections Team are making some changes to the blog. We want to reinvigorate the blog by scopingContinue Reading
Category: Behind the scenes
Hidden Stories: Behind The Night Brother for Museums at Night 2019
Rosie Garland writes: For Museums at Night 2019 at The John Rylands Library, I was invited to work with JessContinue Reading
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) Map Cataloguing Project
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) was launched on 21st October 1884 with a meeting in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester,Continue Reading
Stories in a Box, Part 1: Dostoevsky
Turning to leave one of our manuscript storage areas I saw a box labelled Small Russian Manuscripts. Curious – IContinue 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
A Book of Ours: Manchester’s “Homeless” Engage with our Manuscripts
The Library is working with the arts organisation arthur+martha to facilitate the making of an illuminated manuscript at the Booth CentreContinue Reading
Can You Name 5 Women Artists?
In this, Women’s History Month, The National Museum of Women in the Arts is challenging people to name 5 womenContinue Reading
Improvements to the Special Collections Reading Room
Over the summer we’ll be refurbishing the Special Collections Reading Room here at The John Rylands Library. The refurbishment willContinue 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 Hidden Gems of dsh
Post by Karen Jacques and Clare Baker, Collections Assistants at the John Rylands Library: Over the last 12 months we’veContinue Reading