Signs of the Times – Maps and charts of history and prophecy
Signs of the Times
Maps and charts of history and prophecy
Category: Collections
Experimenting with Print
The dating of a mysterious woodblock
Decolonisation and the Guardian’s West African correspondents, c. 1953-1971
Guest post by postgraduate students, Fatima Shaban and Owen Mills, whose project centres on the Patrick J Monkhouse correspondence inContinue Reading
Reflecting on the Life and Work of George Müller
Histories of Care – Collections Encounter and Public Roundtable, reflecting on the social care and experience of children throughout history
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A Revolution in Print
To celebrate 550 years since the birth of Copernicus and 480 years since the publication of his work, our STEM curator discusses our copies of De Revolutionibus.
Specimens and Savages? Representing people in the historic Manchester Geographical Society Lantern Slide Collection
Dr Inbal Livne discusses how we start the process of inclusive cataloguing.
‘My book of collectors’: Henry Eeles Dresser and Victorian ornithological networks
To mark the RSPB’s Great Garden Birdwatch on 27-29 January 2023, we discuss the work of the eminent Victorian ornithologist, Henry Eeles Dresser, and his recently catalogued album of correspondence and photographs.
A very Rylands Christmas
A little frolic through the John Rylands’ festive collections.
The Ashburne Hall Archive
Dr James Peters, Curator of the University Archives, describes the archive of Ashburne Hall, which has recently been transferred to the Library.