Print and preach – the importance of Methodist Circuit Plans
By Angela Petyt-Whittaker, Reader Services Assistant
Category: Collections
Votes for Women! Inspiration in words and pictures.
The second blog in our series on Votes for Women.
A Surprise Visit With Peter Doyle, Walt Whitman’s Most Significant Other
Prof. Karen Karbiener discusses the discovery of an 1868 carte de visite in the John Rylands Library’s Whitman Collection
‘There is Something for You in this Train’: The Hocking Collection
The Hocking Collection contains novels, short stories, and other writings by the Cornish siblings Silas Kitto Hocking (1850-1935), Salome HockingContinue Reading
Sir Harold Evans (1928-2020), legendary editor, journalist and author
Dr Janette Martin celebrates Sir Harold Evans, journalist, editor and author who campaigned against injustice and advanced British press freedoms. (Image: David Shankbone, Wikimedia Commons)
Votes For Women! Making Light Of The Fight
The first blog in our series on Votes for Women, in honour of International Women’s Day.
The Conservation of the Grace Grattan-Guinness Photo Album
Conserving a photograph album in the recently catalogued Grace Grattan Guinness Papers
DeepStore – an answer to a gritty problem
Gemma Henderson describes how the Rylands has found a solution to its storage challenges – 145 metres below the Cheshire countryside.
Slavery, cotton and the early history of the Manchester Guardian newspaper: how 8 leather-bound ledgers further our understanding of ‘Cottonopolis’
Dr Janette Martin, Research & Learning Manager and curator of the Manchester Guardian Archive and Amber Russell, Conservator at theContinue Reading
Elephants in Museums: Studying South Asian Fossil Heritage in Manchester and Beyond
Dr Amelia Bonea, recipient of the JRRI pilot grant, talks about her project on South Asian Fossil Heritage in Manchester and beyond.