Catholic Archivists Congregate at the John Rylands Library
The curatorial and technical expertise of Special Collections staff was on full display recently as we hosted a training day for the CatholicContinue Reading
The curatorial and technical expertise of Special Collections staff was on full display recently as we hosted a training day for the CatholicContinue Reading
Last week John posted a list of “legacy” manuscript catalogues now available via Manchester eScholar. It reminded me that many cataloguesContinue Reading
We have recently digitised many of the ‘legacy’ catalogues of our manuscript collections, and these are now available as searchableContinue Reading
Last year The University of Manchester and Mimas won a much-coveted Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant from JISC to developContinue Reading
The golden age of the early English private press movement in the 1890s corresponded with the building and foundation ofContinue Reading
Misty mornings and shortening evenings remind us that summer is over (OK, it never really happened in Manchester), and thatContinue Reading
Amid all the excitement and media hype surrounding the London Olympics, it seems to have gone almost entirely unnoticed that thisContinue Reading
The Society for Renaissance Studies held is biennial conference at The University of Manchester last week, expertly organized by DrContinue Reading
The Library already holds one of the most important collections of letters and papers of the Pre-Raphaelite artist William HolmanContinue Reading
A recent enquiry from John A. Lane, a freelance historian of printing types, typefounding and type specimens, who has justContinue Reading