Dr Joanne Edge, our Latin Manuscripts Cataloguer, writes: In October 2019, a uniquely important manuscript was loaned to the JohnContinue Reading
An exciting new display in the Rylands Gallery showcases items from the University of Manchester Library’s medical collections alongside intriguingContinue Reading
Catherine Smith writes: In my role as a Reader Services assistant within Special Collections the best part of my jobContinue Reading
A joint blog post by Dr Janette Martin (Special Collections Student Engagement Manager) and Thomas Donnai (Lecturer in Initial TeacherContinue Reading
Ilaria Camerini writes: Walking in a gallery, enjoying the atmosphere created by the items showed in an exhibition, it’s aContinue Reading
English Literature students Jamie-Leigh Simkins, Megan Cronin, Maisie Scott and Clare Hardy reveal how an exhibition at the John RylandsContinue Reading
Dr Victoria Stobo writes: Exciting news for poetry lovers: an exhibition of archive material relating to the poetry publisher CarcanetContinue Reading
Dr Janette Martin, curator of our current exhibition Peterloo: Manchester’s Fight for Freedom, writes: The spring and summer of 1819Continue Reading
It’s with great excitement that we can announce that descriptions of The Portrait of a Living Archive photographs are nowContinue Reading
Dr Janette Martin writes: The University of Manchester Library has digitised a second tranche of unique documents and rare printedContinue Reading