The Rylands Reflects series will explore the history of the John Rylands Library, our collections, and our current practice as heritage professionals in the context of racism, colonisation and representation of marginalised groups. This is the second post of an ongoing series.
Through our social media channels, this week we are featuring images from our medieval European collections. Visitor Engagement Assistant Lee Brooks,Continue Reading
Hannah Smith, a student from the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, writes about her cataloguing placement at the JohnContinue Reading
This is the second blog in our series on Manchester’s Wood Street Mission by Max Maxfield, History MA student at the University of Manchester. In this blog Max looks at how the Mission partly funded its work in the 1880s by publishing sentimental accounts of children living in the slums of Manchester and Salford.
Leah Watson writes: Hello! I’m Leah Watson, a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying MA History. I haveContinue Reading
Dr Sonia Favi explores the travel literature of early modern Japan.
This is the first in a series of blog posts by Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield on the History of the Wood Street Mission. Their MA project at The John Rylands Library will reveal hidden stories from a long-established Manchester children’s charity.
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Click here to take a look at this blog-post from David Plummer, featuring Islamic slip-cases that are held in theContinue Reading
Rosie Garland writes: It’s been an amazing year. What an honour to be Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The John Rylands Library.Continue Reading