Cataloguing the Papers of L. P. Hartley: MA student placements at the Rylands
MA Student Placements at the Rylands
Category: Guest post
Adapting Tradition: Christmas at the Wood Street Mission
Christmas is always a special time of the year for the Wood Street Mission
Rylands Reflects: The Founder and the Fortune
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.
Revealing the Rylands: Making Sense of the Medieval
Through our social media channels, this week we are featuring images from our medieval European collections. Visitor Engagement Assistant Lee Brooks,Continue Reading
A Novice Archivist and the Papers of R. H. Wilenski
Hannah Smith, a student from the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, writes about her cataloguing placement at the JohnContinue Reading
Life in the unknown: Alfred Alsop’s slum stories
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.
Recipes, Cakes and Puddings: Box listing the Work of Alison Brackenbury
Leah Watson writes: Hello! I’m Leah Watson, a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying MA History. I haveContinue Reading
Travels through Tokugawa Japan
Dr Sonia Favi explores the travel literature of early modern Japan.
Exploring the Wood Street Mission
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.
Teaching Spotlight: Art in Medieval Books
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