Our Rag Rags in Context
Grant Collier reflects on the context of our collection of Rag Rag magazines, now a digital collection
Category: Long read
Digital Collections Internship – Part 4 – The Evaluation
In Part 4 of our Digital Collections Internship series, the Imaging team reflect on the impact of the programme.
New Artworks at the Library!
We’re delighted to announce that the Library has acquired three new art works commissioned for The 50 Jewish Objects Project.
And the Scroll of Esther unrolls…
To mark the festival of Purim, Zsofia Buda discusses our recently digitised collection of Esther scrolls.
Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.
Get on Your Bike and Ride
Jane Donaldson explores the relationship between the Guardian newspaper and the early years of cycling.
Harry “Donny” Davies: An Old International
Ian Graham from our Reader Services team discusses the impact of Harry “Donny” Davies, ‘An Old International’ through correspondences from the Manchester Guardian.
The Museum of Medicine and Health on Manchester Digital Collections
Historical medical objects from The Museum of Medicine and Health launch on Manchester Digital Collections, a post by Professor Carsten Timmermann
Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.
The National Book League and the house that became “the centre of the world of books”.
A short story about a house, a series of books, a fabulously named organization and a serendipitous find in the stacks.