by MT Hutchinson March 8, 2026 Number of comments0 Long read Queering the Collections Rediscovering Frances Power Cobbe Using our collections to reignite the work of this near-forgotten Victorian philosopher and figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
by Jessica Smith April 1, 2025 Number of comments0 Collections Guest post Long read Queering the Collections Research A Surprise Visit With Peter Doyle, Walt Whitman’s Most Significant Other Prof. Karen Karbiener discusses the discovery of an 1868 carte de visite in the John Rylands Library’s Whitman Collection
by MT Hutchinson August 26, 2022 Number of comments0 Queering the Collections Series Queering the Collections Our LGBTQ+ Special Collections Guide acts as a new route into our collections – opening up fresh avenues of research and enriching our knowledge of the past and present world.