Dissenting Academies Online: Virtual Library System – Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies
Peter Nockles writes: The Virtual Library System (VLS) is a groundbreaking union catalogue of the holdings and loans of selectedContinue Reading
Category: Research
The Writer and the Rylands: An Unexpected Literary Connection
Gareth Lloyd writes: The visitors’ book of The John Rylands Library contains the names of thousands of people who haveContinue Reading
Before the body-snatchers; the early anatomists and Manchester’s ‘mad’ scientists
Manchester University has a much celebrated and prestigious reputation in scientific scholarship. Our current superstars are the likes of BrianContinue Reading
Reception to Mark the Publication of the Letters of Charles Wesley
On 26 September the publication of volume 1 of the collected letters of the hymn writer and religious leader CharlesContinue Reading
Life on the Edge: Marginalia
A couple of public close-up sessions recently have prompted these random musings on marginalia – the text and images thatContinue Reading
Charles Wesley in the Spotlight: Publication of the Complete Letters of the Great Hymn Writer and Evangelist
Gareth Lloyd writes: Charles Wesley (1707-88) is regarded by many people as the finest hymn writer in the Christian tradition.Continue Reading
‘Up the S(e)wanee’ or ‘Meet me in St Louis’? A Wesleyan and Newman Studies Tour of the South
Peter Nockles writes: The Manchester Wesley Research Centre (MWRC) was established in 2002 to promote research on the life andContinue Reading
Ecclesiastical History Society Postgraduate Colloquium
The Library was very pleased for the second year to host and provide venue facilities for the annual Ecclesiastical HistoryContinue Reading
Archive Fever! Cataloguing the Freud Family Papers
As part of her Masters in Archives and Records Management course at the University of Liverpool, Louise Piffero has spentContinue Reading