What’s in a name? A birthday blog for Enriqueta Rylands
Today marks the birthday of the founder of the John Rylands Library, Enriqueta Augustina Rylands née Tennant. Enriqueta and herContinue Reading
Category: Rylands Reflects
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 2)
The second of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 1)
The first of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
Diversifying our collections and practices: reflecting upon actions so far
Part of the ‘Rylands Reflects’ series, in this post Lianne Smith summarises some developments in working practices since the University of Manchester Library’s statement on diversifying our collections and practices was shared last summer.
Rylands Reflects: Representation Matters
Representation Matters, Angel Cossigny talks about her quest to find intersectional figures in our collections.
Rylands Reflects: Our Man in Havana
This post considers how Enriqueta Ryland’s father and his British compatriots were complicit in the oppression of enslaved people in Cuba.
Rylands Reflects: Our Spaces Are Not Neutral Part 2, The Visitor Engagement Team’s Alternative Reading Room
Part of the ‘Rylands reflects’ series, in this blog the Visitor Engagement Team share their suggestions for inspirational figures to feature in a re-imagined Historic Reading Room.
Rylands Reflects: Content Warnings for Collections and Catalogues
Warnings for Collections and Catalogues.
Rylands Reflects: Our Spaces Are Not Neutral Part 1, ‘Threshold Fear’ and the Historic Reading Room
As part of the ‘Rylands reflects’ series, this blog considers questions of inclusion and diversity in light of the architecture of the John Rylands Library, from a Visitor Engagement perspective.
Rylands Reflects: Whiter than white? Enriqueta Rylands’s Cuban roots
Part of the ‘Rylands reflects’ series, this blog-post focuses on the Cuban childhood and family background of Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908), founder of the John Rylands Library.