Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#2) – Collection provenance
This is a blog post that describes interesting provenance of the Manchester Geographical Society map collection, including Eli Sowerbutts and Charles Roeder.
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Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#1) – Antiquarian maps
Blog post looking at Antiquarian maps of Africa by John Overton and John Speed found in the Manchester Geographical Society collection
The Making of an Anti-Slavery Anthology: Mary-Anne Rawson and ‘The Bow in the Cloud’ (Part 1)
The anti-slavery anthology The Bow in the Cloud, published in 1834, came with international aspirations. It was roughly an 8-year project, one that sought to bolster various abolitionist movements throughout the world.
“Good Blood, Bad Blood”: A Petite Exhibit on Menstruation in the Rylands Gallery #2
This is the second of two blog posts to accompany a display in Rylands Gallery. The first post focused onContinue Reading
“Peculiar and Marvellous”: A Petite Exhibit on Menstruation in the Rylands Gallery #1
This is the first of two blog posts to accompany a display in Rylands Gallery. This first post explores 19thContinue Reading
Digitising and Cataloguing the Special Collections: Bringing the Digital Backlog and Cataloguing Practice under Control
Posted on behalf of Ourania Karapasia, Metadata Assistant (Imaging). In my previous post: Digitising and Cataloguing the Special Collections IContinue Reading