Port Out, Starboard Home: A Clean Break
Jane Donaldson writes: Off on our jolly holidays One of the perennial problems faced by the Reader Services Team isContinue Reading
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Cataloguing Manuscripts: A Historian’s Reflections
Dr Joanne Edge writes: I am just coming to the end of a 17-month stint setting up an online catalogueContinue Reading
Inspiring Tomorrow’s History Teachers
A joint blog post by Dr Janette Martin (Special Collections Student Engagement Manager) and Thomas Donnai (Lecturer in Initial TeacherContinue Reading
Peterloo Legacies: Rare Peterloo pamphlet and poetry books donated to The John Rylands Library
Dr Janette Martin writes: As a result of the Library’s recent exhibition Peterloo: Manchester’s Fight for Freedom, two generous donationsContinue Reading
An Evening with Rosie Garland, Inaugural Writer in Residence
Rosie Garland writes: October 17th 2019 marked the end of my yearlong Writer’s Residency at The John Rylands, funded byContinue Reading
Event Report – The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counter-Culture and Now
This blogpost, by student interns Ami Savage and Marnie Parker, was first published on the Art History UoM Index blog.Continue Reading
Representation Matters: An LGBT+ Walking Tour of The John Rylands Library
Rosie Garland writes: As part of my yearlong Writer’s Residency in The John Rylands Library I conducted a number ofContinue Reading
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#3) – An interesting find
This is a blog post detailing Irrigation maps and plans in Egypt from the Manchester Geographical Society Map Collection.
Behind the Scenes – Steps to Organise an Exhibition
Ilaria Camerini writes: Walking in a gallery, enjoying the atmosphere created by the items showed in an exhibition, it’s aContinue Reading
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.