Word from the ‘House’ – final blog post from ‘Behind the Headlines’
We are delighted to announce the successful completion of our project ‘Behind the Headlines: Documenting the People in the GuardianContinue Reading
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Letters from the Front: A Soldier’s Experiences in the First World War
Penny Blackburn, an archive volunteer, writes: The Great War Letters of Arthur Powell, acquired by the Library in 2014, chronicleContinue Reading
University Academics and the First World War
Dr James Peters writes: The First World War not only dislocated the everyday work of the University’s academics, but alsoContinue Reading
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
The John Rylands Research Institute is pleased to announce that it intends to sponsor Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships beginning inContinue Reading
Facial recognition software solves Elizabeth Gaskell mystery
On the 150th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth Gaskell (on 12 November 1865), a mystery surrounding the true identity ofContinue Reading
Library wins grant to catalogue C.P. Scott’s Editorial Correspondence in the Guardian Archive
We are delighted to announce that the Library has been awarded £40,000 by the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for ArchivesContinue Reading
Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Source: Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Mrs Gaskell Returns!
This month has seen the return of the portrait bust of Elizabeth Gaskell by the artist William Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925) to theContinue Reading
Undiscovered collections: Charles Brian Cox, educationist, scholar and poet (1928-2008)
Charles Brian Cox (1928-2008) was a gifted teacher, a superb editor, a skilled administrator and a considerable poet.[i] He co-foundedContinue Reading
John Rylands Research Institute Conference 2016: ‘The Other Within’ – The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library
Call for Papers: ‘The Other Within’ – The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library Monday 27-Wednesday 29Continue Reading