‘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
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The Thomas Allan Collection – A Major Resource for 19th-Century British Studies
Thomas Allan was a solicitor and political adviser to the Wesleyan Methodists and was considered one of the most influentialContinue Reading
“Sisters in Christ”: A Significant New Resource for Gender Studies at the University of Manchester
The Wesley Deaconess Order was founded in 1890 in response to the realisation that an Order of dedicated women hadContinue Reading
Buffalo Bill Scrap Book – A Hidden Treasure of the John Rylands Library
Considerable public and scholarly interest has recently been aroused by a scrapbook of memorabilia that documents a fascinating and significantContinue 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
Private Books for Educational Use – the Formation of the Northern Congregational College Library
Tuesday 26 February 5.15-6.45pm Demonstration of a new digital resource charting how early nonconformist readers in Lancashire and Yorkshire interactedContinue Reading
The Tony Dyson Collection
Matthew Schofield, one of our volunteers, reports on his work with the Tony Dyson collection: Working as a volunteer atContinue Reading
Robert Hooke’s Micrographia Conserved
Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, first published in 1665, is one the landmark works of science. It opened up the new disciplineContinue 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