200 Years of the Christian Brethren (Give or Take)
A Guest Post by Dr Tim Grass
Tag: Archives
‘A plan for Manchester and Salford’ and studying Robert Owen in Manchester
Guest author José Álvarez talks about two lesser-explored stages of Robert Owen’s life, drawing information from a beautiful map of Manchester and Salford
The Pan African Conference (1900) and the Frankland Family Archive
Archivist James Peters writes about the first Pan African Conference and its ties to the Frankland family archive, held at the John Rylands Library.
Sci-fi and satire: William Gifford on gaslight c. 1808
Guest author Dr Roseanna Kettle, Early Career Fellow at the John Rylands in 2024-2025, writes about the satirical work by William Gifford on the topic of gaslight technology in Georgian London
Sir Edward Frankland: water, politics and profits
Archivist James Peters talks about Sir Edward Frankland’s career in the surprisingly politically charged subject of analysing water pollution levels
Filming a George Gissing Collection Encounter at the John Rylands Library
Creative Arts Archivist Jessica Smith writes about the George Gissing collections at the John Rylands Library and how these are used for teaching and research
Celebrating Janmashtami the Persian Way: Sānval Singh and the Bhāgavat Purāṇa in Persian MS 961
A guest blog by Pranav Prakash, specialist in the comparative study of book arts, literary cultures and religions in South Asian and Persian societies
Introducing the Early European Print collection
John Gandy, Incunabula Cataloguer at the John Rylands Library, talks about the newly published early printing collection on Manchester Digital Collections
“One of the Busiest Men in Manchester”: William Edward Armytage Axon (1846-1913)
Guest author Lucy Evans explains how the Axon Papers collection at the John Rylands Library proved instrumental for writing her new book on the life of the prolific librarian, antiquary and journalist William Axon
Missionary Helps Postcards, 1907-1921
By Prof Jean DeBernardi (Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Alberta)