Four Maps of New Zealand: The General Survey Office and imperial tourism
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr James Watts, explores the map collection of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS).
Tag: Archives
Palladium: Research Potential of the Carcanet Email Archive
Research in the Carcanet Email Archive
The John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
Marking the bicentenary of Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741–1821)
2nd May 2021 is the bicentenary of the death of Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury), writer and focal point of a brilliant literary circle. This post marks the anniversary by discussing a fine letter from Hester to Penelope Pennington from 1820, which the Rylands purchased late last year.
Cataloguing the Papers of L. P. Hartley: MA student placements at the Rylands
MA Student Placements at the Rylands
Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Dickens Collection launches on Manchester Digital Collections
19th-century writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Dickens are united in our new digital collection.
New teaching resource on the creative process of poet John Gallas
A New Creative Writing teaching resource from the Rylands.
An accrual to the Jeff Nuttall Collections
Newly acquired collection announcement.
Recipes, Cakes and Puddings: Box listing the Work of Alison Brackenbury
Leah Watson writes: Hello! I’m Leah Watson, a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying MA History. I haveContinue Reading
Finney of Fulshaw Deeds: a new online archive catalogue
One of our archive volunteers, Sandra Cruise, has recently catalogued a collection of deeds from Cheshire. She writes: The latestContinue Reading