The Papers of Herbert Lomas
Just before Christmas, the Rylands acquired the archive of poet Herbert Lomas (1924-2011), who was born 90 years ago today.Continue Reading
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Cataloguing an Archive of the Evangelical Revival
The rich potential of an archive relating to the Evangelical Revival is now being realized, with the completion of a sixteen-yearContinue Reading
Forthcoming AMARC Meeting at The John Rylands Library
AMARC (the Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections) is holding its Autumn 2013 meeting at The John RylandsContinue Reading
Centenary of David Arkell, Journalist and Author
Journalist, translator, biographer and ‘literary sleuth’, David Arkell (1913-97) was born one hundred years ago today, on 23 August 1913,Continue Reading
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
A letter and envelope reunited
We recently made a very small but slightly unusual archival acquisition, in the form of a rather unassuming empty envelope. Continue Reading