A Man of Letters and Words
Jane Speller writes: This final blog about the Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth Archive cataloguing project looks at his literary interests.Continue Reading
Tag: Archives
Preserving the Email Explosion
During the past two years, the Library has been engaged in an innovative project to rescue and preserve the emailContinue Reading
American Archival Pleasures
Last Friday, the John Rylands Library provided the venue for the inaugural reading group of BrANCA – the British AssociationContinue Reading
Shedding Light on the Celebrated Victorian Educationalist, Sir James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth
Jane Speller writes: A new cataloguing project funded by the John Rylands Research Institute aims to illuminate the life of theContinue Reading
World War I Hospital Patients’ Souvenir Album Digitised
Like many country houses, Dunham Massey Hall near Altrincham in Cheshire was converted into a military hospital during the FirstContinue Reading
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
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