Some thoughts on dancing, a beautiful case of birds and the little scholar: a look at the Preachers’ Letters and Portraits archive
Cataloguing correspondence from the Methodist Archives and Research Centre collections
Tag: Correspondence
Frankland Family Archive catalogued
Archivist James Peters introduces the newly catalogued Frankland family archive and introduces its fascinating main cast of characters
Recently catalogued: the collection of Alfred Darbyshire (1839-1908), architect
We have recently completed a catalogue of the collection of Alfred Darbyshire (1839-1908), a leading Manchester architect and a prominent figure in the social and cultural life of the city during the Victorian period.
Finding faith in the urban archive
Did urbanisation and industrialisation cause religious faith to decline in eighteenth-century England? Correspondence from the Nicholson family of Manchester merchants suggests otherwise.
Rylands Persian MS 913: Oriental Studies between Leiden and Constantinople
Manuscript collection containing documents relating to Ottoman-Dutch relations including correspondence between Leiden orientalist Jacobus Golius and Nicolas of Aleppo.
Digitisation of Letters by Charles Dickens in the Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
I am pleased to announce that a collection of 31 letters written by Charles Dickens is now available for accessContinue Reading
The Advent of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister was a British surgeon who practised and lectured for many years in both Edinburgh and Glasgow but heContinue 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