Qing: Engaging with Special Collections and Research
Dr Kathy Davies from our Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research team reflects on the varied engagement activities we staged for the Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire exhibition
Dr Kathy Davies from our Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research team reflects on the varied engagement activities we staged for the Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire exhibition
Ian Graham from our Reader Services team discusses the impact of Harry “Donny” Davies, ‘An Old International’ through correspondences from the Manchester Guardian.
A short story about a house, a series of books, a fabulously named organization and a serendipitous find in the stacks.
Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire discusses the Manchester Observer, Peterloo Massacre and their importance in the founding of the Manchester Guardian.
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
Blog post by Karen Jacques – co curator of ‘Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian Newspaper’ I have theContinue Reading
This anniversary blog, written by the Guardian Exhibition Curator Janette Martin, highlights objects from our bicentenary exhibition and from theContinue Reading
The Carcanet archives are living and growing constantly: this brings exciting research and outreach opportunities, an example being the exhibitionContinue Reading
Dr Joanne Edge, our Latin Manuscripts Cataloguer, writes: In October 2019, a uniquely important manuscript was loaned to the JohnContinue Reading
A joint blog post by Dr Janette Martin (Special Collections Student Engagement Manager) and Thomas Donnai (Lecturer in Initial TeacherContinue Reading