“The Moriarty of the Book World”: Thomas J. Wise at The John Rylands Library
PhD student Ellesse Patterson reflects on the relationship between The John Rylands Library and one of Britain’s most notorious literaryContinue Reading
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Manchester’s Global Connections Past and Present: Co-Creating Knowledge Through Collection Encounters
Dr Josephine Tierney reflects on how a conversation at one of the library’s Collection Encounters led to an exciting discovery,Continue Reading
Behind the scenes Collections Guest post Long read Manuscripts Photography Series Visual Collections
Snapshots from Sinai: James Rendel Harris and the Search for Manuscripts
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. This is the second blog in a series. MyContinue Reading
Behind the scenes Collections Guest post Long read Manuscripts Photography Series Visual Collections
“Abundantly justified”: Glass plate photography at The John Rylands Library
By Molly Sutherland, University of Manchester MA Library and Archives student. In May I finished a 20-day placement with theContinue Reading
‘We are just ordinary people who believe the Bible, and have found in the Christian faith something real’: the intriguing story of Parkhill Chapel
Reader Services Assistant Angela Petyt-Whittaker writes about exploring the history and significance of a Brethren chapel’s archive.
Rylands Reminiscences: Insights into life at the John Rylands Library in the 1950s and ’60s
John Hodgson interviews former member of staff Brenda Scragg on working at the John Rylands Library in the 1950s and 60s.
200 Years of the Christian Brethren (Give or Take)
A Guest Post by Dr Tim Grass
Brought to light – A stone grotesque and the Artec Spider II scanner
By Tony Richards and Samuel Simpson The Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab have recently taken delivery of an Artec Spider IIContinue Reading
‘A plan for Manchester and Salford’ and studying Robert Owen in Manchester
Guest author José Álvarez talks about two lesser-explored stages of Robert Owen’s life, drawing information from a beautiful map of Manchester and Salford
The Pan African Conference (1900) and the Frankland Family Archive
Archivist James Peters writes about the first Pan African Conference and its ties to the Frankland family archive, held at the John Rylands Library.