Rylands Reflects: An anniversary post
By Elizabeth Gow, Special Collections Manuscript Curator and Archivist. The Rylands Reflects series explores the history of the John RylandsContinue Reading
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Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.
The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
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.
Palladium: Research Potential of the Carcanet Email Archive
Research in the Carcanet Email Archive
Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
The John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
John Ruskin letters launch on MDC
Remembering Pilot Officer Henry Allen Litherland (1921–44)
2021 marks the centenary of one of the most courageous members of staff ever to work at the John Rylands Library: Henry Allen Litherland (1921–44), DFC and bar.
Rylands Reflects: Whiter than white? Enriqueta Rylands’s Cuban roots
Part of the ‘Rylands reflects’ series, this blog-post focuses on the Cuban childhood and family background of Enriqueta Rylands (1843-1908), founder of the John Rylands Library.
The Return of the Reading Room- Physical and Virtual
Special Collections Reader Services Co-ordinator, Kate Miller writes – After tireless work by many people and teams across the whole ofContinue Reading
Imaging takes an Isolated View (Part 4): ‘Visually Manipulating Rylands Treasures’
During my 13 or so years at the Rylands, I’ve had the chance to see truly mind blowing things across our entire collections.