Thirty Years Ago Today: Reflections on Changes at the John Rylands Library
Thirty years ago today, a newly qualified archivist started working at the John Rylands Library, on what was meant toContinue Reading
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Keyhole Surgery: Maintaining the Rylands Bookcases and their Locks
Jane Donaldson, Reader Services Coordinator writes: Around the Historic Reading Room at the John Rylands Library you can see manyContinue Reading
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
Acquisition of The Papers of Alison Brackenbury
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of the papers of poet and broadcaster Alison Brackenbury. Alison has thus farContinue Reading
The Reformation – Luther and the lamp
The Reformation exhibition at the John Rylands Library marks 500 years since Luther declared his famous 95 theses (see Renegade,Continue Reading
Reader Services Curious Finds – Special Collections Roadshow Board Game
The upcoming Special Collections Roadshow at the Main University Library offers Special Collections staff the opportunity to share what weContinue Reading
Return of Reader Services’ Curious Finds
What are Curious Finds? Curious Finds are blog posts shining a spotlight on interesting visual and historical finds fromContinue Reading
Albert Cartwright and the Anti-War Press during the Boer War
John McCrory writes: Opposition to the Boer war was deeply unpopular, with any newspaper taking a critical stance suffering fromContinue Reading
A Tribute to Clare Hollingworth
In a slight departure from my usual era of the Guardian archive, this month’s blog post is a tribute toContinue Reading
The Manchester Guardian and L.S. Lowry
My find for this month from the Guardian archive is yet another example of the way in which the newspaperContinue Reading