A Revolution in Print
To celebrate 550 years since the birth of Copernicus and 480 years since the publication of his work, our STEM curator discusses our copies of De Revolutionibus.
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ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 4 – Reflection
Rylands ICP placement students, Kai and Yunshuang, spent twenty days with the Imaging team between November 2021 and May 2022,Continue Reading
Liberal England and the Irish Civil War
After the Irish home rule debates in the 1880s the Manchester Guardian and its editor, C. P. Scott, emerged asContinue Reading
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 3 – Looking at the images
In Part 3 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang talk about some of the Li Yuan-chia images they have digitised from 35mm slides.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 2 – How the students are getting on
In Part 2 of our ICP placements series, MA students Kai and Yunshuang reflect on their experience so far.
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 1 – Specialist digitisation of the Li Yuan-chia Collection
ICP placements with the Imaging team – Part 1
#Archive30
For the month of April we are joining in #Archive30.
“I was so ill, and so low…” Women, Mental Health and Strategies of Care in England, 1750-1850
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Anna Jamieson, explores the mental health of women in 18th- and 19th-century England by examining the Rylands’ Mary Hamilton papers.
International Women’s Day: Breaking the Bias with Our Special Collections
On International Women’s Day 2022 the Rylands reflects on what Special Collections can tell us (and what is left to discover) about the women who changed Manchester forever
Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.