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.
Ian Graham from our Reader Services team discusses the impact of Harry “Donny” Davies, ‘An Old International’ through correspondences from the Manchester Guardian.
One hundred years ago today, on 11 November 1918, guns on the Western Front and other theatres of war fellContinue Reading
Today’s Curious Find comes from Reader David Fletcher, who was consulting the Stamford Papers, specifically George Harry Grey’s letter toContinue Reading
Today’s Curious Find is a book of real letters that reveal the love story between a man and woman, andContinue Reading
This month we are delighted to focus on all that is spooky, macabre and gothic in the John Rylands LibraryContinue Reading
Gareth Lloyd writes: Charles Wesley (1707-88) is regarded by many people as the finest hymn writer in the Christian tradition.Continue Reading
As part of her Masters in Archives and Records Management course at the University of Liverpool, Louise Piffero has spentContinue Reading