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