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
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
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr James Watts, explores the map collection of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS).
A Collection Bite from the Visitor Engagement Team focusing on Manchester Geographical Society Maps
This post explores an interesting piece of ephemera, a map of ‘Rome in 1890’ published in ‘The Graphic’ newspaper in 1890.
This post delves into the provenance of thirty-six manuscript maps of the Greek Archipelago.
This is the first blog post in a series of three, and this post explores three maps of France, Greece and Italy by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville.
This is a blog post detailing Irrigation maps and plans in Egypt from the Manchester Geographical Society Map Collection.
This is a blog post that describes interesting provenance of the Manchester Geographical Society map collection, including Eli Sowerbutts and Charles Roeder.
Blog post looking at Antiquarian maps of Africa by John Overton and John Speed found in the Manchester Geographical Society collection
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) was launched on 21st October 1884 with a meeting in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester,Continue Reading