Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 2)
This is the second of three blog posts by Julie Ramwell introducing a unique 18th-century trade directory with annotations byContinue Reading
Tag: Manchester
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 1)
‘As like a gentleman as is a Mouse to an Elephant’: The annotated 1794 Manchester trade directory of Robert WagstaffeContinue Reading
Ancoats Survey 1937-38: A Study of a Clearance Area
The Library has looked after the archives of Manchester Settlement (formerly Manchester University Settlement) for many years. The Settlement hasContinue Reading
Shooting for the Moon
Fifty years ago today NASA astronauts Commander Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the surface of the Moon, takingContinue Reading
Drawing Dissection: Medical Illustrations by Joseph Jordan’s Apprentice Digitised
I’m delighted to announce the recent digitisation of two unique books from our 19th-century medical collections. Available online in fullContinue Reading
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) Map Cataloguing Project
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) was launched on 21st October 1884 with a meeting in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester,Continue Reading
The Very Visible Suffragettes
The greatest impulse of the suffragettes was to create a disturbance. To make themselves seen and heard so that theContinue Reading
Margaret Pilkington: ‘Queen of Arts’
Written by Angela Petyt-Whittaker and Lorraine Coughlan, Specialist Library Assistants from the Reading Room at The John Rylands Library. HaveContinue Reading
The Power of Asking
Rosie Garland, writer-in-residence at the John Rylands Library writes: I’ve just been appointed the first writer-in-residence at The John RylandsContinue Reading
Women who Shaped Manchester: The Magical Annie Horniman
As we are approaching Halloween, it is appropriate to concentrate a blog on one of our most flamboyant Manchester women,Continue Reading