Some thoughts on dancing, a beautiful case of birds and the little scholar: a look at the Preachers’ Letters and Portraits archive
Cataloguing correspondence from the Methodist Archives and Research Centre collections
Tag: Missionaries
Missionary Helps Postcards, 1907-1921
By Prof Jean DeBernardi (Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Alberta)
Arthur Gook and the trouble with letters
MA student Alex Tunstall shares her reflections on cataloguing the Echoes of Service correspondence files
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 2)
The second of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
Diversifying special collections: reflecting on our decolonisation research project so far (part 1)
The first of two posts written by University of Manchester MA students Hannah Banks and Matthew Bridson, who have been working with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on the project ‘Redressing colonial perspectives in Echoes of Service Archives’.
Rediscovered: the Bible in Basic English Collection
James Peters has created another in our occasional series describing work being undertaken on some of our less well-known collections. BasicContinue Reading
Christian Brethren Magic Lantern Slides now Online
Dr Graham Johnson, Christian Brethren Archivist, writes: Magic lantern slide shows (known as phantasmagoria) were produced from at leastContinue Reading
The Diary and Notebook of Dan Crawford, Brethren Missionary in Africa
Dr Graham Johnson, Christian Brethren Archivist, writes: The Library has recently acquired a handwritten notebook of Dan Crawford, the BrethrenContinue Reading