Dr Clifford Hall: A ship’s surgeon
Across the University, there are objects of historical and cultural significance collectively known as the University Collections. Within the UniversityContinue Reading
Tag: World War I
A Pacifist at War
International Conscientious Objectors’ Day is marked around the world each year on 15 May. On this day, we remember allContinue Reading
Album of Women’s Work in Wartime. (1914-1919)
Is it Safe? Stay Alert!
Messages we can relate to today. Many women during WW1 were Key Workers, hard at work in urban and rural settings keeping the infrastructure going and enhancing societal living conditions.
A Chaplain’s Story: The Great War Journey of John Henry Gibbon
Dr Gareth Lloyd writes: In September 2018, the Library accepted on deposit into the Methodist archives a small collection ofContinue Reading
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
Manchester Hill Remembered
Jane Speller, Archivist, writes: On Sunday 10 June 2018 Manchester Central Library was buzzing with activity as over 60 groupsContinue Reading
Methodist Ministers at War: Wesleyan Chaplains of World War I
Dr Gareth Lloyd writes: On 4 August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany starting the countries involvement in what becameContinue Reading
Neurosurgery & Long-term Medical Effects of WWI
The case files of neurosurgeon Geoffrey Jefferson survive for patients admitted between 1927 and 1940 and inevitably a number of hisContinue Reading
Letters from the Front: A Soldier’s Experiences in the First World War
Penny Blackburn, an archive volunteer, writes: The Great War Letters of Arthur Powell, acquired by the Library in 2014, chronicleContinue Reading
University Academics and the First World War
Dr James Peters writes: The First World War not only dislocated the everyday work of the University’s academics, but alsoContinue Reading