John Rylands Library Special Collections blog
This Special Collections blog brings you news of the many exciting developments involving the University of Manchester's Special Collections, including recent acquisitions, cataloguing and collection care projects, promotional activities and the use of the collections in research and learning. We’ll be featuring 'hidden gems' as well as more familiar material.
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Manchester Hill Remembered
John Hodgson
21 June 2018
Jane Speller, Archivist, writes: On Sunday 10 June 2018 Manchester Central Library was buzzing with activity as over 60 groups …Continue reading →
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From Hair Restorer to Industrial Health: Cataloguing the Manchester Medical Collection (1800-1949)
Charlotte Hoare
11 June 2018
I joined the Special Collections team in March as part of an exciting new project to catalogue and promote engagement …Continue reading →
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Stateless in Manchester – the strange case of the “D.P. Student”
John Hodgson
7 June 2018
Originally posted on Reading Race, Collecting Cultures: The Roving Reader Files ? Have you ever whiled away an hour or two in the…
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Speech Acts at Manchester Art Gallery: dom sylvester houédard on tour
John Hodgson
25 May 2018
Fran Horner, a postgraduate student studying the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, tells us more about her internship at …Continue reading →
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Manchester Movement Histories
John Hodgson
23 May 2018
Originally posted on History@Manchester: By Dr Kerry Pimblott The key to a more just future lies in a real reckoning…
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Rediscovered: the Jan Łukasiewicz Papers
John Hodgson
16 May 2018
Dr James Peters writes another in our occasional series of posts on some of our lesser known collections. Jan Łukasiewicz …Continue reading →
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Unlocking Special Collections for Teaching and Learning
John Hodgson
9 May 2018
Dr Janette Martin writes: On Thursday 26 April 2018, curators and librarians from the University of Manchester Library hosted a …Continue reading →
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Sunday School Holiday Camp Collection in the Brethren Archive
Jessica Smith
9 May 2018
Emma Dent writes: A small collection amidst the Christian Brethren archive is that of the Cardiff Assemblies’ Sunday School Holiday …Continue reading →
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The Life of ‘Little Magazines’
John Hodgson
5 May 2018
Fran Horner, a postgraduate student studying the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, in her fourth blog post, tells …Continue reading →
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Digital Access to Mission Work material
Jessica Smith
3 May 2018
I’m delighted to announce that a new selection of material from the collection of Echoes of Service has been digitised, …Continue reading →
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