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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Ephemera in the dsh (dom sylvester houédard) archive
John Hodgson
21 April 2018
Fran Horner, a postgraduate student studying for an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, in her third blog post, …Continue reading →
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Curating Culture: A Student’s Perspective
John Hodgson
10 April 2018
‘Curating Culture’ is a module available to undergraduates at the University of Manchester via the University College of Interdisciplinary Learning (UCIL). …Continue reading →
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Rediscovered: The Tobias Theodores Papers
John Hodgson
6 April 2018
Another in our occasional series describing work being undertaken on some of our less well-known collections. Miriam Wildermuth, an Erasmus …Continue reading →
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DAFFODILS Service Update
John Hodgson
1 April 2018
1 April marks the first anniversary of the launch of our Drone Airborne Fast, Frequent Order and Delivery Inter-Library Service (DAFFODILS). …Continue reading →
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John Hodgson
19 March 2018
Fran Horner, a postgraduate student studying the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, in her second blog post, tells …Continue reading →
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Anne Askew: Author, Martyr and proto-Feminist
juliannesimpson
6 March 2018
Guest post from Elisa Tersigni, John Rylands Research Institute Digital Humanities Fellow. Elisa recently completed her Phd on the role …Continue reading →
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The Delights of dsh (dom sylvester houédard)
John Hodgson
27 February 2018
Hello! My name is Fran Horner and I am a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying the MA …Continue reading →
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Commend me to your prayers
juliannesimpson
20 February 2018
Martin Luther died on 18 February 1546 at the age of 62 in Eisleben, Saxony, the city where he was …Continue reading →
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Conservator’s Caviar: Isinglass Preparation
ceciliaduminuco
14 February 2018
In January, the conservation team prepared some purified isinglass. Isinglass is a type of glue made of fish, more specifically …Continue reading →
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Norman Nicholson’s ‘Topographical Notes’ in the John Rylands Library
Fran Baker
9 February 2018
Max Long, an English MPhil student at Cambridge University, visited the Library recently and has written a guest blog post …Continue reading →
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