Cambridge University Library Special Collections

‘Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance’: an 1825 proposal of marriage

Posted on 9 April 2020 by Sian Collins

One of the things that I love most about archives is their ability to bring us closer to those who lived in the past. They […]

Archives, Special Collections, women

Archive Management System update

Posted on 2 April 2020 by Special Collections

This is a regular update on the Archive Management System (AMS) project for March 2020. The last few weeks have been a period of extremely rapid […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Digital Resources, Special Collections

An earthen pot full of bones: true crime in Sutton

Posted on 17 March 2020 by Sally Kent

An extraordinary set of sworn testimonies in the assize files for the Isle of Ely shed light on the curious case of a missing child. […]

Archives, Ely assizes, Special Collections, Uncategorized

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Introducing our new conservators

Posted on 3 March 2020 by CUL Conservation

We are Marina Pelissari and Marie Renaudin, the new conservators joining the thrilling Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project team! In 2019 we both qualified as […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

Archive Management System update

Posted on 20 February 2020 by Liam Sims

This is a regular monthly update about the Archive Management System project. We have been making great progress since the last Archive Management System update […]

Archives, Special Collections

Queensland, Australia

Posted on 14 February 2020 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library is delighted to announce the publication, on Cambridge Digital Library, of three very interesting collections relating to nineteenth-century Queensland, Australia. […]

Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: quires reunited

Posted on 10 February 2020 by Special Collections

Cataloguing the Greek manuscripts of Cambridge in the context of the Polonsky Foundation project allows new insight in the collections. By examining the manuscripts one […]

Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

Erotica comes to Cambridge

Posted on 4 February 2020 by Liam Sims

When one thinks of the great collections which Cambridge University Library has built up over its six centuries, erotic literature is probably not very near […]

Acquisitions, Collectors and collecting, French, Illustration, Rare Books, Special Collections

A census of sixteenth-century Venice

Posted on 31 January 2020 by Special Collections

Cambridge University Library MS Add. 9461 is one of the more recent additions to our collections of medieval and early manuscripts; a small piece of […]

Acquisitions, Italian, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

Archive Management System update

Posted on 24 January 2020 by Liam Sims

This is a regular monthly update about the Archive Management System project. There are many significant milestones for the AMS project coming this year and […]

Uncategorized