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A new Archive Management System for Cambridge

Posted on 3 April 2019 by Special Collections

There is a healthy tradition of collaboration among archives in Cambridge. Local archival repositories vary widely in size from large (like the University Library’s Archives […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Digital Resources, Manuscripts, Special Collections

‘The World Is Not Enough’: Devotional Manuscripts of the Bond Family in Cambridge University Library

Posted on 5 March 2019 by Special Collections

Here’s a guest post by Dr Francis Young about a recent acquisition by the UL: On 22 February 2019 Cambridge University Library received the generous […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Christian Works, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

Before Endeavour: Joseph Banks and his travels in England and Wales

Posted on 22 February 2019 by Special Collections

A guest post by Edwin Rose, PhD student in the Department of the History & Philosophy of Science, working on ‘Managing nature in the age […]

Archives, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

The school years of Dame Muriel Spark

Posted on 18 January 2019 by Special Collections

This post is by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime, Rare Books Superintendent, who is cataloguing a varied collection of school magazines recently acquired by the Library. When you […]

Acquisitions, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections

‘Truth-Untruth’: Brexit through letterpress

Posted on 29 November 2018 by Special Collections

This post is by Alan Qualtrough, a letterpress artist, graphic designer and typographer based in Plymouth who met two of the Library’s staff at a […]

Acquisitions, Historical Printing, Rare Books, Special Collections

Recognising books made in Cambridge: the Cambridge Bookbindings Project

Posted on 29 October 2018 by Special Collections

This post is by Dr David Pearson, until 2017 Director of Culture, Heritage and Libraries at the City of London Corporation, who is currently engaged […]

Collectors and collecting, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

Annual Liberation Literature Lecture: Parisian women and the Nazi occupation

Posted on 5 October 2018 by Special Collections

We are delighted to announce that the annual Liberation Literature Lecture, held in partnership with Clare Hall, will be delivered by award-winning author Anne Sebba. […]

Events, French, women

Material Evidence in Incunabula – guest post

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Special Collections

The following post has been written by Ester Peric, an intern in the Rare Books Department for the month of August updating MEI records (material […]

Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

Devotion Made Digital: Encoding CUL MS Ll.5.18

Posted on 27 July 2018 by Special Collections

Guest post by Katherine Dixon, a PhD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge, on her experience of collaborating with the Cambridge Digital Library. […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Manuscripts