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Papers of a forgotten folklorist: Charles Dack

Posted on 14 September 2017 by Special Collections

There is often more to the books in Cambridge University’s Rare Books Room than meets the eye, with many of them containing unique handwritten accessory […]

Collectors and collecting, Manuscripts, Rare Books

Summer at the Museums – guest post by Vasiliki Vartholomeou

Posted on 6 September 2017 by Special Collections

We have come to the end of the Summer At The Museums, a series of exciting events for families during the summer holidays. After the […]

Conservation, Events

Student, soldier and author: Basil Godfrey Quin MC.

Posted on 2 September 2017 by Special Collections

The Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Ypres was fought one hundred years ago between July and November 1917. One of the regiments involved was the […]

Anniversaries, Exhibitions, In the spotlight, Library history

Absence as Evidence: Recovering the Losses in an Eighth-century Gospel Book

Posted on 11 August 2017 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Eleanor Jackson

Manuscripts

Ikebana: the Japanese art of flower arrangement

Posted on 12 June 2017 by Special Collections

Rare early illustrations of the Japanese art of flower arrangement, now known as ikebana 生花, will be on display in the University Library Entrance Hall […]

Digitisation, Exhibitions, Japanese, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

Frederick George Dunnett 1896 – 24 April 1917

Posted on 24 April 2017 by Special Collections

On 24 April 1917, one hundred years ago today, Private Frederick George Dunnett of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment and a member of University Library staff […]

Anniversaries, Cambridge University history

Egypt on a tourist’s mind

Posted on 7 March 2017 by Special Collections

A guest post by Jasmin Daam, University of Kassel The emergence of tourism, i.e. an organised way of travelling, in the second half of the […]

Archives, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Recent Acquisition: Tippling Sally

Posted on 24 February 2017 by Special Collections

Guest post by Cliff Webb.

Rare Books, Recent acquisitions

The Peterborough Cathedral Manuscripts and the Peterborough Lapidary

Posted on 28 November 2016 by Special Collections

Guest post by Dr Francis Young In 1970 Peterborough Cathedral placed its ancient manuscripts on permanent loan to Cambridge University Library, owing to the unsuitable […]

Manuscripts, Special Collections

“The beauty of expression”: M.R. James and the First World War Memorial Scroll

Posted on 4 August 2016 by Special Collections

The War Reserve collection in the University Library, initiated by Librarian Francis Jenkinson, contains a wealth of interesting things for the military researcher, ranging from […]

Anniversaries, Rare Books