A Choirbook fit for a King?
Today saw the beginning of our series of show-and-tell events, ‘Treasures of the University Library’, with talks given by Anna Pensaert, Head of Music Collections. […]
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“The beauty of expression”: M.R. James and the First World War Memorial Scroll
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 […]
Continue reading »Poems and Ballads at 150
This summer marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Algernon Charles Swinburne’s Poems and Ballads (1866) which appalled Victorian readers with its anti-authoritarianism, republicanism […]
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Live tweeting the first day of the Somme from the diary of Siegfried Sassoon
The diaries of Siegfried Sassoon which are held in Department of Manuscripts and Archives are a unique and fascinating resource for both historians and literary […]
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Surgeons at war: the Fairbank papers
Sir (Harold Arthur) Thomas Fairbank (1876-1961) and his son Thomas John Fairbank (1912-1998) were orthopaedic surgeons and each saw service with the Royal Army Medical […]
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A serendipitous Riddell: discovered by chance in the UL’s manuscripts collection
I have been researching the history and men of the Cambridgeshire Regiment for over twenty years now and the Library has been an invaluable source […]
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The return of Mary Jones’ Bible to Bala
The Mary Jones Bible returned to Bala, Wales, on 18 March and was on show to the public until 20 March. The Bible left Bala […]
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Lines of Thought exhibition now open!
The University library’s major free public exhibition to celebrate its 600th anniversary, Lines of Thought: Discoveries that changed the world,is now open in the Milstein Exhibition […]
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Cambridge Science Festival at the University Library
Cambridge Science Festival started yesterday and over the next two weeks, the city will be even more than usually full of inventions, discoveries and experiments. […]
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The first slide rule: a discovery in the Macclesfield Collection
Guest post by Boris Jardine. Slide rules dominated the practice of mathematics from their invention in reign of King Charles I to their sudden, electronic-calculator […]
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