Every subject under the sun, or how to categorise archival enquiries
A recent blog post revelled in the unusual, often humorous, questions asked in the Reading Room from the 1930s to the 1970s and recorded by […]
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The Fluctuating Fortunes of the University Library during the 15th and 16th Centuries
While elucidating finer points of library administration and the placing of manuscripts on the shelves, the early catalogues of the University Library additionally bear witness […]
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Dear Archivist: A Compendium of Enquiries
Working in the University Archives as Archives Trainee gives one a unique insight into the varied academic interests and behaviours of our enquirers, both past […]
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Comings and Goings: The Movement of Manuscripts at the University Library before 1600
A new subject guide has been published on the University Library website on the subject of the handwritten and printed registers, inventories and catalogues of […]
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‘With a zeal and skill beyond praise’: the first woman to work at the University Library
The portrait of Anne Jarvis, first female University Librarian 2009-16, was unveiled on the 7th July. Inquiring into the identity of the first female member […]
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The Early Catalogues of the University Library: A New Subject Guide
Perhaps the most common enquiry regarding our medieval manuscripts concerns their provenance: in particular, when they might have arrived at the University Library. Our manuscripts […]
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Conservation of the Cambridge University Press Archive
by Fay Humphreys Cambridge University Press was established as the University’s own printing house in 1696, although the University had been authorised by Henry […]
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Frederick George Dunnett 1896 – 24 April 1917
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 […]
Continue reading »A day in the life of an Archives Trainee
Being an Archives Trainee at Cambridge University Library is a unique experience. From battling boxes in the stacks, donned in winter woollies (it can be […]
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Picturesque and prosaic launch to Cambridge University Archives collection in the Digital Library
Cambridge University Digital Library’s newest collection, Cambridge University Archives, is small but choice; a taste of riches to come. The University Archives is responsible for […]
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