Universal Joy: The Grand Festival at Yarmouth, 19 April 1814
A post by Samantha Evans (Darwin Correspondence Project). The library recently acquired a substantial part of the Paget family archive as a gift from Sir […]
Continue reading »A post by Samantha Evans (Darwin Correspondence Project). The library recently acquired a substantial part of the Paget family archive as a gift from Sir […]
Continue reading »Among the items recently acquired by the Library (generously supported by the Friends of the UL) is a group of nearly fifty issues of an […]
Continue reading »Biochemistry is particularly strongly represented in the University Library’s modern science archive holdings. The Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts holds the personal paper collections of a number […]
Continue reading »The Library holds many books formerly in the possession of significant historical figures. Other than the simple pleasure of knowing that a book was once […]
Continue reading »A small collection of papers relating to the engineer and astronomer Frank McClean (1837-1904) have recently been acquired by Cambridge University Library. The papers comprise two […]
Continue reading »Over the last 15 months staff from Archives & Modern Manuscripts, Conservation & Collection Care, Digital Content & Library and Development & Friends of the […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »Jayne Ringrose (Cambridge University Library) Cambridge University Library MS Add. 9461 is one of the more recent additions to our collections of medieval and early […]
Continue reading »The former Art Curator of the Commonwealth Institute, Donald Bowen, passed away at the age of 101 on 25 July 2019. During his 25 years […]
Continue reading »The Royal Commonwealth Society department is very happy to announce that it has purchased at auction another oil painting to add to its rich collection […]
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