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A previously unrecorded sewing technique from the 12th Century.

Posted on 11 April 2019 by CUL Conservation

Posted on 11/04/2019 by Jim Bloxam A new essay, by Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson, has been published in Suave Mechanicals: Essays in the History of […]

Conservation, Manuscripts, Special Collections

Discoveries in the reading rooms

Posted on 8 April 2019 by Emily Dourish

Readers working with material in the University Library’s Special Collections reading rooms are accustomed to discovering new and exciting things every day, whether that be […]

Exhibitions, Rare Books, Special Collections

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

15th century manorial account roll discovered in clean archives!

Posted on 29 March 2019 by Sian Collins

Yes, actually ‘discovered’! Unlike some purported discoveries of archives (which are actually fully catalogued and have been available to (and consulted by) users for years), […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Special Collections

Discovery: 200 Years of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Posted on 13 March 2019 by Katrina Dean

Coming into the Cambridge University Library entrance hall visitors encounter three objects: a wall-mounted cast of 565 million-year-old sea-creature fossils, a plastinated pitcher plant, using […]

Archives, Astronomy, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Darwin Correspondence Project, Engineering, Exhibitions, Rare Books, Science, 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

Queering the UL

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Liam Sims

February is LGBT History Month, an annual event promoting equality and diversity by increasing the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and raising […]

Exhibitions, Japanese, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions, 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