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A presentation copy from Oscar Wilde

Posted on 16 October 2014 by Liam Sims

Having been reminded by the BBC and British Library this morning that today is the 160th anniversary of the birth of the Irish writer and […]

Collectors and collecting, Rare Books, Special Collections

Ghana, a photographic history: images of Achimota College

Posted on 13 October 2014 by Rachel Rowe

Michael John Fuller worked at the front desk in the main Reading Room of Cambridge University Library from June 1992 until his sudden death in […]

Archives, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Special Collections

Codex Zacynthius

Posted on 11 September 2014 by Special Collections

Cambridge University Library is delighted to announce that we have reached our appeal target and secured the purchase of Codex Zacynthius. We are extremely […]

In the spotlight, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

Early Egyptian texts revealed; the papers of Sir Herbert Thompson

Posted on 29 August 2014 by Catherine Ansorge

The University Library has recently acquired from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, an archive of the personal papers of Sir Herbert Thompson, […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Recent acquisitions, Special Collections

‘The necklace of her kingdom’: Elizabeth I and Cambridge

Posted on 19 August 2014 by Liam Sims

In August 1564 – 450 years ago this month – Queen Elizabeth I visited Cambridge for the first time during her reign. The town was […]

Collectors and collecting, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

‘Swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget’: Siegfried Sassoon’s First World War Poems in Context

Posted on 23 July 2014 by Dr Emma Saunders

The First World War was one of the defining conflicts of European history. On 4 August 1914, the date when Britain entered the War, a […]

Manuscripts, Poetry, Rare Books, Special Collections

Cambridge University Press at War

Posted on 21 July 2014 by Special Collections

A fascinating post about the activities of Cambridge University Press during World War I has been published on the Press’s blog, fifteeneightyfour. It’s written by […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Photographs, Special Collections