Charles I and the Eikon Basilike
At about 2pm on this day in 1649, King Charles I was beheaded outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall Palace. The story of his downfall […]
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New acquisition: The Gili Collection of Spanish & Catalan books
The University Library has recently acquired a collection of over 70 titles from the library of the late Jonathan Gili (1943-2004), a documentary film-maker, small-press […]
Continue reading »Samuel Sandars the collector
A few weeks ago, Cambridge University Library advertised this year’s competition for the 2014 Rose Book-Collecting Prize [entries due no later than Tuesday 14th January], […]
Continue reading »Royal Colonial Institute Photographic Portraits
We are happy to report that a catalogue of the photographic portrait collection of the Royal Colonial Institute has recently been published on Janus, Cambridge […]
Continue reading »Tim Munby’s donations to Cambridge University Library
In June the Special Collections blog advertised an exhibition in the Library to coincide with a conference – held at King’s College – in honour […]
Continue reading »‘My dearest Siegfried’: The Egremont Sassoon Papers
Poet and author Siegfried Sassoon was a prolific letter writer and throughout his life maintained a close friendship and correspondence with his mother Georgiana Theresa […]
Continue reading »The ‘Cambridge Rules’ of football, 1863
150 years ago today, the English Football Association was founded. In a London tavern a group of representatives from a dozen clubs playing their own […]
Continue reading »“Good bookes to be sought”: A. N. L. Munby the collector
The latest exhibition in the North Front Corridor marks the centenary of the birth of one of Cambridge’s most eminent twentieth-century librarians. Born on Christmas […]
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Spot the Difference!
A ‘guest blog’ by David Langley In 2010 the Library staged a fascinating exhibition – Under Covers: Documenting Spies – from its own collections and […]
Continue reading »A Soviet Design for Life
The University Library is delighted to launch our latest major exhibition, opening to the public today. A Soviet Design for Life: The Catherine Cooke Collection […]
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