Conservation – Page 5 – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Boxing Clever, Round 1: Thinking inside the box

Posted on 19 January 2017 by Gretchen Allen

From the handmade to the mass-produced, bespoke archival boxes protect books in collections, libraries, and archives across the globe. Here at the Cambridge University Library, […]

Collection Care, Conservation

Under the Microscope – Preliminary Investigations of the Changi Archive Conservation Research Project

Posted on 14 December 2016 by Emma Nichols

You may have seen here that in May this year I was awarded a Research Bursary from the Wellcome Trust. The award means that I am […]

Archives, Conservation, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society, Science

The History and Conservation of the John Weekley Changi Archives

Posted on 11 July 2016 by John C.

The Changi project team have finished a major conservation challenge, the archives of John Weekley. In this post John Cardwell, Project Archivist and Emma Nichols, […]

Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Christmas in Changi – The Result!

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Emma Nichols

By Mary French and Emma Nichols Happy New Year from the Changi Conservators! Do you remember the Christmas Quiz from the Changi Guardian that we posed […]

Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Christmas in Changi

Posted on 22 December 2015 by Emma Nichols

by Emma Nichols and Mary French Seasons Greetings from the Changi Archive Conservators! As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season at home with family […]

Christmas, Conservation, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Conservation Challenges posed by the Changi Archive

Posted on 16 November 2015 by Special Collections

by Emma Nichols and Mary French The conservation of the WWII Changi civilian internment camp archives is being undertaken by two conservators, Emma Nichols and Mary […]

Archives, Conservation, Royal Commonwealth Society

The Red Book of Thorney: A Cartulary and its Conservation

Posted on 6 November 2015 by Suzanne Paul

The cartulary of Thorney Abbey, known as the Red Book of Thorney, is a large 2-volume work begun in the early years of the fourteenth century, […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Events, Friends of Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts, Special Collections

Changi civilian internment digitisation project

Posted on 3 November 2015 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection is delighted to announce that work has begun on its project to conserve and digitize the archives of two Second […]

Conservation, Digitisation, Royal Commonwealth Society

Volunteers experience ‘the magic and the meaning’ of the Cambridge University Press Archive

Posted on 26 October 2015 by Special Collections

Since the 1970s, records from Cambridge University Press have been transferred from offices in the Pitt Building on Trumpington Street and the Edinburgh Building and […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Conservation