Conservation of a Bound Volume of Letters from the Darwin Archive
This volume was kindly donated to the Library in 2018 and comprises 80 letters all of which were sent to William Kemp, an amateur geologist, […]
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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 […]
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Mould damage and suction wedges: conservation of felted paper in a bound iron-gall ink manuscript
Every conservation treatment we undertake at the University Library is done with the specifics of the collection item in mind. We consider the materiality of […]
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Turning over a new leaf: Fasciculing fragile letters and plant specimens in the Darwin Archive
The Darwin Archive contains a wide variety of loose sheet papers, often in diverse formats and frequently found in specific combinations. Letters are kept together […]
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‘Ruby, who worked with Prof Hopkins’: papers of Ruby Leader, Animal Technician in the Department of Biochemistry
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 […]
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Conservation of three volumes in the Cambridge University Press Archive
Imagine having to file your financial year-end invoices in one of these mammoth volumes! The Cambridge University Press Archive contains three oversize ‘stationery’ bindings that […]
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Recent acquisition: papers of Frank McClean, astronomer and educational benefactor
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 […]
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The study of animal behaviour in Cambridge: recently catalogued papers of Sir Patrick Bateson
The papers of the Cambridge ethologist Sir Patrick Bateson (1938-2017), a recent addition to Cambridge University Library’s science archive holdings, have now been catalogued. Bateson’s personal and scientific working papers complement existing […]
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Archive Management System project update: April-May 2021
This is the final regular update about the Archive Management System project. The AMS project team benefited hugely by drawing on the expertise of many […]
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Grounds for enthusiasm: the University Library outside
The appearance mid-April of foodPark. in front of the UL is only the most recent innovative use of the grounds in a crisis. During World War II, the need to keep people fed and the […]
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