Women in the theatre at Cambridge
Post by Emily Perdue A recently catalogued item in Special Collections sheds some light on the role of women in Cambridge theatre. MS Additional 9610, […]
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M. R. James and the ghosts of the old University Library
‘Wisdom will not expect the men of my generation or of several later ones to leave without a sore pang of regret the old home […]
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Henry Bradshaw – his quaker connection
Post by Emily Perdue In my previous blog entry, I described a group of letters associated with William Allen, and other Quaker reformers, in the […]
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All Aboard! Railway Maps, Plans, Diagrams and Documents in Cambridge University Library Map Department
Cambridge University Library Map Department has amassed a huge, and rather miscellaneous, collection of maps, plans, diagrams and documents compiled by various pre-British Railways rail […]
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Archive Management System: October update
Commitment to the project: confirmation needed We are working towards making the system available to partner organisations for data entry from January 2020 and will […]
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Help for all: alms-giving in 17th century Ely
A family history enquiry recently led me to a fascinating document in the Ely Dean and Chapter (EDC) collection in the Department of Archives and […]
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A surprising find among a librarian’s letters
Post by Emily Perdue. While working in the Manuscripts department, I have had the opportunity to document a significant portion of Henry Bradshaw’s letters. Henry […]
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Archive Management System update
This is a regular update about the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) project. Early implementers In line with the overall project plan which […]
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Archive Management System update
This is a regular update about the progress of the Archive Management System (AMS) project. We have been working on the project plan: there have […]
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From Cereal Box to Archive Box
In January 1994 Cambridge University Library’s Map Department received a large donation of maps from the estate of Kenneth Guy Messenger (1920-1993). As well as […]
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