Digitisation – Page 5 – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Bringing a hidden collection to light

Posted on 7 April 2017 by CUL Conservation

By Anna Johnson Cambridge University Library may not often be thought of as a significant repository for papyri, but we do have a moderately […]

Conservation, Digital Resources, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Papyrus, Special Collections

The ‘Album amicorum’ of Abraham Ortelius

Posted on 4 March 2017 by James Freeman

The latest addition to the Cambridge Digital Library is the Album amicorum of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). The Album amicorum – literally ‘book of friends’ – […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Maps, Pembroke College, Poetry, Science

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

Hour by Hour, Day by Day: Devotions in the Fifteenth Century

Posted on 12 September 2016 by James Freeman

The physical dimensions of a Book of Hours give you immediate clues as to how they were used: they are small, often pocket-sized books, intended […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts

Live tweeting the first day of the Somme from the diary of Siegfried Sassoon

Posted on 7 July 2016 by Special Collections

The diaries of Siegfried Sassoon which are held in Department of Manuscripts and Archives are a unique and fascinating resource for both historians and literary […]

Anniversaries, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Manuscripts

Surgeons at war: the Fairbank papers

Posted on 5 July 2016 by Special Collections

Sir (Harold Arthur) Thomas Fairbank (1876-1961) and his son Thomas John Fairbank (1912-1998) were orthopaedic surgeons and each saw service with the Royal Army Medical […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Recent acquisitions

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

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

Y30448U: 19 - Whale shot by a man-of-war at Cape Coast

Cambridge Digital Library – latest update

Posted on 24 July 2015 by Special Collections

This release sees the launch of our new Lewis-Gibson collection with an initial selection of the 1700 medieval Jewish manuscripts jointly purchased by Cambridge University […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Digitisation, Lewis-Gibson Collection, Manuscripts, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection

Cambridge Digital Library – July update

Posted on 3 July 2015 by Special Collections

This release sees the launch of our new Royal Commonwealth Society collection. The Royal Commonwealth Society Library collections are a treasure-trove of information, pictorial and […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Darwin Correspondence Project, Digitisation, Manuscripts, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

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