Silks, pearls and manuscripts
On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]
Continue reading »On the wall of the Library’s fourth floor of landing hangs a portrait of a man dressed in a very fine silk or satin doublet […]
Continue reading »The earliest surviving official set in Cambridge of the University’s medieval statutes is one of three treasures from the University Archives newly online as part […]
Continue reading »A recent blog post revelled in the unusual, often humorous, questions asked in the Reading Room from the 1930s to the 1970s and recorded by […]
Continue reading »Working in the University Archives as Archives Trainee gives one a unique insight into the varied academic interests and behaviours of our enquirers, both past […]
Continue reading »On 24 April 1917, one hundred years ago today, Private Frederick George Dunnett of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment and a member of University Library staff […]
Continue reading »Cambridge University Digital Library’s newest collection, Cambridge University Archives, is small but choice; a taste of riches to come. The University Archives is responsible for […]
Continue reading »Since joining the Library team as Archives Trainee, I have been lucky enough to peer through a lot of windows into the University’s past. One […]
Continue reading »Four months after it started work in August 1970, the the University’s Computer Syndicate submitted a report (published in Cambridge University Reporter No.4735, Vol. CI, […]
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