Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Tea merchants coming ashore

Posted on 25 October 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department is very happy to announce that it has purchased at auction another oil painting to add to its rich collection […]

Acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

M. R. James and the ghosts of the old University Library

Posted on 22 October 2019 by Jill Whitelock

‘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 […]

Archives, Library history

Henry Bradshaw – his quaker connection

Posted on 14 October 2019 by Special Collections

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 […]

Archives, Library history, Manuscripts

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 1.

Posted on 7 October 2019 by CUL Conservation

Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Conservation blogpost. Since our last update on conserving fragments we have made great progress with the treatment of […]

Conservation, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

All Aboard! Railway Maps, Plans, Diagrams and Documents in Cambridge University Library Map Department

Posted on 4 October 2019 by Anne Taylor

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 […]

Architecture, Archives, Engineering, Manuscripts, Maps, Railways

Archive Management System: October update

Posted on 3 October 2019 by Special Collections

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 […]

Archives, Digital Resources, Manuscripts, Special Collections

‘… infra Insulam Elien …’: cataloguing the assize court records of the Isle of Ely

Posted on 26 September 2019 by Sally Kent

A project to catalogue the records of the Isle of Ely assize courts is now in its fourth month. The project is generously funded by […]

Ely assizes

Help for all: alms-giving in 17th century Ely

Posted on 24 September 2019 by Sian Collins

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 […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Special Collections, Travel

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: It’s not all about pretty pixels

Posted on 20 September 2019 by Special Collections

The Digital Content Unit (DCU) is the Library department responsible for the digitisation of special collections and the creation of other audio-visual content. The earliest […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

A surprising find among a librarian’s letters

Posted on 16 September 2019 by Special Collections

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 […]