Cambridge University Library Special Collections

The Falkland Islands and South Georgia

Posted on 10 September 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society department has just released four collections of photographs, artwork and maps relating to the Falkland Islands and South Georgia on Cambridge […]

Cambridge Digital Library, Digitisation, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Giovanni Belzoni and his ‘Book of breathings’

Posted on 6 September 2019 by Catherine Ansorge

In Ancient Egyptian culture, matters relating to death and the afterlife were of great significance, as both the body and the soul were believed to […]

Collectors and collecting, Library history, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Papyrus, Special Collections, Travel

Henry Compton’s Prayer Book, and John Wright’s Bible

Posted on 2 September 2019 by William Hale

Including as it does the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society as well as the collection of Arthur William Young, the University Library […]

Acquisitions, Rare Books

Turkish Cypriot political poster

Posted on 27 August 2019 by John C.

The Royal Commonwealth Society Library department has just been donated a fascinating political poster, a rare survival from a turbulent time in the history of […]

Photographs, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Conserving fragments

Posted on 19 August 2019 by CUL Conservation

Since the introductory blogpost from conservation on The Polonsky Greek Manuscripts Project, we have made a lot of progress, having completed the survey of the […]

Collection Care, Conservation, Fragments, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

Archive Management System update

Posted on 8 August 2019 by Special Collections

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 […]

‘This House believes …’: a new catalogue of the Cambridge Union Society archives

Posted on 5 August 2019 by Sally Kent

In 1866 the Cambridge Union Society condemned the British Raj, some 80 years before Indian independence. In 1929 it approved birth control. In 1933 it […]

Cambridge University Archives

Commonwealth universities

Posted on 17 July 2019 by John C.

Several fascinating personal memoirs have been donated to the Royal Commonwealth Society Library recently and the latest to be catalogued online was written by the […]

New on Janus, Recent acquisitions, Royal Commonwealth Society

Piecing Together the Evidence: Cataloguing a Greek Manuscript

Posted on 12 July 2019 by Special Collections

Alongside conservation and digitisation, the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project encompasses the creation of detailed catalogue descriptions for each manuscript, to accompany the images published […]

Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Polonsky Greek

Archive Management System update

Posted on 8 July 2019 by Special Collections

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 […]