Cambridge University Library Special Collections

ADC Theatre Archive

Posted on 21 January 2016 by Special Collections

A project to catalogue the archive of the ADC Theatre has recently been completed and the catalogue is now available online. The ADC Theatre is […]

Archives, New on Janus

‘These tremendous years’

Posted on 18 January 2016 by John C.

This is the evocative title of a photograph collection, Y3062S, recently added by The Royal Commonwealth Society Library to our online catalogue Janus. Its creator […]

New on Janus, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

Crowd-sourcing the archives of women’s rowing

Posted on 14 January 2016 by Jacky Cox

Question: how do you write the history of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club when the records in the club’s possession are scanty for the early […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, New on Janus

A. N. L. Munby’s Christmas ghost stories

Posted on 25 December 2015 by Liam Sims

A. N. L. ‘Tim’ Munby (1913-1974), who has featured on these pages before, has at least two connections with Christmas. Most importantly, he was born […]

Christmas, Collectors and collecting, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

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

His royal favour: science, communication and livres d’apparat.

Posted on 18 December 2015 by Sophie Defrance

The current exhibition His royal favour: The books that built the Library celebrates the outstanding collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, (1646–1714). Bought by King […]

Exhibitions, French, Rare Books

Christmas cookery in the University Library

Posted on 15 December 2015 by Liam Sims

Cookery books are not, as one might expect, a modern phenomenon. Before Nigella, Delia and the great Fanny Cradock taught us all how to make […]

Christmas, Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

Collecting for the University Library

Posted on 11 December 2015 by Special Collections

This guest post is written by Cliff Webb, a generous donor to the Library in recent years. Since leaving Cambridge I have spent some 40 […]

Collectors and collecting, Rare Books, Special Collections

Cambridge connections: Trinity Hall and the University Library

Posted on 3 December 2015 by Liam Sims

About sixty years before the University had its own purpose-built library, William Bateman (Bishop of Norwich) founded Trinity Hall in Cambridge. It remains one of […]

Collectors and collecting, Incunabula, Library history, Rare Books, Special Collections

Posted on 27 November 2015 by Frank

Strange goings-on and mysterious occurrences have been reported as taking place in the drawing room of Leckhampton House in the university town of Cambridge. Loud rappings […]

Archives, New on Janus