Cambridge University Library Special Collections

The Signal: the magazine of the brave

Posted on 28 January 2016 by Agnieszka Drabek-Prime

We have a new collection coming to Rare Books. It will take some time before it will be available to see in our reading room, […]

Collectors and collecting, Rare Books, Recent acquisitions

Friends of the University Library event: Archbishop Matthew Parker, patron of bookbinding

Posted on 27 January 2016 by William Hale

On Wednesday, 3rd February, Professor Mirjam Foot, Emeritus Professor of Library & Archive Studies at University College, London, will give a talk for the Friends […]

Friends of Cambridge University Library, Manuscripts, Rare Books

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