A pipeline from heaven: eight centuries of Dominican books
In 2016 Dominican friars celebrate the 800th anniversary of the foundation of their order. To mark the event, Cambridge University Library is hosting A pipeline […]
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On this day – The Kelmscott Beowulf
The tale of Beowulf [done out of the Old English tongue by William Morris and A.J. Wyatt.] was issued #OnThisDay in 1895. Cambridge […]
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New old books: January 2016
The Rare Books Department of the Library purchases over 200 printed books each year to enhance its historical collections. In the first of what we […]
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The Signal: the magazine of the brave
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, […]
Continue reading »Friends of the University Library event: Archbishop Matthew Parker, patron of bookbinding
On Wednesday, 3rd February, Professor Mirjam Foot, Emeritus Professor of Library & Archive Studies at University College, London, will give a talk for the Friends […]
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ADC Theatre Archive
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 […]
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‘These tremendous years’
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 […]
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Crowd-sourcing the archives of women’s rowing
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 […]
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A. N. L. Munby’s Christmas ghost stories
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 […]
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Christmas in Changi
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 […]
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