‘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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His royal favour: science, communication and livres d’apparat.
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 […]
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Christmas cookery in the University Library
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 […]
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Collecting for the University Library
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 […]
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Cambridge connections: Trinity Hall and the University Library
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 […]
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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 […]
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Rose Book-Collecting Prize 2016
Entries are open for the 2016 Rose Book-Collecting Prize, which offers students the chance to win £500 by building their own book collections. The Prize […]
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