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Transtemporal at the University Library

Posted on 19 May 2023 by Sally Kent

This guest post is by Sana Ginwalla, an Indian-Zambian photographer and curator, founder and director of Zambia Belonging – a counter-archive of photographs which explore […]

Archives, Photographs, Royal Commonwealth Society

The Paget family of East Anglia

Posted on 20 February 2023 by Special Collections

Post by Sam Evans (Assistant Archivist, Archives & Modern Manuscripts) Last year, the University Library acquired a substantial part of the Paget family archive as […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Special Collections

Statutory safety: rebinding the Proctors’ Books

Posted on 28 January 2022 by Jacky Cox

Historic volumes from outside the the University Library, intrinsic to University ceremonial, have been recent visitors to the Conservation Studio. These two books contain the […]

Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Cambridge University history, Special Collections

Conservation of a Bound Volume of Letters from the Darwin Archive

Posted on 19 January 2022 by CUL Conservation

This volume was kindly donated to the Library in 2018 and comprises 80 letters all of which were sent to William Kemp, an amateur geologist, […]

Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Conservation, Darwin Correspondence Project, Digitisation, Exhibitions, Manuscripts

Mould damage and suction wedges: conservation of felted paper in a bound iron-gall ink manuscript

Posted on 24 November 2021 by CUL Conservation

Every conservation treatment we undertake at the University Library is done with the specifics of the collection item in mind. We consider the materiality of […]

Archives, Cambridge University Press Archive, Conservation

Conservation of three volumes in the Cambridge University Press Archive

Posted on 29 September 2021 by CUL Conservation

Imagine having to file your financial year-end invoices in one of these mammoth volumes! The Cambridge University Press Archive contains three oversize ‘stationery’ bindings that […]

Archives, Cambridge University Press Archive, Conservation

Archive Management System project update: April-May 2021

Posted on 25 May 2021 by Special Collections

This is the final regular update about the Archive Management System project. The AMS project team benefited hugely by drawing on the expertise of many […]

Archives, Special Collections

Early modern mathematics: digitising the Macclesfield Collection

Posted on 15 April 2021 by Special Collections

Over the last 15 months staff from Archives & Modern Manuscripts, Conservation & Collection Care, Digital Content & Library and Development & Friends of the […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Cambridge Digital Library, Collection Care, Collectors and collecting, Conservation, Science, Special Collections