Ephemera – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Collecting Brexit

Posted on 1 July 2016 by William Hale

In 1915, Francis Jenkinson placed an advertisement in the Cambridge Magazine appealing for material relating to the unfolding war, adding “Such flying pieces as those […]

Archives, Special Collections

‘A day of great triumph’ – the Lord Mayor’s Show at 800

Posted on 13 November 2015 by Liam Sims

On Saturday 14 November the annual spectacle of the Lord Mayor’s Show, which started life eight centuries ago in the year of Magna Carta, will […]

Rare Books, Special Collections

Printed ‘Frost Fair’ ephemera in the University Library

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Liam Sims

The University Library holds many pieces of ephemera – notices, pamphlets and single sheets not intended to last or be preserved – which provide an […]

Bible Society, Collectors and collecting, Rare Books