Women at Cambridge – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Ladies in the Library

Posted on 22 January 2025 by Jill Whitelock

January 1855. The British coalition government was in crisis over accusations of mismanagement in the Crimean war. In the literary world, the final installment of […]

Anniversaries, Cambridge University history, Library history, Photographs, women

‘Ruby, who worked with Prof Hopkins’: papers of Ruby Leader, Animal Technician in the Department of Biochemistry

Posted on 5 October 2021 by Sally Kent

Biochemistry is particularly strongly represented in the University Library’s modern science archive holdings. The Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts holds the personal paper collections of a number […]

Acquisitions, Archives, Cambridge University Archives, Manuscripts, Recent acquisitions, Science, Special Collections

Women at Cambridge portraits exhibition

Posted on 13 May 2020 by Special Collections

In October 2019, The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge opened at the University Library. This consisted of a programme of exhibitions and events focused on […]

Anniversaries, Archives, Art in the Entrance Hall, Exhibitions