Treasures in plain sight: revealing the depths of the Methodist Collections at the University of Manchester
Jane Gallagher is Digital Engagement Manager (Special Collections) and Curator of World Religions & Theology printed collections. Here she talks about the printed Methodist Collections held at the University of Manchester.Nonconformity runs through the collections...
Artist in Residence: Alicia Rouverol
Dr Alicia J. Rouverol was one of the JRRI's inaugural Artists in Residence from February-July 2019. Alicia drew upon the archives at the Ahmed Iqbel Ullah Race Relations Centre (a part of the University of Manchester Special Collections, but located in Manchester...
Drawing Letters: Ruskin at the Rylands
Dr Luke Uglow, Lecturer in Art History, University of Manchester - held a John Rylands Research Institute pilot grant, summer 2018. Where to begin when writing about John Ruskin? The great Victorian art critic and social reformer was both precise and cryptic,...
Advanced Imaging techniques, supporting research with Special Collections
The Imaging team offer a suite of Advanced Imaging techniques to support innovative and multidisciplinary research with our Special Collections. Advanced Imaging supports researchers to interrogate the physical attributes and contents of our Special Collections, using...
The Making of an Anti-Slavery Anthology: Mary-Anne Rawson and ‘The Bow in the Cloud’ (Part 1)
Christopher Ohge (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) Part 1 A Definitive Object, a Solidity of Purpose "The plan appears to me very promising, and I hope, and that its success will further the amiable design of its...
Collection Spotlight: The Mark Warner Photography Collection
The University of Manchester Library has recently acquired a body of work by the Manchester photographer Mark Warner (1960-2001). Mark was formerly the Head of Photography at Manchester College of Art and a photographer of great virtuosity and technical skill. Born in...
A closer look at the Manchester Observer (1819-1822)
Dr Janette Martin, curator of our current exhibition Peterloo: Manchester’s Fight for Freedom, writes: The spring and summer of 1819 saw radical speakers criss-crossing the country holding large meetings to raise support for parliamentary reform and other radical...
Unknown Cranach Work Discovered in the John Rylands Library
This post was originally published on The John Rylands Library Special Collections Blog.Issue 94.2 of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, published by Manchester University Press, contains a very special article by Dr Ben Pope. Titled ‘The Empress, the Elector...
Early Career Research Fellow: Kate Gibson
Kate Gibson is a postdoctoral research assistant on the AHRC-funded project 'Faith in the Town: lay religion, urbanisation and industrialisation in England, 1740-1830'. In summer 2017, Kate undertook a three month Early Career Fellowship at the John Rylands Research...
Collection spotlight: The Dave Cunliffe Archive
Bruce Wilkinson is the author of Hidden Culture, Forgotten History (Penniless Press, 2017), and Research Assistant on the JRRI-funded pilot project ‘The Dave Cunliffe Archive and the counterculture: The cultural impact of Poetmeat, Global Tapestry and the BB Books...
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