2013 – Collections – Special Collections

New acquisition: a set of Talwin Morris poetry books

The graphic artist Talwin Morris (1865-1911) was a member of the circle of artists surrounding the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow. Through his book designs, Morris was able to […]

New Beckett letters acquired

Five letters and three postcards from Samuel Beckett to the Israeli scriptwriter and journalist Mira Avrech have been acquired by Special Collections. The letters date from 1967 to 1974, and […]

New featured item: Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus

James Anderson, Selectus Diplomatum et Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus, 1739 James Anderson (1662–1728) was a Scottish historiographer and antiquary. Born in Edinburgh in 1662, the son of a Presbyterian minister, he studied law at the University of Edinburgh […]

New display: Huntley & Palmers: A Christmas Selection

Our new display, in the staircase hallway until the New Year, features a wide range of Huntley and Palmers Christmas biscuit packaging – from the weird to the wonderful. Drop […]

Mark Longman Library … some before and after.

I began reclassifying the Mark Longman Library 4 or 5 years ago as a background task. I am a Library Assistant in the cataloging department at Special Collections and my […]

Book binding for beginners: conservation training

Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee Library Assistant As the library graduate trainee here at the University of Reading’s Special Collections Service, I am fortunate enough to get lots […]

Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Owen Jones

Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give you an idea of what’s there, University Archivist Guy Baxter […]

The word spreads about ‘Reading at War’… even Tony Blackburn’s talking about it!

The Reading Connections project aims to develop community engagement through the creation of digital resources, oral histories, exhibitions around the theme of ‘Reading at War’ and local Reading photography based on […]

Readerships and literary cultures 1900-1950

Archivist Nancy Fulford reports back from the first of the University’s ‘Archives and Texts’ seminars. For information on the rest of the series, see http://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/. ‘Readerships and literary cultures 1900-1950’ was the […]

Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: William Penn letter

Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give you an idea of what’s there, University Archivist Guy Baxter […]