At the end of February, staff from Special Collections were joined by students of the history department at Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire to showcase material from the Nancy and Waldorf […]
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian âA Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter A.D. 1697â was written by Henry Maundrell, a Church of England clergyman and chaplain to […]
Written by Guy Baxter, Archivist Since the University celebrated the 90thanniversary of the granting of its Royal Charter last Thursday, many people have been asking for the words of College Song […]
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian Tucked away in one of our archive boxes is an envelope which contains a small, folded piece of paper which, when opened carefully, reveals […]
Earlier this month the University of Readingâs Museums and Collections collaborated on an exciting project for @52Museums on Instagram. Â The 52 Museums programme, which began in January 2016, sees a […]
Adam McKie, MA Research Student at Royal Holloway, University of London, tells us about his research into employee sporting activities in the Huntley & Palmer papers. My MA thesis explores the history […]
One of our volunteers,Whitney, has been interviewing MERL & Special Collections staff about their roles. Today she talks to Nitisha, a Law graduate who now works as a Conservation & […]
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The theme of this yearâs Science Week taking place from 11-20 March is âScience in Spacesâ so to celebrate here is our first edition […]
Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCSÂ Librarian Earlier this year, we shared some exciting early printing finds from the John Lewis Printing Collection on this blog. In the past few months, I […]
Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The âEdinburgh Imperial Atlas: Ancient and Modernâ (1859) [Overstone â shelf large 34I/10] is a beautiful collection of maps developed from, what the […]