micheledrisse, Author at Special Collections - University of Reading

Italy at War: New staircase hall exhibition

Our fascinating new ‘Italy at War’ exhibition is now in place in our staircase hall. Archival material from the Special Collections of the University of Reading offer a captivating insight […]

New display at the University of Reading Library

Items from the Leo Cooper archive of military history publishing feature in a new display at the University of Reading Library. Leo Cooper, who died at the age of 79 in […]

Polar vortex? An explorer, a biscuit and the South Pole

As the world freezes over (well, part of it – Reading is recovering from floods, not frost!), we thought it particularly appropriate to share the story of an intrepid (if […]

Seminar series: Archives and Texts

Spring Term 2014 Archives & Texts seminar series Spring Term 2014 Monday 27th January (wk 3) Professor Alexis Weedon and Professor Bob Owens (University of Bedfordshire) ‘Researching the Publishing History […]

A snapshot of 19th Century publishing

Last summer volunteer Jenny Knight began work on the mammoth task of transcribing the indexes to the letter books of outgoing correspondence in the Chatto & Windus publisher’s archive. The […]

Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Huntley and Palmers archive

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 […]

Enemies of the State: New acquisitions by Irish patriots

Special Collections has recently acquired three books that provide a Reading connection to Ireland’s early 20th-century troubles. The Enemies of the State project, a collaboration between the Department of English Literature at […]

Stunning new book jacket exhibition in our staircase hall

Written by Claire Wooldridge To celebrate the new year we have a vibrant new exhibition in our staircase hall. The exhibition celebrates the wide variety of beautiful book jackets within our […]

OBE for Beckett expert

Welcome back! We start the new year with some exciting news for our Beckett scholars. Emeritus Professor Jim Knowlson was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for […]

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 […]