micheledrisse, Author at Special Collections - University of Reading

Turner Collection

This collection was moved back to Douai Abbey in September 2017. Please contact them for more information: http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/ In the first of a series highlighting a selection of our collections, here’s […]

Ada Lovelace day: 15 October

Today is Ada Lovelace day, an annual celebration of achievements in science, technology, engineering and maths by women. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) was a nineteenth century mathematician and computer pioneer. Interested in all […]

Top Ten Treasures from the Archives: Henry II charter

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 […]

Archives & Texts lecture series

An autumn series from the Department of English Literature and Department of Modern Languages and European Studies, open to all University members. Monday 21 October (wk 3) Dr Erica Brown (English, […]

A unique offer: Collections-Based Research at the University of Reading

Have you heard about the collections-based research programme here at Reading? Head of UMASC Kate Arnold-Forster and Head of the School of Literature and Languages Alison Donnell take a look […]

Heritage Open Days: Behind the scenes at Special Collections

As part of last weekend’s national Heritage Open Days event, MERL and Special Collections offered ‘behind the scenes’ tours, from a look round the Victorian biscuit baron home to a visit […]

To glove or not to glove

What happens when you put on gloves? Can you handle clasps, ties or other delicate items? Can you turn a page? Are you clumsier? Can you feel things through your […]

Favourite finds: Come to the Farm

I’m Liz McCarthy, one of the two UMASCS Librarians. One of the best parts of my job is discovering things – whether that’s finding interesting material in our collections, adding items […]

Freud at Reading

Brian Ryder is one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is a long one; he used to be one of our project cataloguers and […]

Behind the scenes: Hogarth Press transcription project

Our latest post comes from Dale, who has recently completed a six week UROP placement here at special collections. Dale has made a great start on the project entitled ‘Selling […]