tedsimonds – Page 15 – Collections

Celebrating 100 years of Ladybird

100 years ago in 1915, jobbing printer Wills & Hepworth published the very first Ladybird book in Loughborough. They soon registered an official logo and devoted themselves creating ‘pure and […]

12 Days of Christmas roundup

It’s almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit and….a fight to the death competition?! Although technically the 12 days of Christmas begin with 25 December, we won’t be around […]

A strange sad week in the Beckett archive

It has been a very sad week for all of us involved with the Beckett Collection, as it marked the passing of two people associated with him, as well as […]

New acquisition: Actress Billie Whitelaw’s Beckett archive

The University of Reading and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to announce the purchase of a unique archive of actress Billie Whitelaw’s work with playwright Samuel Beckett. The £35,000 […]

A trip to the SS Great Britain

This post comes from David, our Graduate Trainee Library Assistant. Each year, our teams visit a few other collections to learn about how they work and what material they offer. […]

New acquisition: ‘King Arthur’s Wood’

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian. One of our most recent acquisitions for the Children’s Collection will also be one of the largest books in the collection. King Arthur’s Wood, […]

Life behind the scenes and beyond …

Today’s post comes from our Library Assistant Helen, who has a special interest in books about illustration and design and has been working on the Mark Longman Library. When I […]

World War One: Special Collections library resources

Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee 4 August 2014 marked the centenary of the day that Britain entered World War One. Fighting continued until 11 November 1918 and is […]

Garlands of Gold and Circles of Pearls: The Rosalind Laker Collection

Written by Claire Wooldridge, UMASCS Graduate Trainee I have recently finished cataloguing a wonderful collection of books by the historical novelist Rosalind Laker (1921-2012). Her book collection can be searched […]

Happy #MusHalloween!

Happy #MusHalloween! We marked the #MusSpooks @CultureThemes day this week on 29 October. Here are a selection of spooky halloween #MusSpooks and #MusHalloween themed images from our collections! Happy #MusHalloween!