tedsimonds – Page 8 – Collections

College Song No. 1, “The Song of the Shield”

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 […]

A relic of an 18th century poet to mark World Poetry Day

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 […]

An A-Z of the University’s Museums and Collections

Earlier this month the University of Reading’s Museums and Collections collaborated on an exciting project for @52Museums on Instagram. The 52 Museums programme, which began in January 2016, sees a […]

Reading Readers – Adam McKie

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 […]

An interview with Nitisha, Archives Assistant

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 & […]

Johannes Kepler – Astronomiae Pars Optica

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The theme of this year’s Science Week taking place from 11-20 March is ‘Science in Spaces’ so to celebrate here is our first edition […]

From the cradle of printing to binder’s waste: incunable leaves in the John Lewis collection

Written by Erika Delbecque, UMASCS 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 […]

The Edinburgh Imperial Atlas: Ancient and Modern

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian The ‘Edinburgh Imperial Atlas: Ancient and Modern’ (1859) [Overstone – shelf large 34I/10] is a beautiful collection of maps developed from, what the […]

Travel Thursday – Hungary and Transylvania

Written by Louise Cowan, Trainee Liaison Librarian Born in Leicestershire in 1808, John Paget studied medicine at Edinburgh University before travelling extensively on the continent (Czigány). His travelogue, ‘Hungary and […]

LGBT History Month: Lord Wolfenden, the man ahead of his time

Written by Adam Koszary, MERL Project Officer. February marks LGBT History Month, and to celebrate it we’re exploring the man who laid the ground for more liberal attitudes to sexuality in […]