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Hustler: Black Power, Mangrove and the Notting Hill Carnival
Hustler community newspaper from the Dave Cunliffe Archive in the John Rylands Library Special Collections The Dave Cunliffe Archive held at the John Rylands Library is currently uncatalogued but...
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New Digital Collection: Revolutionary France
The French Revolution collection at the John Rylands Library contains an excellent range of printed material published in France between the start of the French Revolution of 1789 and the fall of the...
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Stop the Tour: Two Protests One Ideal
In November 1969 the touring Springboks rugby union team visited Manchester inspiring two very different but interconnected anti-racism protests which this blog celebrates as part of Black History...
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Learie Constantine (1901–1971): cricketer and campaigner for racial equality
From ‘Cricket in the Sun’ by Learie Constantine (1946) Few could draw the crowds as Learie Constantine. As an outstanding cricketer, he was revolted by the contrast between “his first-class status as...
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Black History Month: Robert Wedderburn, Revolutionary and Abolitionist
By Annie Dickinson, Visitor Engagement Assistant The 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre last August saw commemorative events held across Manchester, including an exhibition here at the...
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Black History Month: Frederick Douglass – The Struggle, The Progress
By Angel Cossigny, Visitor Engagement Assistant Frederick Douglass: a brave, courageous, tenacious and powerful man used his skills as an orator, author, publisher and lecturer to uphold his values....
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Black History Month: Beyond October – A Journey of Discovery
Today’s post is by Caroline Hall and Ruqaiyah Naqshbandi from the Visitor Engagement Team. They are both avid readers, great Googlers and (we hope) okay writers. Over the past few weeks this blog...
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Rylands Reflects: Our Spaces Are Not Neutral Part 1, ‘Threshold Fear’ and the...
As a Visitor Engagement Assistant at the John Rylands Library, one of the most important and enjoyable parts of my role is welcoming visitors into the Library and engaging them in conversations about...
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New Digital Collection; Magic, Monsters and Macabre.
Holtorp Box 9/ Folder 2/ Sheet 1 – Memento Mori From as far back as I can remember I’ve been obsessed with horror, monsters and halloween. I remember excitedly visiting the local VHS (yes I remember...
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In 2011, I visited the National Archives in Washington DC and in the exhibition space, a copy of the Magna Carta was on display. The interpretation outlined the way in which it had influenced the...
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Rylands Reflects: Our Spaces Are Not Neutral Part 2, The Visitor Engagement...
In the first part of this blog I discussed the lack of diversity on display within the Historic Reading Room at the John Rylands Library, and the impact that this might have on visitors to our...
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New Digital Collection: Broadside Ballads
A selection of 18th- and 19th-century broadside ballads and slip-songs is now available on Manchester Digital Collections. Broadside ballads are descriptive or narrative verses or songs, each printed...
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Rylands Reflects: Our Man in Havana
By Elizabeth Gow, Special Collections Manuscript Curator and Archivist. The Rylands Reflects series explores the history of the John Rylands Library, our collections, and our current practice as...
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Adapting Tradition: Christmas at the Wood Street Mission
By Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield Father Christmas surrounded by children Ref. WSM/15/2/27 Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield, University of Manchester MA placement students, join us for their final guest...
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New Collection Announcement: ‘Images of Hulme in the 80s and 90s’
The Visual Collections Department are pleased to announce the exciting acquisition of Richard Davis’ Images of Hulme 1980 – 90. Many of these photographs have been on display recently in an...
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From 2D to 3D – Photogrammetry Part 2
It’s been seven months since the first 2D to 3D blog post, made whilst working from home due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Since August, the Imaging Team have had access to the collections and photography...
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A Christmas Card Conundrum
Written by Jane Donaldson. Recently, the University Conference Centre got in touch with the John Rylands Library. They had in their possession some Christmas Cards signed by C. P. Scott, the...
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Demanding the Impossible: Jeff Nuttall, Alexander Trocchi and the...
This is the second in a series of blogs outlining my research on Jeff Nuttall with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on his archive at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. By no...
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The Golden Tango: Ernest Wilson’s Life in Music
Researched and written by Bruce Wilkinson and Dave Goulding Donated to the John Rylands Library Special Collections in September 2019, the Ernest Wilson Papers consist of original manuscripts and...
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An accrual to the Jeff Nuttall Collections
I am pleased to announce the acquisition of a new collection of papers relating to artist, poet, writer and musician Jeff Nuttall. The collection was donated to us by Paul Davies, founder of former...
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