2017 was another busy year in Special Collections and Archives. To celebrate Burns Night, we have curated some of the highlights: collections that were conserved, catalogued, acquired, and the people whom we have been thrilled to meet and work alongside … Continue reading
In our final blog post sharing the bumper crop of new accessions to SC&A over the summer we turn our attention to three additions to the children’s literature collections. The first is an 1800 copy of Robinson Crusoe, bearing a … Continue reading
As part of our series introducing new summer acquisitions to SC&A, we are pleased to showcase two items from 1854 and 1890. Controul of the passions, printed in 1854, is, on the surface, a guide to the “duties and obligations of … Continue reading
SC&A was recently able to acquire some 22 items printed or published in Liverpool during the late eighteen or early nineteenth centuries, to add to its already extensive collections of local history, literature and publishing. Several items were displayed in … Continue reading
Heading into the Chinese New Year, Special Collections & Archives pauses to look back at another busy year of collecting, conserving, communicating and celebrating our rich and diverse resources. January – SC&A started the year as formally part of Libraries, … Continue reading