In this fourth, and final, instalment showcasing material used in the recent USTC Conference ‘Gender and the Book Trades’, we look at items in our… Read More »USTC Conference: Gender and the Book Trades Part IV
In this third instalment from our virtual showcase for the USTC Conference ‘Gender and the Book Trades’ we highlight some of the items from our… Read More »USTC Conference: Gender and the Book Trades Part III
Last time, in our exploration of travel photographs from the General Rollo collection, we commented on the portrayal of local people. This post will continue… Read More »The lantern slide tourist, week 3: local animals
In the second week of our armchair-travels through the lantern slides of the General Rollo Collection we continue our virtual tours among the ordinary people… Read More »The lantern slide tourist, week 2: local people
In this blog, Pilar Gil, Cataloguing and Documentation Officer, starts a new series looking at the General Rollo collection, a set of prints, lantern slides… Read More »The magic lantern tourist
This is the second part of a blog series about Special Collections’ remote enquiry service, and the types of questions we answer using collections material.… Read More »Anatomy of an enquiry, part 2: historical firsts
