We have recently catalogued a small collection of some seventy books from the library of the surgeon Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912), famous for his pioneering work in antiseptic surgery. Lister accumulated a large library of ca. 2,500 books in his… Read More ›
Special Collections
This category was used for posts created by special collections staff before August 2016. Since then all posts are categorised as Archives and Special Collections posts.
The Tiny Talent: Selected Poems by Joan Ure
The works of Joan Ure are to be remembered in a new book of selected poems, The Tiny Talent: Selected Poems by Joan Ure. With a foreward by the writer and artist Alasdair Gray, the works have been selected… Read More ›
Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005): Ghosts in the archive – Mary Gray Hughes
history remains first and foremost an encounter with death Arlette Farge, The Lure of the Archives (Yale Univ. Press, 2013), 8. It might appear somewhat obvious to be talking about ghosts in the archive, as archival collections by their very… Read More ›
Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005): Ghosts in the archive – Stewart Parker
history remains first and foremost an encounter with death Arlette Farge, The Lure of the Archives (Yale Univ. Press, 2013), 8. It might appear somewhat obvious to be talking about ghosts in the archive, as archival collections by their very… Read More ›
Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005): Ghosts in the archive – Francis Berry
history remains first and foremost an encounter with death Arlette Farge, The Lure of the Archives (Yale Univ. Press, 2013), 8. It might appear somewhat obvious to be talking about ghosts in the archive, as archival collections by their very… Read More ›
Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005): Ghosts in the archive – Martin Bell
history remains first and foremost an encounter with death Arlette Farge, The Lure of the Archives (Yale Univ. Press, 2013), 8. It might appear somewhat obvious to be talking about ghosts in the archive, as archival collections by their very… Read More ›
Philip Hobsbaum (1932-2005): Ghosts in the archive – Sylvia Plath
history remains first and foremost an encounter with death Arlette Farge, The Lure of the Archives (Yale Univ. Press, 2013), 8. It might appear somewhat obvious to be talking about ghosts in the archive, as archival collections by their very… Read More ›