Manuscripts and Special Collections awarded £1.1m grant

The funding has been awarded by the Research England Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund The £1.1m […]

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Manuscripts and Special Collections archive retains national accreditation

The university’s Manuscripts and Special Collections service has retained National Accreditation in the latest review of […]

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Tags: Archive Accreditation, archives, archiving, Keeper of Manuscripts and Special Collections, manuscripts and special collections

Manuscripts and Special Collections launches Christmas card range

Manuscripts and Special Collections have launched a range of Christmas cards featuring seasonal images from unique […]

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Child readers and their books in nineteenth-century Britain

Colin Heywood, Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at the University of Nottingham, focuses on the society and culture in which children were raised in the 19th century.

Tags: Childhood education, children's books, children's stories, Colin Heywood, literacy, literature, manuscripts and special collections

Invisible storytellers: Cinderella, Pinocchio and the remarkable role of translators in the history of British children’s literature

It is easy to forget the role of a translator in producing English versions of many children’s tales. In this talk, Gillian Lathey introduces some of these invisible storytellers and pays homage to their neglected craft.

Tags: children's books, children's stories, Gillian Lathey, literature, manuscripts and special collections

The uses of fairy tales: enchanting ideologies and radical transformations

Rachel Palfreyman, Associate Professor in German Studies at the University of Nottingham, discusses how fairy tales have been interpreted.

Tags: children's stories, Faity tales, manuscripts and special collections, Rachel Palfreyman

From Rags to Witches: The grim tale of children’s stories

Using original archives and rare books from the University of Nottingham’s Manuscripts & Special Collections, this exhibition will explore a range of children’s stories and traditional tales.

Tags: children's books, children's stories, Fairy stories, literature, manuscripts and special collections

Danelaw Saga: Bringing Vikings back to the East Midlands

Invade…immigrate…integrate… inspire. ‘Danelaw Saga’ tells the tale of how the Vikings shaped the East Midlands: The exhibition includes artefacts, maps and medieval documents from Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University of Nottingham and from regional museums.

Tags: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Bringing Vikings back to the East Midlands, Centre for Study of the Viking Age, Danelaw saga, Dr Roderick Dale, Greath Heathen army, manuscripts and special collections, Professor Judith Jesch, vikings

Collected Words: From the Literary Collections at the University of Nottingham

An exhibition of material from the literary archives and collections of printed books held by the University of Nottingham, highlighting the work of Nottinghamshire writers and the treasures to be found in the historic collections of local literature lovers.

Tags: City of Literature, creative writing, literature, manuscripts and special collections, UNESCO, UNESCO city of literature, writer-in-residence, writing

Threads of Empire: Rule and resistance in colonial India c1740-1840

Seventy years after India gained independence, an exhibition at Nottingham Lakeside Arts reveals the acts of resistance that shaped the British Empire in India, based on Manuscripts and Special Collections’s extensive archives on colonial India.

Tags: manuscripts, manuscripts and special collections, Nottingham Lakeside Arts, threads of empire