Manuscripts and Special Collections have been working with Communications and Marketing at the University to create an Advent calendar blog to be launched on Thursday 1 December at http://tiny.cc/uonadvent. Each day, a new post will reveal curiosities and extraordinary stories relating to items from the Collections, including videos, podcasts, interactive presentations, digitised books and photographs.
Highlights will include; the re-creation of recipes from as far back as 1728, the performance of poems by D H Lawrence and an 18th-century musical arrangement (pictured), interviews with academics about subjects ranging from the humble Robin red-breast to how Christmas was spent inside a German PoW camp, plus a crazy photo shoot with members of the New Theatre in Alice in Wonderland costume! All this and more…
The calendar blog aims to raise the profile of the Manuscripts and Special Collections archives and to promote the University of Nottingham’s blog system whilst showcasing the work (and play) of our staff and students.
The blog ties in with this year’s University Christmas card. Cards can be ordered from: www.alphagraphics.co.uk/uk007 (Other Printed Products section), in the same way as business cards, letterheads and campus maps. Department administrators should be able to place your order for you, or you can email: s.johnson@alphagraphics.co.uk for a username and password. Cards cost £7.50 for a pack of 25, including p&p, and you pay when you order.
An e-card will be available again this year, to match the printed card design. This will be available to download from the staff and student portals by the end of November.