In our latest blog, Dr Naomi Baker writes about Rose Thurgood’s conversion narrative from 1636-7, which gives us a rare insight into religious women’s lives and beliefs in the decades before the English Civil War.

Blog: https://ow.ly/Pt7i50Xcva4

Dr Baker's latest book: https://ow.ly/ltyT50Xcvnm

Dr Zoe Screti and Dr Gillian Pink from the Voltaire Foundation have unearthed an intriguing mystery relating to three Voltaire letters - one that requires analysing the handwriting, folding techniques, and seals of several letters to investigate.

Blog: https://ow.ly/2uVq50XaTRA

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay, reminding us of a pertinent blog post from 2022 by Dr Anna Jamieson about the mental health of women in 18th- and 19th-century England.

Read the blog here: https://ow.ly/2wvr50X9MYH

📸 Louisa Murray, a.k.a. Lady Stormont, by John Raphael Smith

In our latest blog, ECR Fellow Arianna Tozzi delves into a lesser-explored aspect of Manchester’s cotton archives to investigate how imperial botanists helped advance agricultural research that supported the spread of plantation crops like cotton in 19thC Britain.

Blog: https://ow.ly/hGLK50X642P

Sci-fi and Satire! : In this week's blog post, Early Career Fellow at the John Rylands (2024-2025) @roseannakettle.bsky.social
writes about William Gifford's fascinating satirical work on the topic of gaslight technology in Georgian London.

Blog: ow.ly/Ln1850X2H0X

In our latest blog, senior photographer Tony Richards explains how the Imaging Team at the Rylands created a 3D representation of Cuneiform 931 (a tablet from the Old Babylonian period) for an exhibition by the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
in London. Blog: ow.ly/zS7B50WVCfk

In his latest blog post on the Frankland Family Archive, John Rylands archivist James Peters talks about Sir Edward Frankland's time analysing London waters, and how he indirectly paved the way for the public control of London’s water.

Blog: ow.ly/9n3k50WYNVG

US Fellowships available for researchers from the University of Manchester, to John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress and Huntington Library.

For guidance and application details follow this link: www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/rese...

New issue of Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 101 , No. 1 (2025) www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal... #openaccess @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @fredschurink.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Are you ready for @imc-leeds.bsky.social? We are!

Catch commissioning editor @siobhanmup.bsky.social at our stand all week to talk all things Medieval at MUP 👋

AND get 30% off all our essential Medieval titles while the conference runs - browse the reading list ⬇️

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In our latest blog, Prof. DeBernardi explores early 20th-century postcards from our Christian Brethren Archive and provides a window into how faith and visual media came together to share stories and connect local communities to global missions.

Blog: rylandscollections.com/2025/07/04/m...

Rylands Next Chapter project featured on @news.architectsjournal.co.uk

#OTD in 1928 the Equal Franchise Act was passed finally giving women the same voting rights as men.

This mechanical card (c1912) shows a Suffragette and policeman with facial expressions that change as the wheel is turned. The Suffragettes campaigned for votes for women.