Advent greetings from Manuscripts and Special Collections
December 1, 2011
Now that the e-advent calendar is live, we have been able to reflect on the project. Has it achieved what we hoped for? Our objective was to use the festive theme to illustrate the great variety of the collections. We wanted to show their potential to tell stories about people, events and past times in …
New leaflet about the Portland Collection
November 11, 2011
A new free leaflet is available to those who want more information about the University’s Portland Collection. This joins a series of guides produced in recent years to describe major collections or subject areas. The leaflet highlights some of the strengths of the Collection for political, diplomatic, literary and cultural history, and its relevance to local …
Manuscripts feature in University’s Impact Campaign
October 24, 2011
On Monday 17 October, Manuscripts and Special Collections featured as one of the projects in the first day of the University’s new fundraising campaign. The launch took place on University Park, at the East Midlands Conference Centre. Guests were introduced to “The Nottingham Experience” theme, which is one of five campaign themes being launched in …