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Wrapping Words Student ExhibitionIn the spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year, students in the ‘Wrapping Words’ course that is part of the final year Spanish language...
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O’Rahilly Correspondence MS 95Special Collections are pleased to announce that a new combined collection, O’Rahilly Correspondence MS 95, is now available for consultation....
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MS 51 Havelock Nelson Manuscripts CollectionTo mark the birthday of Havelock Nelson on 25th May, Special Collections would like to highlight the remarkable MS 51 Havelock Nelson Manuscripts...
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MS 36 Campbell CollectionMS 36/4/2/2 Photo of Albert Campbell Special Collections is pleased to announce that a new manuscript collection, the Campbell...
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MS 69 The Desht CollectionSpecial Collections is happy to announce that our new manuscript collection, the Desht collection, is now available for consultation. In 2006...
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Story Threads: Creative Readings ExhibitionThis exhibition, situated on the Ground Floor of the McClay, celebrates student creativity and the ability to interpret Latin American short...
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MS 78 The Watt CollectionSpecial Collections at Queen’s University is pleased to announce that we have a new manuscript collection ready for viewing. MS 78, The Watt...
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Bunting Manuscript 29MS 4/29 Captain Magan & Creamonea Many people have heard of Edward Bunting and his unique manuscript collection held in Special...
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Work Experience @QUB LibraryFor my school’s week of work experience, I was lucky enough to gain a work placement at the Queen’s University libraries, which was a really...
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‘The World Administered By Irishmen’ – book launch and exhibitionSpecial Collections & Archives, Queen’s University Belfast, 2023 The World Administered By Irishmen: The Life and Times of...
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Newly digitised: Cara-Friend Annual Reports 1971-2005We are delighted to make Cara-Friend annual reports, 1971-2005 available on QUB Digital Special Collections & Archives....
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Newly digitised: MS 4/5 Edward Bunting’s Irish AirsWe have added another Bunting manuscript to our online collection. MS 4/5 is a 80 pp. volume of Irish airs collected between 1805 and...
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Cuban Handmade Books by Ediciones VigíaOn display this summer at QUB Special Collections is a selection of hand-crafted books, all made between 1994-1996 by Cuban artisans...
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Clavicula Salomonis- The Key of Solomon (MS 27/10/20)We’re delighted to have recently digitised and uploaded the library’s copy of the Clavicula Salomonis to our Digital Special Collections...
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Newly Digitised: MS 4/6 Manuscript Airs and SongsMS 4/6/8 Caitlín Aramas. Máire Brún We are delighted to share the newest addition to Digital Special Collections & Archives: MS...
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McClay exhibition explores Second Reformation in pre-Famine IrelandGuest post by Dr Ciarán McCabe (School of HAPP, Queen’s University Belfast). A new exhibition focusing on one of the most disruptive...
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Andrew Gibson: Jack of All Trades, Master of them All.Andrew Gibson was born in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in south-west Scotland on 23 December 1841. He was the eldest son of William...
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Ethel Smyth: words and musicImage 1: Ethel Smyth in 1922. Image courtesy of the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress via...
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Early Presbyterian Libraries and the Gamble LibraryMany thanks to Joy Conkey, Librarian of the Gamble Library in Union Theological College, Belfast, for this guest blog. The Gamble...
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A short case study of unaccompanied Jewish child refugees to Northern Ireland during the Second World WarMany thanks to Dr Pamela Linden Aveyard for her guest blog post in recognition of World Holocaust Day 2023, which takes place on 27 January....
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‘A most proper verdict’ exhibitionThe exhibition A most proper verdict , focusing on attitudes to crime and punishment in 19 th -century Antrim, is currently on display on the...
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MS 75 Paul Nietsche CollectionThe Collection The Nietsche Collection (MS 75) is a small but varied collection of mostly personal items belonging to Ukrainian artist...
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Ken Saro-Wiwa ExhibitionTo mark Black History Month, QUB Special Collections & Archives is delighted to host a travelling exhibition on the Ken Saro-Wiwa...
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MS 29 The Fownes/Tighe ManuscriptsThe Fownes, the Tighes and Woodstock The Fownes/Tighe manuscripts are a collection of handwritten estate papers dating from the 18 th...
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Life as a Student Assistant in Special CollectionsDanielle Blee Special Collections Reading Room I had decided to begin my Master’s degree amid the Covid-19 pandemic and at the...
