New Beckett letters acquired
Five letters and three postcards from Samuel Beckett to the Israeli scriptwriter and journalist Mira Avrech have been acquired by Special Collections. The letters date from 1967 to 1974, and may be found under reference MS 5515. Copies of these items are now available for consultation in the reading room. Beckett is believed to have […]
Mark Longman Library … some before and after.
I began reclassifying the Mark Longman Library 4 or 5 years ago as a background task. I am a Library Assistant in the cataloging department at Special Collections and my priority is to support the librarian and the cataloguer and then Reading Room duty; much of my time is spent fetching, returning and problem solving. […]
To glove or not to glove
What happens when you put on gloves? Can you handle clasps, ties or other delicate items? Can you turn a page? Are you clumsier? Can you feel things through your gloves? When people picture librarians and archivists with fragile material, they often assume that cotton white gloves come with the territory. Despite what you may […]
Manuscript of Beckett’s Murphy acquired
The University has acquired the working manuscript of Samuel Beckett’s first major work, Murphy, at the cost of £962,500, at an auction at Sotheby’s in London today. The hand-written manuscript, which has been in private hands for the last half century, will now become accessible to Beckett scholars around the world as part of our […]