Cliveden House Exhibition
At the end of February, staff from Special Collections were joined by students of the history department at Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire to showcase material from the Nancy and Waldorf Astor Archives. The material for the exhibition was chosen by the students as part of their discovering archives and collections module during the autumn term […]
‘My Favourite Ladybird’ exhibition on display at University Library
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you are visiting the University Library, take a look at our new colourful exhibition on display in the entrance area! The exhibition, entitled My Favourite Ladybird, features a selection of favourite titles from the University of Reading collection of Ladybird books, chosen by staff, volunteers and community group members […]
Another chance to see the ‘Voice of the Stars’ almanacs exhibition
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you missed the exhibition of almanacs at the Special Collections Service earlier this year, you have another chance to see it as it is now on display at the University Library (on the ground floor, either side of the lifts) until 24 January 2016. The exhibition, entitled Voice of the stars […]
Display of annotated rare books at ‘Books in unexpected places’ event
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian While writing in books is generally discouraged, annotations and marginalia in books can offer valuable insights into the impact of books in their contemporary and later contexts. As part of the ‘Books in unexpected places’ event taking place at Special Collections this coming Saturday, a display of annotated rare books will offer a glimpse […]
‘Come to the Farm’ exhibition now at Special Collections
Just a quick reminder you can now view our fabulous exhibition – ‘Come to the farm : children’s books on farming‘ – in the Staircase Hall at Special Collections. This exhibition is a celebration of books on farms and farming for children selected from the Children’s Collection, part of the University of Reading rare book collections, […]
New exhibition of children’s books on farming
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you are passing the University Library on the Whiteknights campus, please do have a look at our new exhibition in the display cases on either side of the lifts in the Library foyer. Come to the farm : children’s books on farming is a celebration of books on farms and […]
New exhibition on early Venetian printing
Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian The year 2015 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius (c. 1451-1515), one of the most influential figures among the early Venetian printers. Our new exhibition features some examples of his publications from the University of Reading rare book collections, together with works by his son, Paulus […]
The making of an exhibition: Max Weber
Professor Anna Gruetzner Robins (Department of Art, University of Reading) has been instrumental in building the current exhibition at London’s Ben Uri Gallery on the cubist painter Max Weber. The exhibition, which is on until 5 October, includes paintings and rare books from our collections. The making of Max Weber: An American Cubist in Paris […]
Beckett’s Murphy on display
In 2013 the University of Reading acquired the hand-written manuscript for Murphy, Samuel Beckett’s first published novel and the first major expression of the central themes that would occupy much of his later work. This has been added to the Beckett Collection. The manuscript, described by Sotheby’s as the ‘most important manuscript of a complete novel by […]
Italy at War: New staircase hall exhibition
Our fascinating new ‘Italy at War’ exhibition is now in place in our staircase hall. Archival material from the Special Collections of the University of Reading offer a captivating insight into life under Mussolini’s final Fascist state. ‘The University holds fascinating records relating to modern Italian history. This display will highlight the rare survivals of documents from the Repubblica di Salò – Mussolini’s final Fascist state that […]