Archive: 2021

1. 

   — 16th December 2021

   Thomas Whitaker

   Recently one of our readers was studying the works of Thomas Whitaker, an influential English clergyman, topographer, and antiquarian. As we have several works and the death mask of Whitaker...

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2. 

   — 3rd December 2021

   New History of Manchester Cathedral

   We’re delighted to be able to report the launch of the new history of Manchester Cathedral, dedicated to our late colleague and friend Michael Powell, Librarian of Chetham’s. The work...

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3. 

   — 29th October 2021

   Passing time …

   A change of pace for the Library blog this week with the story of the republication of a Manchester novel with a difference. Over to Pariah Press publisher, Jonny Walsh:...

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4. 

   — 16th September 2021

   General Wolfe’s Sword

   As we are preparing to change the objects we have on display, we thought it would be a nice idea to share some of these items from our collection. In...

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5. 

   — 11th August 2021

   Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia

   We thought we would share one of the treasures requested by our readers this week, the Cosmographia by Sebastian Münster. The Cosmographia, first published in 1544, was the earliest German-language...

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6. 

   — 13th July 2021

   Manor Court Rolls from the West Riding

   We are delighted to announce that the Library has acquired copies of a valuable contribution to local scholarship by Peter Hurst. Peter’s work edits and translates material from Latin to...

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7. 

   — 5th July 2021

   John Bradford

   Last week we commemorated the death of Protestant martyr John Bradford on 1 July 1555, we thought this would be an excellent opportunity to go into more detail about this...

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8. 

   — 21st June 2021

   Virtual Content From Festival of Libraries

   In our previous blog post, we mentioned our contribution to the Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, a brand-new celebration of Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries. The festival was supported...

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9. 

   — 8th June 2021

   Festival of Libraries

   This June, Chetham’s Library will be taking part in the Festival of Libraries. This is the Manchester City of Literature’s first Festival of Libraries, a brand-new celebration of Greater Manchester’s...

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10. 

    — 13th May 2021

    Book Clean

    As heritage organisations are opening their doors once again, we are preparing ourselves to welcome back visitors and readers. It will not come as a surprise that our staff have...

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