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A selection of items from the MS 88/2 Alderdice 1985-1992 Collection.

Alderdice 1985–1992 Collection MS 88/2

Special Collections is pleased to announce that a new section of the Alderdice Collection (MS 88/2) is now available for consultation.

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A display of items in the MS 108 Irish Electoral Ephemera 1922–1948 Collection.

MS 108 Irish Electoral Ephemera 1922–1948

Special Collections is pleased to announce that the MS 108 Irish Electoral Ephemera 1922–1948 Collection is now available for consultation.

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Photograph of archival boxes labelled "MS 86 Trimble Collection".

Trimble Collection MS 86/1-12

Special Collections is pleased to announce that Boxes 1-12 of the Trimble Collection (MS 86) is now available for consultation.

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Photograph of archival boxes and photo albums labelled "MS 88 Alderdice Collection". An open archival album shows photographs of Lord Alderdice's visit to South Africa in May 1997, including images of wildlife and a meeting with Nelson Mandela.

Alderdice Photograph Collection MS 88/1

Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Alderdice Photograph Collection (MS 88/1) is now available for consultation.

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McWilliams Collection Part 1 MS 87

Special Collections is pleased to announce that Part 1 of the McWilliams Collection (MS 87) is now available for consultation.

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Brown, J. (1888) ‘On Figures Produced by Electric Action on Photographic Dry Plates’. The Philosophical Magazine. Series 5, Volume 26 (December 1888). Plate VII

Wired: Electrification in the Archives

Our newest exhibition, Wired: Electrification in the Archives, is now on display on the ground floor McClay Library and will

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Literary Magazines in Ireland, from 1904 to the Present-Day

A selection of literary magazines and journals held by Special Collections & Archives is currently on display on Floor One

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LGBT History Month: Gay Rights in Belfast and Beyond by Emma Reisz, Nadine Gilmore and Tom Hulme

Just two years ago, in 2017, the Police Service of Northern Ireland marched in the city’s LGBT Pride Parade for

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Crying for Elysium: stories, poems, essays

“The primary impulse of the artist springs, I fancy, from discontent, and his art is a kind of crying for

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Archive Box with folders and documents

New Materials on Irish Victims of Stalinist Terror donated to Special Collections

We are delighted to announce that Dr Barry McLoughlin (University of Vienna) has generously donated further materials relating to our

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