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Exhibition: A “Digital Graveyard” of Obsolete Media

Posted on 15th December 2025 by Kath Stevenson

Queen’s Special Collections & Archives prepared a “Digital Graveyard” in November, exhibiting obsolete media formats once commonly used at Queen’s University. This exhibition launched

Guest Blog: The Discovery of Mogao Caves by Aurel Stein and a Hungarian Expedition (Part 2)

Posted on 16th July 202524th July 2025 by Keira Dobbin

This is the second of two guest blogs on Sir Marc Aurel Stein, the Hungarian-born, British archaeologist. You can read

MS 39 McNeill Correspondence

Posted on 1st May 20252nd July 2025 by Andrew Harrison

Special Collections at Queen’s University is pleased to announce that we have a new manuscript collection ready for viewing. McNeill

Queen’s, Belfast 1845-2025

Posted on 28th March 20251st May 2025 by Ursula Mitchel

Queen’s, Belfast is celebrating its 180th anniversary in 2025 Queen’s College Belfast was founded alongside its sister Colleges in Cork

Commemorating Black Histories: Reflections on discovery within Queen’s University Belfast Library, Special Collections & Archives

Posted on 6th September 20249th September 2024 by Keira Dobbin

Guest blog by Gift Sotonye-Frank and Dina Zoe Belluigi As a contribution to Black History Month (BHM) 2024 by members

Story Threads: Creative Readings Exhibition

Posted on 30th January 20247th May 2024 by Natasha Kennedy

This exhibition, situated on the Ground Floor of the McClay, celebrates student creativity and the ability to interpret Latin American

Work Experience @QUB Library

Posted on 30th October 20233rd June 2024 by Kath Stevenson

For my school’s week of work experience, I was lucky enough to gain a work placement at the Queen’s University

Early Presbyterian Libraries and the Gamble Library

Posted on 29th March 2023 by Keira Dobbin

Many thanks to Joy Conkey, Librarian of the Gamble Library in Union Theological College, Belfast, for this guest blog. The

A short case study of unaccompanied Jewish child refugees to Northern Ireland during the Second World War

Posted on 20th January 202323rd January 2023 by Keira Dobbin

Many thanks to Dr Pamela Linden Aveyard for her guest blog post in recognition of World Holocaust Day 2023, which

MS 75 Paul Nietsche Collection

Posted on 14th October 2022 by Keira Dobbin

The Collection The Nietsche Collection (MS 75) is a small but varied collection of mostly personal items belonging to Ukrainian artist