McClay exhibition explores Second Reformation in pre-Famine Ireland
Guest post by Dr Ciarán McCabe (School of HAPP, Queen’s University Belfast). A new exhibition focusing on one of the
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The Special Collections Blog brings you news of developments, exhibitions and events in Special Collections. Treasures from our collections are also highlighted.
Andrew Gibson: Jack of All Trades, Master of them All.
Andrew Gibson was born in the village of New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in south-west Scotland on 23 December 1841. He was
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Ethel Smyth: words and music
Image 1: Ethel Smyth in 1922. Image courtesy of the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress via
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Early Presbyterian Libraries and the Gamble Library
Many thanks to Joy Conkey, Librarian of the Gamble Library in Union Theological College, Belfast, for this guest blog. The
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A short case study of unaccompanied Jewish child refugees to Northern Ireland during the Second World War
Many thanks to Dr Pamela Linden Aveyard for her guest blog post in recognition of World Holocaust Day 2023, which
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‘A most proper verdict’ exhibition
The exhibition A most proper verdict, focusing on attitudes to crime and punishment in 19th-century Antrim, is currently on display
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MS 75 Paul Nietsche Collection
The Collection The Nietsche Collection (MS 75) is a small but varied collection of mostly personal items belonging to Ukrainian artist
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Ken Saro-Wiwa Exhibition
To mark Black History Month, QUB Special Collections & Archives is delighted to host a travelling exhibition on the Ken
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MS 29 The Fownes/Tighe Manuscripts
The Fownes, the Tighes and Woodstock The Fownes/Tighe manuscripts are a collection of handwritten estate papers dating from the 18th
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Life as a Student Assistant in Special Collections
Danielle Blee I had decided to begin my Master’s degree amid the Covid-19 pandemic and at the time, hadn’t been
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