Special Collections Blog at Queen's University Belfast

The Special Collections Blog brings you news of developments, exhibitions and events in Special Collections. Treasures from our collections are also highlighted.

Music in Hart’s China

Posted on 30th April 20201st May 2020 by admin

The Sir Robert Hart Collection MS 15 includes many music programmes and handbills for public recitals and private soirées with

Letters from Eva Price to Sir Robert Hart

Posted on 1st April 20208th July 2020 by admin

We are pleased to add a new collection of correspondence from the Hart Collection MS 15 to Digital Special Collections

Online Exhibition – The Edward Bunting Collection

Posted on 20th February 202027th August 2020 by Louisa Costelloe

Special Collections is delighted to present a new exhibition on The Edward Bunting Collection. The exhibition celebrates this major collection

Newly Digitised: Maps of the Escheated Counties of Ireland, 1609

Posted on 10th February 202011th February 2020 by Conor Kerr

IntroductionWe are delighted to share the newest addition to Digital Special Collections & Archives: Maps of the Escheated Counties of

Remembering Bunting Festival 2020

Posted on 30th January 202021st February 2020 by Louisa Costelloe

Dún Uladh have organised another excellent weekend of FREE events for the Remembering Bunting Festival 2020. Once again we are

Are You Sitting Comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Posted on 11th December 201927th August 2020 by Ivona Coghlan

This seasonal blog was written by Ivona Coghlan, Borrower Services, QUB The long dark nights are the best time to

Ulster Scots texts online – a collaboration

Posted on 28th November 20193rd December 2019 by Louisa Costelloe

Ulster University in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and the Ulster-Scots Agency have created an online digital collection of Ulster-Scots