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‘I dared not dream that this dream had come true’: musings on special collections in lockdown

Posted on 25 May 2020 by Special Collections

I dared not dream that this dream had come true:That I was bending over that yellow pageLit with his words – our boy, our poet, […]

Christian Works, Exhibitions, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections

His Royal Favour: the Books that Built the Library

Posted on 1 October 2015 by Emily Dourish

The University Library’s latest exhibition looks in detail at the formation and arrival in Cambridge of the Royal Library, a collection that has been at […]

Collectors and collecting, Digital Resources, Exhibitions, Library history, Manuscripts, Rare Books, Special Collections