Last week we launched “Ulster & Slavery: The Story from the Archives”. This updated PRONI guide to archival sources is an essential resource for reflecting on slavery in the past and its influence on the present day. Please see the link to discover more: nidirect.gov.uk/articles/ulste…

The Mincéirí Archive website is an exploration of Ireland's only indigenous ethnic minority, seeking to uncover a history that has been overlooked. Stories and lived experiences told by #Mincéirí themselves in their own words. The website will be available from 29th April, 2024

It’s #InternationalDanceDay This is a programme/dance card for a ball held in Peking in 1882 - quadrilles, lancers and polkas aplenty! Many more can be found in the Robert Hart Music section on our digital platform cdm15979.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec… 🎶🎺🎻 #music #roberthart #China

New manuscript collection: MS 36 Campbell Collection blogs.qub.ac.uk/specialcollect…

To celebrate the Irish bacteriologist, composer, arranger, and conductor, Havelock Nelson's 107th birthday tomorrow, we would like to highlight the remarkable MS 51 Nelson Collection. You can find our blog post on Nelson and the collection here: blogs.qub.ac.uk/specialcollect…

Find out how the Queen’s University Belfast Library collection of Cuban Handmade Books has inspired beautiful creative works by final year students in Spanish. 'Wrapping Words Exhibition', 11 June - 7 September 2024, Floor 1, McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast 🎓. Free entry. NICILT QUB AEL #Cuba #Literature

Thanks to Dr Fiona Clark (QUB Modern Languages) for this post on the Wrapping Words exhibition, now on display Queen’s University Belfast Library. Taking inspiration from the Cuban Handmade Book Collection at QUB Special Collections , final year students of Spanish created their own handmade books blogs.qub.ac.uk/specialcollect…

Today we welcomed students on the QUB Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway Opportunity Programme QUB WPU to Special Collections and Archives where they were introduced to the range and scope of our holdings.

Preparing for this afternoon's visit from delegates at the John Owen Academic Conference Union Theological College . A range of items from our Antrim Presbytery Collection and Percy Collections are on display

Visit to the Special Collection of the McClay Library at Queen's University.

A small display on Sir Robert Hart for a group visiting today from Harbin University of Science and Technology. English and Chinese language versions of our Hart digital exhibition are available through our webpages: go.qub.ac.uk/exhibitions

Congratulations to our fantastic Dr Leonie Hannan and Professor Olwen Purdue on publication of their new edited collection 'Public History In Ireland' 👏 A perfect addition to our summer reading list! 📚

Please note there will be essential maintenance on Mon 8th July at SCA. Please contact us by 3pm Fri 5th if you would like to consult materials on Mon morning. Queen’s University Belfast Library QUB Students

Due to unforeseen circumstances Special Collections will close at 5pm this evening. Apologies for the inconvenience.

A small display featuring C.S. Lewis first editions and manuscripts for a group visiting today from Taylor University, Indiana, USA.

This show & tell of C.S. Lewis material is always a treat QUB Special Collections!

Library Closure Alert As part of the broader campus closure, all library facilities will be closed on Friday, 9 August. Online resources remain available, and Library staff will be working remotely to assist you.

From one of our favourite #bestiaries on #WorldElephantDay 'The history of four-footed beasts and serpents' by Edward Topsell. London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge, 1658

This month's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #journeys Explore the diary of Sir Edgar Bruce Hart (1873-1963), describing a journey over land from Peking to Paris, from 17 June to 31 August 1894: cdm15979.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…

📢Please note this account will be closing today.📢 Special Collections and Archives news and images from our collections will now be shared via Queen’s University Belfast Library Many thanks to our followers and those who have engaged through the years. We shall see you on the other side.😎🪶🎶