University Library News
Take a visual tour of women’s influence throughout University history
Exhibition provides snapshots of the women who have helped shape the institution from its foundation to the present day
Learn about oral history and sound heritage at the University Library
Practical sessions on how to collect memories of your local community, or preserve sound recordings for future generations
Opportunity to touch, smell and taste a ‘deconstructed’ medieval manuscript
Participants will be ‘touching the past’ as part of a research project from 16-25 April
How women shaped University history
Images provide snapshots of women’s influence
Students and Staff explore brand new Digital Reading Room
The Library's new interactive social learning space opened today
National accreditation for University Library Archives and Record Office
Both services will receive their respective accreditation awards on Monday 5 February
Students discover Leicester's literary secrets on Joe Orton walking tour
Students were treated to a special walking tour of Leicester's Orton-related landmarks
Beautiful 19th century images of Egyptian monuments shed light on rediscovery of Ancient Egypt
‘Buried beneath the sands’ exhibition to take place at our University until 12 November
New online resource for local historians
Partnership between Centre for English Local History and University's Library comprises 100 theses covering subjects from medieval moats to hunting in Northamptonshire
British summer holiday habits of the past explored by Leicester researchers
Historical interviews show that seaside holidays and trips to local tourist attractions were popular choices in the 19th century
Leicester researchers discover Charles Dickens artist's lost sketches in school textbook
Illustrations are being displayed in the David Wilson Library until 31 July
Historical artwork display to shed light on works of Dickens illustrator John Leech
Illustrations to be displayed in David Wilson Library until 31 July
University involved in major audio preservation project
‘Unlocking Our Sound Heritage’ project to preserve rich stories of UK’s diverse history
Victorian games and 19th century school life showcased at new exhibition
‘Victorian Schooldays’ exhibition running until 7 July in Library's Special Collections
University contributes rare manuscript to major Sikh exhibition
Library display to showcase artefacts from 19th Century Anglo Sikh Wars
The outlawed Shrove Tuesday tradition of Leicester
University’s Special Collections discusses how to evade a flogging by the Whipping Toms during the 19th century
University to mark death of fallen soldier who played a part in its founding
Saturday 21 January 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Eric Henry Janson Teasdale, who gave his life during the First World War
The unruly Christmas party of the Tudor period
Special Collections explores the topsy-turvy world of the Tudor Christmas and the Lord of Misrule
University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
New project explores 20th century experiences
Fallen soldier whose family founded local building society remembered by our University
Friday 4 November marks centenary of death of soldier Arthur Edward Davis who fought during First World War
