With Covid-19 impacting on access to the CCCU Library and archives during 2020 and 2021, staff and students have been working on projects behind the scenes to improve accessibility and […]
The Father of Modern Fantasy
George Macdonald, Scottish minister, author and poet, is often regarded as the father of modern fantasy literature. In this blog post, Tihomir Gankov, third year creative writing student, and Michelle […]
Finding local history resources online
One of the frustrating things about lockdowns, self-isolating and restrictions is not being able to get to libraries and archives close to home. To celebrate History Day 2020, Michelle Crowther […]
‘The Music of the Spheres’: Anna, Nils, and their new worlds
This post was written for History Day 2020, part of the Being Human Festival 2020: New Worlds. Three seemingly ‘ordinary’ early-20th century music scores. But behind their ordinariness lies a […]
What the Dickens! An exploration of nineteenth century periodicals
The University subscribes to two fantastic databases of nineteenth century periodicals. In this blog post Michelle Crowther describes what is important about the collections and how you can use them […]
Volunteering in the University Archives: a Sensational Adventure!
On my first day volunteering at Canterbury Christ Church University’s archive, more specifically working on the Braddon collection, I came across a letter dating from the 1960s from history professor Robert […]
Visiting the Cathedral Library
When Fawn Todd, Canterbury Cathedral Librarian invited CCCU library staff to visit the Cathedral Library we jumped at the chance. Read Fawn, Jack, Jodie and Michelle’s story here.
Special Collections and Archives
The University’s archives and special collections are held in Augustine House. Nineteenth century literature is a particular strength with literary gems such as the Mary Braddon Archive, the Sarah Grand […]
The mystery of Anna Charlier’s piano music
I found three of Anna Charlier’s music scores a few years ago, when I was doing some re-cataloguing of stock. But, you may well ask, who is Anna Charlier and […]