The Consortium is delighted to welcome the University of Manchester as our newest member.
The John Rylands Library’s science, technology and medicine collections are among the University of Manchester Library’s most significant research resources, documenting the development of scientific knowledge from the medieval period to the present day.
Comprising manuscripts, archives, printed books, photographs and ephemera, the collections span disciplines including chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology, biological sciences, engineering, computing and medicine. While global in scope, they are particularly distinguished by their exceptional coverage of Manchester’s role as a center of scientific innovation from the eighteenth century onwards, reflecting the city’s contributions to industrialization, higher education and technological discovery.
The history of science and technology collections are especially rich in the papers of internationally significant scientists and engineers. Highlights include the papers of John Dalton, containing his research notebooks and correspondence, alongside the archives of Edward Frankland, Henry Roscoe and Durward Cruickshank, which document the development of modern chemistry and crystallography. The Partington Collection of printed books is especially rich in works on chemistry, embracing every aspect of the science from the early Greek and Arabic treatises, through the chemical revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, to modern researches into atomic chemistry.
Researchers can now apply for Consortium Research Fellowships for conducting research in University of Manchester collections.
Learn more about University of Manchester and its collections.
