Centre for Manuscript Genetics

‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive Businesses are selling off priceless documents piecemeal, after publisher gave the order to ‘get rid of’ them

In search of lost toast: Paris show reveals origins of Proust’s madeleines Previous versions of French novel featured stale bread, toast and biscuit as trigger for author’s childhood memories

A manuscript discovery confirms John Locke’s reading of Thomas Hobbes Scholars of the life and thought of John Locke have scoured repositories all over the world for decades, searching for anything that might shed light on his interest i...

Joyce and Beckett reunited as University of Reading acquires major collection – Collections – Special Collections Joyce and Beckett reunited as University of Reading acquires major collection guybaxter February 2nd, 2022 0 Birthday greetings telegram from Samuel Beckett to James Joyce, 2 February 1931, reproduced by kind permission of the Beckett Estate A major new collection of books, documents and artefacts g...

University home for Brontë treasure trove Rare handwritten manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës have been entrusted to the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.

Rare Einstein manuscript with early calculations for theory of relativity up for auction A rare manuscript preserving Albert Einstein's early calculations leading to his general theory of relativity is set to go up for auction in Paris on Tuesday.

Franz Kafka: Manuscripts, drawings and personal letters go online It comes after years of restoration and cataloguing by the National Library of Israel.

John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’

New Dylan Thomas digital collection set to launch May 14, 2021 The Dylan Thomas Trust have joined forces with Swansea University and the Harry Ransom Center at the The University of Texas at Austin to use the DiscoverDylanThomas website to share a series of blogs to coincide with International Dylan Thomas Day, the 2021 Swansea University International Dylan Th...

Learning from the past: The power of archives Catriona Crowe shares two stories showing the importance of preserving proper records

What We Can Learn From a Letter Written During the 1918 Flu Pandemic