archival collections

This guest post was written by Hannah Lynch. Hannah is a project Archivist and was contracted by the Library to fully list, and make available,...

What is #ColourOurCollections? Colour Our Collections is an annual international colouring festival on social media where libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions share free colouring...

This highlights additional original George Boole material or Boole-related information that forms part of George Boole archives at UCC Library.

This year Special Collections & Archives took part in UCC’s Community Week #MakingWaves. Community Week is a week long programme of free public events celebrating...

Taking up from Emma Horgan’s post last week I’d like to introduce some of the thought-processes behind our choice of images. From past experience when...

In a follow up to Elaine Harrington’s previous post, I will be examining in more detail, the first of the images from the archival collections,...

Have you spotted the new wall design outside Special Collections & Archives? In an age where people use and rely on the web and digital...

A letter from George Boole to his daughter Maryellen.

George Boole died in Cork on the 8th December 1864 following a short illness.  On the 24th November 1864 Boole was caught in heavy rain...

19th century view of UCC's quad and Aula Maxima from the perspective of the river in the lower grounds.

To mark the launch of George Boole 200 at UCC we have selected from UCC Library Archives one of the first letters written by Boole from...

George Boole's first letter from Cork to his sister Maryann.

On the 25th of October 1849, 165 years ago, George Boole (1815 -1864) wrote his first letter home to Lincoln from his new place of...

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