Introducing the (Manchester) Guardian teaching resources
2021 was an important year for one of the University of Manchester Library’s largest archive collection. The Guardian (formerly Manchester) Archive is an extensive business archive which documents the history of this famous newspaper. It tells the story of Manchester, from local news on the cotton prices in Manchester, through events of national concern, to world politics. The paper was founded in 1821 by John Edward Taylor with support from 11 sponsors.
During the bicentenary year the Library has created an online exhibition, ‘Manchester’s Guardian: 200 years of the Guardian newspaper’; digitised a large collection of Manchester Guardian materials; created teaching resources and a walking tour documenting Manchester’s newspaper history. Staff, students and a few guest editors have also written a series of Guardian-themed posts in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library blog.
Below you will find a short video, which was live streamed from the John Rylands Library on 5 May 2021, that shows 4 objects from our Guardian collections.
You will find a selection of ‘Manchester Guardian’ blogs below examining different aspect of the Guardian’s history. We hope that these will inspire you to dig further into the Guardian Archive for your own research or to reuse and repurpose the material presented here in a class room setting.
