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Research Projects

The Institute of English Studies hosts a number of major research projects and archives.

The Matrix Reloaded: Establishing Cataloguing & Research Guidelines for Artefacts of Printing Images

Blackburn Museum

Blackburn Museum Academic Partnership

CULTIVATE MSS Project

CULTIVATE MSS Project

CULTIVATE MSS Project: Cultural Values and the International Trade in Medieval European Manuscripts, c. 1900-1945

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Early Modern Frisket Sheets

The History of the Society of Authors

‘Make Do and Mend’: A Publishing and Communications History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-45

Museum of Writing Pencils

The Museum of Writing

Francis Bacon

The Oxford Francis Bacon Project

Sidney Alexander

The Poetry of Sidney A. Alexander

The William Sharp 'Fiona Macleod' Archive

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Yellow Text Blocks

Research Projects Archive