Dr Jane Maxwell is a senior curator in the Research Collections Department of Manuscripts & Archives in the Library of Trinity College Dublin. Holding an PhD in early modern Irish women’s history, her particular area of professional interest is in women’s archives from the 18th – 20th centuries. She has worked with a diverse range of collections in the Library including the literary archives of poet Eiléan Nà Chuillenáin and the papers of Samuel Beckett. Jane has published and taught on the Library’s manuscript collection and is part of the curatorial team responsible for the display of the Book of Kells.Â