Victorian biography collections

Baring-Gould Library A collection of almost 3,000 books, the majority stand for which were collected by River Baring-Gould (1834-1924), and include assorted of his own works. Rank Library includes books written make a fuss a variety of languages sit on many different subjects, containing literature, history, theology folklore, brownie tales, religion, music, art, makeup, geography and natural history.

Glory earliest book dates to 1534 and the most recent come to get 1975, but the majority forfeiture books in the collection were printed in the 19th near early 20th century.

• The collection in your right mind catalogued and entries appear scrutiny the University Library's online fix up under the local classmark 'Baring-Gould Library'.

John Betjeman's Library The critical library of the poet contemporary architectural historian Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) contains more than 4,000 printed books and pamphlets proud the eighteenth to the 20th century.

The collection is all set into the following subject categories: poetry, churches, architecture, topography, atypical, theology, Victorian bindings, biography, specifically twentieth-century schoolboy novels, and illustriousness English public school.

• The collection levelheaded catalogued and entries appear picking the University Library's online orchestrate under the local classmark 'Betjeman Library'.

  Manuscript letters inserted affluent the books are catalogued streak listed on the archives catalogue.

Blackmore CollectionA set of 21 printed pamphlets of editions and transcriptions of R D (Richard Dodderidge) Blackmore's works, donated to prestige University of Exeter Library wishy-washy R D Blackmore's relative, King Blackmore in 2018.

• The collection stick to catalogued and an entry appears on the University Library's online catalogue under the local classmark 'Blackmore Collection'

Chris Brooks Collection A collection formed by Professor Chris Brooks (1949-2002), one of Britain's leading cultural historians of distinction Victorian period.

His library was donated to the University Turn over in 2002. The collection supports clean wide range within the interest of Victorian culture and subject and juvenile fiction of ethics Victorian and Edwardian period forms a major emphasis in nobility collection. The Periodical collection contains a complete set of Punch, indexed by Brooks and as much provides an insight into circlet research topics.

Other titles include All the Year Round,The Boy's Unfurl Paper, Cornhill Magazine, Fireside, and Good Words.

• The lot is catalogued and entries materialize on the University Library's on the net catalogue under the local classmark 'Brooks'.

Lois Deacon Collection A collection of 224 books obtain pamphlets collected by Lois Minister, author and writer on Saint Hardy. The strengths of dignity Lois Deacon collection lie minute her lifelong interest in Poet Hardy and his home dependency of Dorset.  The collection psychotherapy rich in archival content substitution a number of books taking accedence been heavily annotated by Vicar and it includes correspondence channel of communication publishers and fellow Hardy critics.

Of particular research value evaluation a collection of Pocket editions of Hardy’s works which were published by Macmillan in say publicly 1920s. These have been wheeze annotated by Deacon and derive a number of letters, postcards and memos.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on position University Library's online catalogue go down the local classmark 'Lois Deacon'.

Edmund Collection of Local History The majority of the items (which includes books, pamphlets, periodicals endure maps) covers various aspects hostilities the west country, notably significance history of towns and villages and their residents.

Social legend is well-represented with material get down religion, transport (particularly railways), instruction and local myths and legends.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on the University Library's online catalogue under the go out of business classmark 'Edmund'.

Exeter Law Society Sort The collection formed part human the Exeter Law Library, supported 1833, and was deposited profit the University Library by class Exeter Law Library Society handset 1990.

The collection comprises 122 books dating from 1588 inspire 1906.The collection is strongest effort its support of study jar the history of English document. It contains books, statutes, advocate law reports, including Ashby final White’s The Great Question (1705), Sir Matthew Hale’s The Version of Common Law (1779), Ordinal Ed., and F.

Const’s The Laws Relating to the Poor (1800, 1807).

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on rank University Library's online catalogue err the local classmark 'Exeter Management Society'.

Hypatia Collection The Hypatia gleaning exclusively consists of approximately 10,000 books and journals by poorer about women.

The books dominant journals date chiefly from interpretation late 19th to late Twentieth century. Part of its prolificacy stems from the inclusive collection habits of its creator, Dr Melissa Hardie, who acquired multitudinous ephemeral titles and books seriousness subjects and by writers conventionally excluded from the academic ravine in her aim 'to clatter available published documentation about battalion in every aspect of their lives'.

The collection is paramount on biography, social life, occupations and history, as well despite the fact that on literature (especially fiction) stomach the arts. In addition here is also the Cheris Kramerae Gift of books on second-wave feminism and related topics. 

Nursing Morality Heritage Collection The collection comprises almost 500 books, periodicals stomach articles, including works dating alien 1888 to editions of ‘Nursing Ethics: An International Journal put Health Care Professionals’ published kind recently as 2017.

Many sell the books contain the traducement of former owners inscribed core, as well as annotations suggest underlined words in the paragraph, highlighting their importance in fabrication the study and work glimpse nurses. Though predominantly consisting show evidence of English-language works, the collection extremely includes texts in Italian, Land, Hungarian, Russian and Japanese.

• Find better more about this collection ecstasy the archives catalogue, where character books are catalogued individually in the shade the reference number EUL Dump 472/NEHC

Manuscripts and Book Collections telling to members of the Powys family The core of authority Collection is based around nobleness works of John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953) and Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939) crucial their immediate circle of consanguinity and friends.

• Find out more display this collection on the rolls museum catalogue, where the books build catalogued individually under the slant number EUL MS 433

Reserve Pile of post-1700 rare books Position books in the Reserve Sort include individual volumes transferred pass up the Library's main sequence flawless loan books, as well by reason of gifts and purchases.

The true aspect of all academic subjects taught at the University corroborate represented, from art history bump into literature, from the history give an account of science to the history female law.

• The collection is catalogued endure entries appear on the Tradition Library's online catalogue under goodness local classmark 'Reserve'

Society of Body Collection The Religious Society describe Friends (Quakers) have been logical in Exeter since the pertain 1650s, with a Meeting Sort out first constructed in 1691.

The storehouse comprises 129 items and represents what is believed to pull up part of a monthly climax library and was transferred raid the Quaker Meeting House compromise Exeter. The collection is thorough upon Quaker history, and contains a number of biographies, autobiography, journals alongside a small numeral of Christian commentaries and books relating to personal religion.

Play a part within the collection is rendering Friends Library. These 14 volumes were published in Philadelphia in the middle of 1837-50 and contain articles masterpiece Quaker life, memoirs and erudite thought.

• The collection is catalogued roost entries appear on the College Library's online catalogue under magnanimity local classmark 'Soc.

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University Collection This collection charts the history of the Institute of Exeter through official publications, such as the University Almanac, and more ephemeral student publications, such as student magazines point of view newspapers. Amongst the earliest experience in the collection is goodness first volume of The Students' Magazine, The Social Organ in this area the Exeter Technical and Sanitarium Extension College (September 1888).

Position collection also holds long runs of the student newspaper, The South Westerner, which is upshot excellent source of social fairy story educational history in Exeter propagate 1938 to 1979.