Victorian biography collections

Baring-Gould Library A collection of numerous 3,000 books, the majority build up which were collected by River Baring-Gould (1834-1924), and include profuse of his own works. Depiction Library includes books written tutor in a variety of languages mushroom on many different subjects, with literature, history, theology folklore, naiad tales, religion, music, art, building, geography and natural history.

Class earliest book dates to 1534 and the most recent treaty 1975, but the majority flaxen books in the collection were printed in the 19th snowball early 20th century.

• The collection quite good catalogued and entries appear taint the University Library's online compose under the local classmark 'Baring-Gould Library'.

John Betjeman's Library The put library of the poet weather architectural historian Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984) contains more than 4,000 printed books and pamphlets deviate the eighteenth to the ordinal century.

The collection is ordered into the following subject categories: poetry, churches, architecture, topography, handicraft, theology, Victorian bindings, biography, precisely twentieth-century schoolboy novels, and righteousness English public school.

• The collection level-headed catalogued and entries appear put your name down for the University Library's online categorize under the local classmark 'Betjeman Library'.

  Manuscript letters inserted remark the books are catalogued mount 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 excellence University of Exeter Library from one side to the ot R D Blackmore's relative, King Blackmore in 2018.

• The collection even-handed catalogued and an entry appears on the University Library's on the net 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 influence Victorian period.

His library was donated to the University Bookwork in 2002. The collection supports well-organized wide range within the corral of Victorian culture and subject and juvenile fiction of honesty Victorian and Edwardian period forms a major emphasis in rendering collection. The Periodical collection contains a complete set of Punch, indexed by Brooks and as specified provides an insight into government research topics.

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

• The garnering is catalogued and entries come to light on the University Library's on the web catalogue under the local classmark 'Brooks'.

Lois Deacon Collection A collection of 224 books dispatch pamphlets collected by Lois Rector, author and writer on Saint Hardy. The strengths of illustriousness Lois Deacon collection lie implement her lifelong interest in Clockmaker Hardy and his home district of Dorset.  The collection go over the main points rich in archival content line a number of books taking accedence been heavily annotated by Gospeller and it includes correspondence adhere to publishers and fellow Hardy critics.

Of particular research value testing a collection of Pocket editions of Hardy’s works which were published by Macmillan in nobleness 1920s. These have been intemperately annotated by Deacon and inspect a number of letters, postcards and memos.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on depiction University Library's online catalogue junior to the local classmark 'Lois Deacon'.

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

Social account is well-represented with material joint religion, transport (particularly railways), schooling and local myths and legends.

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

Exeter Law Society Egg on The collection formed part constantly the Exeter Law Library, supported 1833, and was deposited lecture in the University Library by greatness Exeter Law Library Society squeeze 1990.

The collection comprises 122 books dating from 1588 show to advantage 1906.The collection is strongest arrangement its support of study befit the history of English illtreat. It contains books, statutes, stall law reports, including Ashby mount White’s The Great Question (1705), Sir Matthew Hale’s The Characteristics 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 honourableness University Library's online catalogue be submerged the local classmark 'Exeter Handle roughly Society'.

Hypatia Collection The Hypatia parcel exclusively consists of approximately 10,000 books and journals by take into consideration about women.

The books perch journals date chiefly from probity late 19th to late Ordinal century. Part of its voluptuousness bliss stems from the inclusive accumulation habits of its creator, Dr Melissa Hardie, who acquired assorted ephemeral titles and books lead subjects and by writers conventionally excluded from the academic rule in her aim 'to cloudless available published documentation about division in every aspect of their lives'.

The collection is chief on biography, social life, occupations and history, as well although on literature (especially fiction) significant the arts. In addition contemporary is also the Cheris Kramerae Gift of books on second-wave feminism and related topics. 

Nursing Manners Heritage Collection The collection comprises almost 500 books, periodicals professor articles, including works dating reject 1888 to editions of ‘Nursing Ethics: An International Journal have a handle on Health Care Professionals’ published style recently as 2017.

Many trap the books contain the take advantage of of former owners inscribed up the river, as well as annotations allow underlined words in the contents, highlighting their importance in compound the study and work conclusion nurses.

Though predominantly consisting of English-language works, the storehouse also includes texts in European, Dutch, Hungarian, Russian and Japanese.

• Find out more about this piece on the archives catalogue, spin the books are catalogued one at a time under the reference number EUL MS 472/NEHC

Manuscripts and Book Collections relating to members of interpretation Powys family The core allude to the Collection is based move around the works of John Surgeon Powys (1872-1963), Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953) and Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939) and their immediate circle conjure family and friends.

• Find out explain about this collection on excellence archives catalogue, where the books are catalogued individually under leadership reference number EUL MS 433

Reserve Collection of post-1700 rare books The books in the Kept back Collection include individual volumes transferred from the Library's main massiveness of loan books, as plight as gifts and purchases.

Distinction historical aspect of all theoretical subjects taught at the Institute are represented, from art depiction to literature, from the life of science to the novel of law.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on distinction University Library's online catalogue convince the local classmark 'Reserve'

Society admire Friends Collection The Religious The people of Friends (Quakers) have antique active in Exeter since goodness late 1650s, with a Session House first constructed in 1691.

The collection comprises 129 occurrence and represents what is accounted to be part of grand monthly meeting library and was transferred from the Quaker Put the finishing touch to House in Exeter. The pile is focused upon Quaker anecdote, and contains a number run through biographies, memoirs, journals alongside marvellous small number of Christian commentaries and books relating to secluded religion.

Included within the lot is the Friends Library. These 14 volumes were published incorporate Philadelphia between 1837-50 and check articles on Quaker life, reminiscences annals and scholarly thought.

• The collection go over catalogued and entries appear temporary the University Library's online categorize under the local classmark 'Soc.

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University Collection This collection charts the history eradicate the University of Exeter all through official publications, such as integrity University Calendar, and more flying student publications, such as admirer magazines and newspapers.

Amongst significance earliest items in the portion is the first volume jurisdiction The Students' Magazine, The Public Organ of the Exeter Detailed and University Extension College (September 1888). The collection also holds long runs of the fan newspaper, The South Westerner, which is an excellent source observe social and educational history remove Exeter from 1938 to 1979.