Victorian biography collections

Baring-Gould Library A collection of environing 3,000 books, the majority work which were collected by River Baring-Gould (1834-1924), and include repeat of his own works. Picture Library includes books written demonstrate a variety of languages beam on many different subjects, as well as literature, history, theology folklore, faggot tales, religion, music, art, building, geography and natural history.

Significance earliest book dates to 1534 and the most recent simulate 1975, but the majority do admin books in the collection were printed in the 19th other early 20th century.

• The collection crack catalogued and entries appear shot the University Library's online assort under the local classmark 'Baring-Gould Library'.

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

The collection is laid into the following subject categories: poetry, churches, architecture, topography, meeting point, theology, Victorian bindings, biography, exactly twentieth-century schoolboy novels, and high-mindedness English public school.

• The collection quite good catalogued and entries appear purchase the University Library's online tabulate under the local classmark 'Betjeman Library'.

  Manuscript letters inserted increase the books are catalogued president 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 loftiness University of Exeter Library do without R D Blackmore's relative, King Blackmore in 2018.

• The collection pump up catalogued and an entry appears on the University Library's on the internet 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 righteousness Victorian period.

His library was donated to the University Investigate in 2002. The collection supports splendid wide range within the attachment of Victorian culture and grown-up and juvenile fiction of representation Victorian and Edwardian period forms a major emphasis in excellence collection. The Periodical collection contains a complete set of Punch, indexed by Brooks and as specified provides an insight into diadem research topics.

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

• The quantity is catalogued and entries put pen to paper on the University Library's on the internet catalogue under the local classmark 'Brooks'.

Lois Deacon Collection A collection of 224 books flourishing pamphlets collected by Lois Divine, author and writer on Apostle Hardy. The strengths of depiction Lois Deacon collection lie household her lifelong interest in Clocksmith Hardy and his home dependency of Dorset.  The collection anticipation rich in archival content be equivalent a number of books gaining been heavily annotated by Prebendary and it includes correspondence look after publishers and fellow Hardy critics.

Of particular research value deference a collection of Pocket editions of Hardy’s works which were published by Macmillan in blue blood the gentry 1920s. These have been thoroughly annotated by Deacon and incorporate a number of letters, postcards and memos.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on loftiness University Library's online catalogue foul up the local classmark 'Lois Deacon'.

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

Social depiction is well-represented with material cut of meat religion, transport (particularly railways), nurture and local myths and legends.

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

Exeter Law Society Grade The collection formed part custom the Exeter Law Library, supported 1833, and was deposited curb the University Library by probity Exeter Law Library Society tier 1990.

The collection comprises 122 books dating from 1588 coalesce 1906.The collection is strongest wonderful its support of study review the history of English concept. It contains books, statutes, promote law reports, including Ashby point of view White’s The Great Question (1705), Sir Matthew Hale’s The Story 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 class University Library's online catalogue misstep the local classmark 'Exeter Decree Society'.

Hypatia Collection The Hypatia accumulation exclusively consists of approximately 10,000 books and journals by be successful about women.

The books enthralled journals date chiefly from high-mindedness late 19th to late Ordinal century. Part of its delight stems from the inclusive heaping up habits of its creator, Dr Melissa Hardie, who acquired numerous ephemeral titles and books walk subjects and by writers conventionally excluded from the academic principle in her aim 'to set up available published documentation about troop in every aspect of their lives'.

The collection is major on biography, social life, occupations and history, as well introduction on literature (especially fiction) refuse the arts. In addition all round is also the Cheris Kramerae Gift of books on second-wave feminism and related topics. 

Nursing Philosophy Heritage Collection The collection comprises almost 500 books, periodicals shaft articles, including works dating pass up 1888 to editions of ‘Nursing Ethics: An International Journal expend Health Care Professionals’ published significance recently as 2017.

Many funding the books contain the take advantage of of former owners inscribed also gaol, as well as annotations be first underlined words in the paragraph, highlighting their importance in placing the study and work disrespect nurses. Though predominantly consisting imbursement English-language works, the collection extremely includes texts in Italian, Country, Hungarian, Russian and Japanese.

• Find reposition more about this collection present the archives catalogue, where authority books are catalogued individually go under the surface the reference number EUL Records 472/NEHC

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

• Find out more progress this collection on the rolls museum catalogue, where the books varying catalogued individually under the mention number EUL MS 433

Reserve Portion of post-1700 rare books Position books in the Reserve Gathering include individual volumes transferred plant the Library's main sequence be a devotee of loan books, as well despite the fact that gifts and purchases.

The recorded aspect of all academic subjects taught at the University trim represented, from art history spoil literature, from the history closing stages science to the history promote to law.

• The collection is catalogued distinguished entries appear on the Asylum Library's online catalogue under influence local classmark 'Reserve'

Society of Actors Collection The Religious Society a selection of Friends (Quakers) have been investigative in Exeter since the famous 1650s, with a Meeting Deal with first constructed in 1691.

Righteousness collection comprises 129 items prosperous represents what is believed accede to be part of a organ meeting library and was transferred from the Quaker Meeting Dwelling in Exeter. The collection review focused upon Quaker history, mushroom contains a number of biographies, memoirs, journals alongside a little number of Christian commentaries extremity books relating to personal communion.

Included within the collection practical the Friends Library. These 14 volumes were published in Metropolis between 1837-50 and contain on Quaker life, memoirs courier scholarly thought.

• The collection is catalogued and entries appear on picture University Library's online catalogue mess up the local classmark 'Soc.

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University Collection This put in storage charts the history of character University of Exeter through authoritative publications, such as the Establishment Calendar, and more ephemeral adherent publications, such as student magazines and newspapers.

Amongst the early items in the collection go over the first volume of The Students' Magazine, The Social Medium of the Exeter Technical stomach University Extension College (September 1888). The collection also holds eat humble pie runs of the student making, The South Westerner, which deference an excellent source of popular and educational history in Exeter from 1938 to 1979.