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Restore and renew: the Library refurbishment project
We took the decision in 2020 to try to use the closure of the Library of the Society of Friends due to the pandemic as a positive opportunity, and use the time to carry out some long overdue refurbishment work … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care, Projects
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Caring for the past: conserving the Library’s collection of pamphlets and booklets
Lizzie Fuller, trainee conservator, writes about her work with some of our 19th and 20th century pamphlets. As a trainee Paper Conservator, I am fortunate to have opportunities to work on fascinating objects and this summer was no exception when … Continue reading
Conserving the Library’s tract volume collection
Our first Quaker Strongrooms blogpost of 2018 is from Ian Watson of Sussex Conservation Consortium, who’s been conserving some of the Library’s “tract volumes”. These are 650 bound volumes of 17th-19th century pamphlets (sometimes grandly described as Sammelbands) – one … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care, Guest posts
Tagged BeFriend a Book, conservation, printed works, tract volumes
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Preserving pamphlets: our student conservator talks about her work in the Library
We’re lucky to have Beth Franklin, a student conservator, volunteering at the Library this autumn. She’s working on-site to conserve some of the Library’s nineteenth and twentieth century pamphlets. We asked Beth about the kind of work she’s doing here and … Continue reading
Preservation news: highlights of 2015
Though we are well into January, here’s a look back at some of the exciting and varied work done over the past year to preserve the Library’s collections for future generations of users. We were delighted to have back the … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care, News
Tagged BeFriend a Book, broadsides, conservation, Hawkins Collection, preservation, Swarthmore Manuscripts, tract volumes
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A glimpse into the strongrooms
Way back in May 2012, commenting on the blog’s very first post, a reader asked “how about a picture of what the strongrooms look like today?” Perhaps rashly, we promised a peek. One year on, at last we have some … Continue reading
Goodbye to Volume H!
Some of the Library’s rarest printed items are ephemeral publications, pamphlets, broadsides and single sheet circulars, ranging from the 17th century to the present day. Their survival is unusual, and owes much to the way they have been stored, often … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care
Tagged BeFriend a Book, conservation, ephemera, pamphlets, rare books, slavery, tract volumes
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Cleanliness is a fine life-preserver: a strongroom is cleaned
On venturing into one of our strongrooms on the 19th November you would have been forgiven for thinking you had walked onto the set of a sci-fi film, with men in masks, plastic sheeting and strange equipment. For the last … Continue reading
A stitch in time
Earlier this year the blog carried a report from a student conservator about some simple repairs she did while on placement in the Library. There was such a warm response, we thought you might be interested to learn more about … Continue reading
Conservation of Elizabeth Fry’s diaries
One of the most well-known Quakers is the 19th century philanthropist and friend of prisoners, Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845). Nearly all her diaries, covering most of her extremely busy life (spanning the years 1797 to 1845) are held by the Library. … Continue reading
Posted in Collection care
Tagged BeFriend a Book, conservation, Elizabeth Fry diaries, personal papers, preservation
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