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Some Library highlights of 2018
It’s time to take stock as the old year draws to a close. It’s been a full one. We said goodbye to old colleagues and welcomed new ones. Centenaries kept us busy. The reading room got a new look. Our … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged conservation, exhibitions, manuscripts, printed works, visual resources, volunteers
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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
Conflicting Views: Pacifist Artists – the Otter Gallery loan
Loaning material to other institutions provides an exciting opportunity to bring our collections to new audiences around the country. Special collections curator Melissa Atkinson writes about a current loan, and describes some of the objects on view. I was approached … Continue reading
Quaker Faith and Practice: the Quaker book of discipline from the “green dragon of the ancients” to the “red book”
At Yearly Meeting in 2018 Quakers in Britain will be considering whether to revise Quaker faith and practice – the book of discipline. This volume, found in every Quaker meeting and freely available online, is referred to for guidance on … 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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A 17th century Recording Clerk’s library: Richard Richardson’s books
As part of the ongoing work to improve access to the Library’s printed books and pamphlets we have now added the Richardson Collection to our online catalogue. Unlike the other early books catalogued as part of the project, these books … Continue reading
Quaker women: resources for women’s history in the Library of the Society of Friends
For Women’s History Month this March, we offer a broad overview of some of the great women’s history resources the Library has to offer. Whether you’re interested in the lives and thought of particular Quaker women, in the history of … Continue reading
Sole survivor? A Dutch broadside by an early 18th century woman Friend
A few weeks ago we were enthralled to discover that the Library holds what is possibly the sole surviving copy of an early 18th century broadside by a little known woman Friend, Margaret Langdale (1684?-1742). It’s an undated exhortation in … Continue reading
Library resources for researching World War I: Friends Ambulance Unit
The records of the Friends Ambulance Unit are the focus of this blog post, the latest in our series on resources for researching World War I. Established in the First World War and revived in the second, the Friends Ambulance … Continue reading
Posted in Guides
Tagged archives, Friends Ambulance Unit (1914-1919), manuscripts, personal papers, printed works, relief work, World War I
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Horses – bits and bots: the writings of Bracy Clark, F.L.S.
It’s the Chinese Year of the Horse – not much Quaker material there you might well think. If you were researching horses and equine veterinary practice, our Library would hardly be your first port of call. You might – perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Highlights, Projects
Tagged Bracy Clark, horses, printed works, rare books, Retrospective Cataloguing Project
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Quaker Strongrooms 