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Association of Independent Libraries: Beatrix Potter at the Armitt
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Association of Independent Libraries. Welcome to the blog of the Association of Independent Libraries (AIL)- a world of fact and fiction, literary culture and heritage, entertainment and study, news and views, leisure pursuits, information, shared interests, inspiration and ideas, hospitality, companionship, conviviality and refreshment! Links to Member Libraries. Telephone box libraries - a gazetteer (NEW PAGE). Wednesday, 25 September 2013. Beatrix Potter at the Armitt. Illustrations of fungi (mycology).
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Support Chetham's Library
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Chetham's Library is an independent charity, and we rely on the generosity of your donation to preserve and maintain this significant resource. Public support is vital to our long-term survival, and will ensure that this remarkable institution remains open and accessible to all. Donations are used to enable the important work of book conservation, cataloguing, outreach, and acquiring new material, as well as the day-to-day preservation and running of our historic buildings. To print out a Gift Aid declar...
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Collections
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Printed Books and Ephemera. The Library holds over 100,000 volumes of printed books, of which 60,000 were published before 1851. These include particularly rich collections of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century printed works, periodicals and journals, broadsides and other ephemera. Most of the material may be found in our online Catalogue. Substantial holdings of manuscripts and archives are included in the collections. A handlist of manuscripts. And browse our Virtual Belle Vue pages here. Matthew Paris...
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Axon Ballads
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These pages present images of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. S Axon Ballad collection, named after their collector, G.R. Axon. The pages are in xhtml. Format and can be viewed in any modern browser. The Society has placed the collection on loan at Chetham's Library, where it can be consulted by prior arrangement. 97 (2001) and made available here in pdf format. And here in html format. If you don't have a pdf reader you can download Adobe here. And an index of titles.
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Sign up for our e-newsletter! Please use the form on this page to sign up to receive the Chetham's Library e-newsletter. You'll receive all our news and updates as well as learning about ways you can support the Library and get involved with exhibitions and events. If your browser does not show the form to the right, please click here. To be directed to an alternative site. Click the 'back' button on your browser to return to the Chetham's Library website.
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Chetham's Library - Digital Resources
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An occasional series of digitised items from the collection available to read as pdf files. The pdf files are large and may take some time to download. Manchester Association for Constitutional Order. Manchester and Liverpool of Today. Fishwick's History of Rochdale. Art Treasures Examiner of 1857. The North Western Museum of Science and Industry: Some Reminiscences by Richard Hills. The Cup of Destiny. Memoir of Cecil Wray. Knyvett's Defence of this Realm. In addition to this project, a number of our ei...
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Diaries of Dora Turnor
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Social and Economic History. Deeds and Family Papers. The Diaries of Dora Turnor. This is the 4th book I have written I soon will become quite a literary character (like Mr Bumble! Oliver Twist), and have to be put in Literature Books as ‘Dora Turnor, born 1858’ wrote travels in France, Scotland, Wales and Germany . I am so ashamed of all the blobs in page My writing too is very bad, when I began this journal I always meant to write my very best, but it is such a [? I had not ceased to wish I was back in...
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101 Treasures of Chetham's Library
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101 Treasures of Chetham's. A weekly series in which we highlight some of the Library's most interesting stuff, which as well as famous books and manuscripts includes furniture, paintings, and objects from the museum collection. Limited space means that much of this material is not on permanent display, making this a rare opportunity to get a closer look at some of the jewels in the Library's crown. Opera of St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. Sir Henry Knyvett's 'Defence of this Realm'. Rocque's Map of London.
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Chetham's Library - Leech Collection
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The story of a Manchester family. A permanent online exhibition examining the history and significance of the Leech family in Manchester from the early 1800s to the last years of the twentieth century. Find out more about this remarkable family and their passion for recording the minutiae of their lives in words, pictures and daily ephemera. Thomas Leech and his family. Sir Bosdin Leech and his wife Edith. Ernest and Mary Leech. Pauline and Ann Leech. These pages are intended to highlight how the family ...
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Association of Independent Libraries: October 2013
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Association of Independent Libraries. Welcome to the blog of the Association of Independent Libraries (AIL)- a world of fact and fiction, literary culture and heritage, entertainment and study, news and views, leisure pursuits, information, shared interests, inspiration and ideas, hospitality, companionship, conviviality and refreshment! Links to Member Libraries. Telephone box libraries - a gazetteer (NEW PAGE). Monday, 21 October 2013. 225-year-old Linen Hall Library hosts AIL Annual Meeting 2013.
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