Manchester Foreign Library
1823-1922
Archives
Total copies: 1
Minutes, accounts and other miscellany
Related Material:There are articles on the Manchester Foreign Library in The Manchester Librarian, Oct. 1922, by A. F. Jones, The Manchester Review, 1950, by W. H. Shercliff, and The Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 71, No. 3, Autumn 1989, by Lyn Shepherd.
See M740/8/12 for catalogues etc. Catalogues for the Foreign Library are also held in the Local Studies Library (017.242 M8).
Place:/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Manchester Foreign Library
Date of work:
1823-1922
Reference number:
GB127.M555
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
The Library was founded in 1830 as a subscription library for French, German and Italian literature. At the end of the century interest declined due to the 'indifference of the public' and its 'love for serials and periodicals'.
The books were purchased by the Public Libraries Committee in 1903, forming the nucleus of a Foreign Library, which has since been absorbed into the Language and Literature Library of the Central Library.
Source:
The archives were given to the Library in 1904 and 1940
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Arrangement:Arranged by function
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7196995