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Manchester Libraries

Lists of Books

1851-1862
Archives
Includes:
Books moved to Campfield, (2 volumes) Sep-Nov 1851;
Book of missing books, [1858];
List of books for lending libraries upon Moon's system of reading for the blind, n.d.;
List of books lent for distribution in America to Henry Stevens Esq., 10 Jan 1860
Order for book lists, 17 Dec 1851;
List of books offered 27 Oct 1850;
Press release for a Dictionary of Political Economy by Henry Dunning MacLeod, Esq., 1858;
Page of visitors with name and address, Oct 1852;
2 copies of a handwritten report on the establishment of the Free Library, [1852];
Resolution of the committee to place an advertisement in the Manchester papers requesting donations, 8 Oct 1852;
Handwritten notes on the Manchester Free Library, n.d.;
Bill of costs from John Potter to Edward Herford in legal duties to do with the setting up of the Campfield Library, 10 Aug 1850;
Draft list of books for part of the 'English History' section of the catalogue, n.d.;
List of books published by Smith Elder & Co., 1853;
List of religious books, n.d.;
Draft accounts, n.d.;
List of books suggested for the Reference Department, n.d.;
List of books granted by the committee of the British & Foreign Bible Society to the Manchester Free Library, n.d.;
Draft accounts, n.d.;
Draft petition to the House of Commons, c.1852;
Suggestions made by visitors to the library, n.d.;
Letter requesting a copy of the last report, 28 Feb 1862;
Letter requesting new stamp and periodicals from J. Bellhouse, Rochdale Road branch, 5 Jun 1865
Title:
Lists of Books
Date of work:
1851-1862
Reference number:
GB127.M740/8/1/15
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedThis material is stored off site and we require 2 weeks' notice in order to retrieve it.
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7281797
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