Huddersfield Foreign Library Society records

This material is held atHeritage Quay, University of Huddersfield

Scope and Content

This collection records the names and literary interests of immigrants to Huddersfield, mostly from Europe, in the mid-nineteenth century. The collection comprises rules, minutes (1851-1870), membership records (1851-1870), financial records (1851-1870), catalogues of stock relating to books in French, Spanish, German and Italian (1851-1866), letters (1851-1870) and miscellaneous (1855).

Administrative / Biographical History

The Huddersfield Foreign Library Society, formed in 1851, was incorporated into the Huddersfield Technical School and Mechanics' Institute in 1883-84.

Access Information

Available to all researchers, by appointment

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Handlist of the Huddersfield Foreign Library Society records. A detailed listing of the contents is also available on the Huddersfield University Archives web site http://www.hud.ac.uk/tlc/archives/fls/index.htm

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