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Bristol Central Library is a historic building on the south side of College Green, Bristol, England. It contains the main collections of Bristol's public library . Built in 1906 by Charles Holden , its design was influential in the development of Edwardian Free Style architecture . [ 1 ]
The Theatre Collection has a reference library with over 25,000 books and more than 300 journal titles on all aspects of theatre. The catalogue can be viewed on the main University of Bristol Library site. Students, academics, and independent researchers can access the reference library and archival collections in the main reading room.
The business began in 1854 when Isaac Arrowsmith moved to Bristol from Worcester. Isaac Arrowsmith was a founder member of the Worcester Typographical Society. [ 2 ] Arrowsmith and Hugh Evans, a stationer on Clare Street, published a railway timetable for a penny, an original copy of which is held at the British Museum . [ 3 ]
The National Library of Scotland will be working with 17 different collection partners to digitise, catalogue and clear rights to showcase archival recordings online or on-site. The collections are varied, encompassing oral history, lectures and presentations, traditional music and wildlife recordings that originate from all over Scotland.
Bristol Archives holds 17 volumes of manuscripts, newspaper extracts, transcripts, antiquarian memoranda, drawings and correspondence mainly relating to the ancient parish of Bitton, to the east of Bristol, brought together by Reverend Ellacombe, (Ref. 44786) (online catalogue).
As a result, in 1906 the library was moved to the newly built Bristol Central Library on College Green. [2] [9] The King Street building eventually became a restaurant. [10] Notable 19th-century city librarians include, James Fawckner Nicholls (1868-83) and John Taylor (1883-93), who were co-authors of Bristol Past and Present (1881-2). [11]
George Weare Braikenridge FSA (1775–1856) was an English antiquarian.He was born in the Colony of Virginia, but lived for most of his life in Bristol, England, where he created a large collection of Bristolian historical and topographical material known as the Braikenridge Collection.
Bristol Archives (formerly Bristol Record Office) [1] was established in 1924. It was the first borough record office in the United Kingdom , since at that time there was only one other local authority record office ( Bedfordshire ) in existence.