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The Greater Manchester County Record Office (GMCRO) is an archive of primary materials relating to the heritage of Greater Manchester, in North West England; it is located in Manchester city centre, in Archives + [2] in Manchester's Central Library.
Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. [1] Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", [1] and a library for the use of scholars.
Sutton was a librarian of the Free Manchester Public Libraries. [2] He was also Secretary of the Chetham Society from 1890 to 1920, Editor of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society from 1885 to 1920 and a Member of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England.It is part of the University of Manchester. [4] The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. [5]
Manchester born, Mother Anne Lee (February 29, 1736 - September 8, 1784) was the leader of the band of Shakers; who emigrated from Manchester to Watervliet, New York due to persecution in 1774 and founded the Shaker movement in America.
Pullan, Brian & Abendstern, Michele (2000) A History of the University of Manchester, 1951–73. Manchester University Press ISBN 0-7190-5670-5 Extract about Moses Tyson; Ratcliffe, F. W. (2007) Books, Books, Just Miles and Miles of Books: across the library counter, 1950–2000. Cambridge: F. W. Ratcliffe (unpublished autobiography held at ...
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The North West Film Archive is Britain's largest public film collection outside London. The archive was set up in 1977 and is the home for moving images made in or about Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside [7] and Cumbria. [1] [4] The region's position at the forefront of industrialisation is reflected in the archive's collection.