The London Library

Organisation: Library

Collections held: Courts, Police, Prisons

Dates: 1700-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1899, 1900-1949, 1950-present

Online Catalogue

14 St. James Square, London SW1Y 4LG

Contact: Dunia Garcia-Ontiveros

Any publications or other relevant material about the collection / history of the organisation?

Wells, John,1936-1998. Rude words : a discursive history of the London Library / London : Macmillan, 1991.

Wright, C. T. Hagberg(Charles Theodore Hagberg),1862-1940. The London Library : a sketch of its history and administration / London : The London Library, 1926.

Wright, C. T. Hagberg (Charles Theodore Hagberg),1862-1940. The London Library : a survey, 1913-1940 : with a statement of its objects / [London] : London Library, 1941.

Wright, C. T. Hagberg(Charles Theodore Hagberg),1862-1940. The soul's dispensary : the early years of the London Library / [London : Whitefriars Press, 1922].

Carlyle and the London Library : account of its foundation : together with unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle to W. D. Christie / London : Chapman & Hall, 1907.

Who can access the collection?

Internal only (staff), External (public), Registered users, Online access (catalogue only)

How big is the collection?

Documents:	None
Photographs:	None
Objects:	None
Artwork:	None
Books/journals/magazines:	1001-5000