The London Library
Organisation: Library
Collections held: Courts, Police, Prisons
Dates: 1700-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1899, 1900-1949, 1950-present
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Carlyle and the London Library : account of its foundation : together with unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle to W. D. Christie / London : Chapman & Hall, 1907.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 |

Photo credits
Image courtesy of The London Library