Codrington Library
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1751 |
| Location | All Souls College, Oxford |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, Journals, Newspapers, Magazines, Maps, Drawings and Manuscripts |
| Size | 185,000 items |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Open to members of Oxford University upon application, and to external scholars by appointment. |
| Other information | |
| Director |
Prof. Colin Burrow (Fellow Librarian) Gaye Morgan (Librarian in Charge & Conservator) |
| Website | The Codrington Library |
The Codrington Library is an academic library in the city of Oxford, England.[1] It is the library of All Souls College (a constituent college of the University of Oxford).
The library in its current form was endowed by Christopher Codrington (1668–1710), a Fellow of the college who amassed his fortune through plantation slavery.[2] Codrington bequeathed books worth £6,000, in addition to £10,000 in currency (the equivalent of approximately £1.2 million in modern terms).[3] The library, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, was completed in 1751 and has been in continuous use by scholars since then. It is a grade I listed building.[4]
The modern collection comprises some 185,000 items, about a third of which were produced before 1800.[5] The library's collections are particularly strong in Law, European History, Ecclesiastical History, Military History, and Classics. There is an expanding collection devoted to sociological topics and the History of Science.[5] Unusually for an Oxford college library, access to the Codrington is open to all members of the University (subject to registration).[6] The library contains a significant collection of manuscripts and early printed books, and attracts scholars from around the world.
References
- ↑ John S Simmons, A note on the Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, Oxford: All Souls College, 1982
- ↑ James Walvin, Slavery and the Building of Britain, BBC, Retrieved: 14.02.2014
- ↑ National Archives. "National Archives Currency Converter". http://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/. Retrieved 2014-09-16. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ English Heritage, "Codrington Library Listing", English Heritage, Retrieved: 11.02.2014
- 1 2 All Souls College, The Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford, Retrieved: 07.05.2015
- ↑ All Souls College, "Codrington Reader Application Form", All Souls College, Oxford, Retrieved: 11.02.2014
External links
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