Last updated |
25th March 2009 |
Name of library |
Chapter Library |
Address |
The Vicars’ Hall Undercroft, The Cloisters, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berks SL4 1NJ |
Telephone |
01753 848725 |
Fax |
01753 848763 |
E-mail |
archives@stgeorges-windsor.org |
Website |
http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org |
Alternative names |
The Dean and Canons of Windsor |
Contact & Job Title |
Dr Eileen Scarff, Archivist and Chapter Librarian |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Mainly serves serious students |
Terms of access |
By appointment |
Opening hours |
M-F 09.30-16.45 |
Disabled access |
Special Collections disabled access |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Will lend to other libraries in exceptional circumstances. No personal lending facilities |
Number of volumes |
5,728 (early printed books) |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
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Current Periodicals |
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Other materials |
Mss (partial catalogue, J.N. Dalton The MSS of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, 1957); maps; plans; microfilms of music mss. |
Volumes added per year |
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Coverage |
Theology of kinds purchased and read by the Dean and Canons between 1481 and 1751. 75% of the volumes are theological |
Special Collections |
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Manuscripts |
Library mss described in Ker “Medieval mss in British Libraries”; archives of the Dean and Chapter as above; illuminated registers of the Order of the Garter |
Research resource |
Biblical commentaries; English theology, mainly C17; collecting policies and growth of the library C15-17 |
Catalogue Type |
Printed |
URL of catalogue |
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Other facilities |
Photocopying, microfilming, internet access, online services |
Full Time Staff |
2 (archivists) |
Part Time Staff |
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Voluntary Staff |
1 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
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Anything else about the library |
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