Last updated |
30th January 2011 |
Name of library |
Dr Williams’s Library |
Address |
14 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0AR |
Telephone |
020 7387 3727 |
Fax |
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E-mail |
enquiries@dwlib.co.uk |
Website |
http://www.dwlib.co.uk/ |
Alternative names |
Dr Williams’s Trust |
Contact & Job Title |
Dr David Wykes, Director |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Any interested persons |
Terms of access |
Just walk in (entryphone) Some form of identification (e.g. driving licence) required. Appointments required for manuscript use. |
Opening hours |
M,W,F 10.00-17.00; Tu & Th 10.00-18.30 |
Disabled access |
No wheelchair access; lots of stairs |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Lending to members (subscription fee currently £30pa). ILL requests: reciprocal arrangement with THUGCAT members. |
Number of volumes |
250,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
150 |
Current Periodicals |
80 |
Other materials |
Manuscript collection; microfilms |
Volumes added per year |
1,000 |
Coverage |
All aspects with an emphasis on Protestant non-conformity |
Special Collections |
17th Century French Protestant theology collection; Theophilus Lindsey’s Collection; Joseph Priestley Collection; Christopher Walton’s Theosophical Library; Norman H Baynes Byzantine Library, GH Lewes & George Eliot Library; New College, London Library |
Manuscripts |
Roger Morrice mss.; Minutes of the Westminster Assembly; Richard Baxter’s letter, diaries, etc; George Herbert mss. Poems New College, London archive |
Research resource |
English Protestant Non-conformity |
Catalogue Type |
Computer; card |
URL of catalogue |
http://dwlib.cirqahosting.com/ |
Other facilities |
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Full Time Staff |
2 |
Part Time Staff |
4 |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
Introduction of new manuscript and rare book regulations |
Anything else about the library |
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