Last updated |
24th March 2009 |
Name of library |
Lambeth Palace Library |
Address |
London, SE1 7JU |
Telephone |
020 7898 1400 |
Fax |
020 7928 7932 |
E-mail |
lpl.staff@c-of-e.org.uk |
Website |
http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org |
Alternative names |
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Contact & Job Title |
Dr. R. J. Palmer, Librarian and Archivist (general enquiries) |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Primarily academic research; also genealogists, local historians, and members of the public |
Terms of access |
(1) No appointment necessary; (2) Tickets issued on production of letter of introduction, proof of address, and two passport-size photographs; (3) Limited access tickets to modern printed materials and microforms, with proof of address and passport-size photos. |
Opening hours |
M-F 10.00-17.00, limited production 12.00-14.00, 10 days closure at Christmas and Easter. |
Disabled access |
Historic building; disabled access is possible, but please telephone in advance to discuss arrangements. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Only by ILL on direct application (not via BLDSC) from academic libraries. See Above. |
Number of volumes |
200,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
1,000 sets (mostly incomplete), 130 current (not all theological). |
Current Periodicals |
130 (not all theological) |
Other materials |
Over 4,000 mss., archives of the Province of Canterbury and other ecclesiastical archives, microform collections of Lambeth and other archives, estate maps, Church plans. |
Volumes added per year |
2,000 (variable) |
Coverage |
Main emphasis on Ecclesiastical history of the Church of England, Church Fathers, Ecumenism, Liturgy; Other denominations, controversies also covered. Otherwise post-1945 theology not collected. Main strength Church history and history of theology C16-19. |
Special Collections |
Founding collections of Archbishops Whitgift, Bancroft and Abbot. Libraries of later archbishops, e.g. Seldon, Secker. Ca. 30,000 pre-1701 vols. London Dutch Church Library. Bishop Robinson’s Honest to God Collection. Liturgical collections (various). Sion College. |
Manuscripts |
600 medieval mss.Tudor and Stuart collections: Bacon papers, Talbot papers, Carew mss., Fairhurst collection, etc. Papers of several churchmen, etc.: e.g. J. M. Neale, Headlam, Gladstone papers, Bishops of London, Official papers of Archbishops of Canterbury. Papers of Church societies: e.g. Church Union, Incorporated Church Building Society, etc. Archives of the Province of Canterbury, Estate Documents and temporalities of the Archbishopric, Commonwealth period, colonial church, etc. Library (pre-1850 books), etc. |
Research resource |
Anglican church history and liturgy; Colonial church and ecumenism; Ecclesiastical law; Ecclesiastical architecture and local history; Primary texts for Anglican theology; C16-19 history and controversies; Mss. from C9 with religious texts/content. |
Catalogue Type |
Computer, Card and Microfiche c.100 published and typescript catalogues |
URL of catalogue |
Via main library website: www.lambethpalacelibrary.org |
Other facilities |
Computer, card, microfiche, ca. 100 published and typescript lists and indexes for mss. and archives, printouts from microforms, printouts from databases (limited), digitised Church plans from ICBS, limited internet access. |
Full Time Staff |
12 |
Part Time Staff |
3 |
Voluntary Staff |
16 |
Changes in next five years affecting the above |
Transference of manuscript and archive cataloguing to CALM database. |
Anything else about the library |
Retrospective conversion of printed books catalogue completed in 2002. On-line access to all printed books record via Library website. Please consult the library’s website for further information on all holdings. |