Last updated |
9th February 2020 |
Name of library |
Religious Society of Friends in Britain (Quakers) |
Address |
Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ |
Telephone |
020 7663 1135 |
Fax |
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E-mail |
library@quaker.org.uk |
Website |
http://www.quaker.org.uk |
Alternative names |
LSF |
Contact & Job Title |
Libby Adams, Head of Library and Archives |
Purpose & main user community of the library |
Members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), academic researchers and members of the public |
Terms of access |
On completion of reader registration form with proof of identification & address. 50 year rule on archival material |
Opening hours |
Tuesday-Friday 10.00 – 17.00. The Library has an annual closed week in the autumn and is closed between Christmas and New Year. |
Disabled access |
The Library is on the ground floor of an accessible building; most of the Reading Room is accessible but there are books on high shelves. |
Lending to other libraries & visitors |
Some books can be borrowed by registered readers. The Library does not do interlibrary loans. |
Number of volumes |
c 98,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues |
c 2,300 |
Current Periodicals |
150 |
Other materials |
Microfilms; paintings, photographs and sculpture by Quaker artists, costume and textiles, lantern slides, maps, posters, artefacts – viewed only by prior appointment |
Volumes added per year |
c. 250 books and 1400 pamphlets |
Coverage |
Quakerism; C17 theology; peace; conscientious objection; anti-slavery; international relations; relief work |
Special Collections |
Richard Richardson Collection (16th-17th century printed books); Hawkins Collection (17th-18th century books and pamphlets); bound tract volumes (17th-20th century); Anti-slavery pamphlets collection (18th-19th century) |
Manuscripts |
The central records of London/Britain Yearly Meeting, Quaker meeting records for the London and Middlesex area, and archives of Quaker individuals, families and organisations from the 17th century to the present day. These include various collections of the papers of early Friends, such as the Swarthmore Mss, and more recent collections such as the archives of the Friends Ambulance Unit in World War I and World War II. |
Research resource |
Major library on Quakerism in the UK and internationally, holding the chief sources of early Quaker history and the central archives of the Society of Friends in the UK. |
Catalogue Type |
Computer, card and typescript handlists |
URL of catalogue |
http://www.quaker.org.uk/catalogue |
Other facilities |
Photocopying of printed material under 100 years old |
Full Time Staff |
4 |
Part Time Staff |
4 |
Voluntary Staff |
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Changes in next five years affecting the above |
Retrospective cataloguing of printed collections is on-going |
Anything else about the library |
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