Last updated | 19th August 2020 |
Name of library | Pusey House Library and Archive |
Address | 61 St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LZ |
Telephone | 01865 288024 |
Fax | |
pusey.librarian@stx.ox.ac.uk | |
Website | http://www.puseyhouse.org.uk/library.html |
Alternative names | Dr. Pusey Memorial Library |
Contact & Job Title | Jessica Woodward, Librarian |
Purpose & main user community of the library | The Library houses the principal collection of books and archives on the Catholic movement in the Church of England. Collections are particularly geared towards supporting theological and historical study at post-graduate level and above, but all are welcome. |
Terms of access | Modern printed books: Bodleian card OR proof of address + photo id.
Archives & special collections: Bodleian card category A OR 2 forms of ID, + letter of introduction. |
Opening hours | 09:30-17:25, Monday-Friday. During the COVID-19 pandemic we are only open to our residents and keyholders, but this should hopefully change in the coming months. Under normal circumstances, we are open to everyone, both within and outside the University of Oxford |
Disabled access | 1st floor library, no lift. Please contact us, and we will find a way to make our collections available to you |
Lending to other libraries & visitors | Reference only. |
Number of volumes | 75,000 |
Periodicals – Back Issues | Complete or partial holdings of 200 |
Current Periodicals | 20 |
Other materials | Extensive archives relating to the Oxford Movement and Anglo-Catholicism. |
Volumes added per year | 150 |
Coverage | Oxford Movement, Church History (especially Anglican history), Patristics, Liturgy, Anglo-Catholic theology. |
Special Collections | C19th pamphlet collection, founding collections of E.B. Pusey and H.P. Liddon |
Manuscripts | Principal repository of letters and papers of E.B. Pusey. Significant archives relating to other major figures in the Oxford Movement. Major 19th-20th century collections from Catholic societies and Anglican religious communities. |
Research resource | Oxford Movement; Anglo-Catholicism; Anglican monasticism. |
Catalogue Type | Monograph collections: online catalogue. Archive collections: PDFs of some paper catalogues online. Pamphlet collections: card catalogue. |
URL of catalogue | Printed books: http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Archives: http://puseyarchives.blogspot.com/ |
Other facilities | |
Full Time Staff | 1 |
Part Time Staff | 1 |
Voluntary Staff | Approx. 10 (new volunteers always welcome!) |
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