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Birkbeck Library

Archive Print Collection: Birkbeck Library

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Type of record: Book

Title: Birkbeck Library

Level: Collection

Classmark: Birkbeck Library

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/43197

Collection group(s): Quaker Collection

Description

Originally formed by Morris Birkbeck (1734-1816), and was deposited by the Yorkshire General Meeting in 1981. It consists of over 4,500 books both by and about the Quakers, most of the materials dating from around 1650 to the mid-18th century. Subjects include Society of Friends history, apologetic works, doctrinal and controversial works, and Quaker biography. The Birkbeck Library is one of two important collections assembled by Yorkshire Quakers and housed by the Brotherton Library, the other being the Leeds Friends' Old Library.

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