Celebrating London’s Libraries

20 January 2022

7–9pm (GMT)

Online via Zoom

Tickets: £3–5

Please note: you will be emailed the Zoom link for the talk at 6pm GMT on the day of the talk.

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The St Bride Library, founded in 1895, is often called one of London’s “hidden gems”. When people find out about us, they generally become friends for life once they discover the wealth of resources in our collections; our tremendous tribe of letterpress lovers, design disrupters, revered researchers and folk who are ravenous of all things typographic who make up our community; and the wide range of talks, events, workshops and theatrical productions that take place behind our red brick walls.

The City of London is a cornucopia of specialist libraries and archives just like us and we are hosting this event to shine the spotlight on them and the riches they hold for the curious explorers among us who want to seek them out and learn more . . .

Featuring talks by:

BFI Reuben Library

Cartoon Museum Library

The Feminist Library

RBG Kew Library and Archives

National Poetry Library

Marx Memorial Library

St Bride Library

With a special introduction by Lissa Evans, author of Their Finest Hour and a Half, V for Victory, Old Baggage and more.

There are a fantastic number of specialist libraries and archives in our capital – here are the wonderful places we’ve stumbled upon so far (with apologies to any we may have missed):

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-reuben-library

https://www.cartoonmuseum.org/collection

http://feministlibrary.co.uk/

https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/library

https://www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/

https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/

https://sbf.org.uk

https://hymag.com/

https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/

https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/Wuw19yIAAK1Z3Smm

https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/guildhall-library

https://www.westminster.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-community/libraries/westminster-music-library

https://conwayhall.org.uk/library/

https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/

https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/collection-highlights/The-Womens-Library

https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org/

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/visit/maughan-library

https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library

https://www.bl.uk/

https://museumfreemasonry.org.uk/

https://www.vam.ac.uk/info/national-art-library

https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

https://search.lma.gov.uk/

https://www.sandsfilms.co.uk/rotherhithe-picture-research-library.html

https://museumofthemind.org.uk/collections/archives

https://blackculturalarchives.org/

https://arena.yourlondonlibrary.net/web/bexley/local-studies-and-archives

https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/library-research

http://www.bromleyarchives.org.uk/Bromley/CalmView/Default.aspx

https://archives.history.ac.uk/cmh/cmhmain.html

https://www.clothworkers.co.uk/history/archive/

https://museumofcroydon.com/collections

https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/about-us/our-history/archives/

https://www.greenwichheritage.org/

https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218/

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe

https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/libraries-0/our-libraries/local-studies-and-archives

https://hackney.gov.uk/archives

https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/heritage/local-history-centre

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/library-and-archives.html

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/

https://www.richmond.gov.uk/local_studies_collection

https://www.rothschildarchive.org/

https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200161/local_history_library

https://www.ideastore.co.uk/local-history

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us/records-and-archives

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/collections/access-and-enquiries/port-london-authority-archive

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/research/research-centre/archive

https://www.newham.gov.uk/libraries-arts-culture/local-history-archives

https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/access-archives-and-special-collections

https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/library-services/special-collections-and-archives/archives-and-special-collections-

centre/the-stanley-kubrick-archive

https://filmlondon.org.uk/londons-screen-archives