Dr. William's Trust and Library: A History

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2022
Author
Author: Alan Argent
Language
English
Number of Pages
335 pp.
Publisher
The Boydell Press
City
Suffolk, England
Region
Europe
Library Type
Archives and Special Collections
Private/Personal Library
Religious Libraries
Chronological Period
1800-1849
1850-1899
18th century
1900-1949
1950-1999
21st century
ISBN
9781783277025
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Notes on Dates, Money, Welsh Place Names and Publications
  • Prologue
  • Dr Williams and His Will
  • Benjamin Sheppard, Receiver 1721-31: Faith, Fitness, and Diligence
  • Constructing the Library Building 1725-30: A Proper Plan
  • Francis Barkstead, Receiver 1731-47: Piety and Charity
  • John Cooper, Receiver 1748-62: Liberty and Liberal Dissent
  • Richard Jupp junior, Receiver 1762-95: A Very Respectable Body
  • Richard Webb Jupp, Receiver 1795-1850, and David Davison, Receiver 1850-7: Fashionable Sympathies Amid Increasing Light
  • Walter D. Jeremy, Receiver 1857-93: The Scrupulous Observer
  • Francis H. Jones, Secretary and Librarian 1886-1914: Introducing Order
  • Robert Travers Herford, Secretary and Librarian 1914-25: Application and Imagination
  • Stephen Kay Jones, Librarian 1925-46, and Joseph Worthington, Secretary 1925-44: A New Age with Old Strains
  • Roger Thomas, Secretary 1944-66 and Librarian 1946-66: Trusted Innovator
  • Kenneth Twinn, Secretary and Librarian 1966-76: Modest Dependability
  • John Creasey, Librarian, and James McClelland, Secretary, 1977-98: Mixed Blessings
  • David Wykes, Director 1998-2021: Past, Present, and Future
  • Dr Williams's Trust: An Assessment
  • Appendix 1: Trustees in 1723
  • Appendix 2: Lists from Short Account (with later additions)
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