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The Brotherton Library is a 1936 Grade II listed Neoclassical building with some art deco fittings, located on the main campus of the University of Leeds.It was designed by the firm of Lanchester & Lodge, and is named after Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, who in 1927 donated £100,000 to the university as funding for its first purpose-built library.
The Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library has informed an array of publications. C. Anne Wilson was an assistant librarian at the Brotherton Library and catalogued the Preston donation to the Leeds University Library Cookery Collection in 1964. This inspired her interest in food history.
Leeds University Library's Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections are one of the five Designated collections held by the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds.The collections contain an extensive range of international books, manuscripts and archives relating to Gypsy, Traveller and Roma culture.
Edward Boyle Library (Q24571869) University of Leeds Campus 1975 Chamberlin, Powell and Bon: Grade II listed building (10 June 2010) 53°48'22.118"N, 1°33'17.269"W: 1393835: Edward Boyle Library, University of Leeds: Garstang Building (Q26252986) University of Leeds Campus 1968 Chamberlin, Powell and Bon: Grade II listed building (10 June 2010)
The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Yorkshire College.
It is part of Leeds University Library's Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections. D.U.R was already a patron and Honorary Consultant of the Brotherton Library and in 1954 she donated money for the continued development of the collection. [14] Her library reflects an outsider's interest and passion for Gypsy and Traveller culture.
The library holdings also incorporate the stock of the short lived Leeds Foreign Library. The Foreign Library was founded in 1778 [ 7 ] and incorporated into the Leeds Library in 1814. The library is the setting for much of Frances Brody's 2014 novel Death of an Avid Reader .
Its undercroft was previously utilised to house the university library collections before the Brotherton Library opened in 1936. [2] The Great Hall is one illustration of the many diverse styles of buildings on the campus of the University of Leeds; it is an example of red brick architecture associated with the term red brick university.
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