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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.
The Brotherton Library currently holds the main collections for the arts, social sciences and law. [ 8 ] The Parkinson Building is also home to the University of Leeds Art Collection and Gallery, which is free to enter for the general public and displays an extensive array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and photographs, along ...
pp 88–89 of Leeds University, Brotherton Library, BC MS 500 (Prick of Conscience). Catalogue record. The Prick of Conscience is a Middle English poem dating from the first half of the fourteenth century promoting penitential reflection. It is, in terms of the number of surviving manuscripts, the most popular poem written in English before ...
Edward Brotherton photographed in 1902 after his election as MP for Wakefield. Edward Allen Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, JP, DL (1 April 1856 – 21 October 1930 [1]), known as Sir Edward Brotherton, Bt, between 1918 and 1929, was an industrialist in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and a benefactor to the University of Leeds and other causes.
The city council plans to sell the old Crossgates Library building to save money. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
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.