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Art and design in the local history collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Margaret Girvan*
Affiliation:
Fine Arts Library, Westminster City Libraries
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Abstract

A consideration of the public library local history and archives departments as a potential resource for information on art and design topics, with special reference to the collections of Wesminster City Libraries.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1985

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References

(1) The papers of the great 18th century engineering partnership of Boulton and Watt were deposited in Birmingham Reference Library in 1915.Google Scholar
(2) Archives and Local History Department (South Westminster), Victoria Library, 160 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9UD; tel: 01-798 2180. Chief Archivist: MissSwarbrick, M. J. B.A., A.L.A. Google Scholar
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