Codrington Library
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| founding | 1751 |
| Duration | 185,000 titles as of 2010 |
The Codrington Library is a university library in Oxford , England . It belongs to All Souls College , a graduate college at the University of Oxford .
The library in its current form was donated by Christopher Codrington (1668-1710), a college fellow who had made a fortune through his sugar plantations in Barbados ( Codrington Plantations ). Codrington donated books to the value of £ 6,000, as well as £ 10,000 to expand the library (around £ 1.2 million today). the library building was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor , started in 1716 and completed in 1751, and has been in continuous use ever since. It was included on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest .
The collection currently comprises 185,000 volumes, around a third of which were written before 1800. The collection focuses on law, European history, church history, military history and classics. Sociological and historical science topics are currently being expanded. In contrast to most other libraries, access is available to all members of the university. The library also has a significant collection of manuscripts and early prints, which attracts scholars from around the world.
More recently, it has been discussed that the foundation was made possible due to slavery .
Individual evidence
- ^ John S. Simmons: A note on the Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford. ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Oxford, All Souls College 1982.
- ↑ James Walvin: Slavery and the Building of Britain. BBC 2011-02-17.
- ^ The National Archives: National Archives Currency Converter. 2014-09-16.
- ^ All Souls College, Codrington Library. ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Historic England 2016-11-12.
- ↑ a b The Codrington Library. All Souls College, Oxford 2016-11-12.
- ^ The Codrington Library Applications. All Souls College, Oxford 2016-11-12.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 13.7 " N , 1 ° 15 ′ 11.9" W.