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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/A7/Box 1/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/17/1
TitleLibrary Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include the Public Library Act 1855; site and building for the new library; old library building and stock; subscribers; accounts, bills etc; acquisition, lending and disposal of books, newspapers etc; donations and bequests, often naming benefactor and titles of the books etc donated; librarian's and curator's reports; appointment, holidays, wages and complaints concerning library staff and apprentices; dispute with Wells & Son concerning a bill; building maintenance and repair; exhibitions; the formation, duties and reports of sub-committees; lectures (for Library and Book Fund); purchase of the city museum building and alterations necessary for its amalgamation with the library; library rules and procedures; suggestions by readers and borrowers; names and positions of the committee and sub-committee members; fire insurance; Worcestershire Natural History Society; classification and cataloguing of books; museum geological and coin collections; donation of books to Worcester Public Library, Massachusetts, USA; supplies, equipment and furnishings; lighting and heating; book club; Science School; local rates; Pirton Chruch carving; reception for Canon Barry on promotion to the Bishopric of Sydney, Australia; opening hours; and school libraries.

The volume has a loose page of draft minutes of the Hastings Museum Sub-Committee from 1884 and a rough copy of the library committee minutes from 1885. The front of the volume contains an alphabetical index. Unanimous decisions are recorded as such, occasionally the number of dissenters is recorded. At the back of the volume is a lengthy report of the subscribers committee, a list of subscribers and amount subscribed, and a balance sheet from 1883 showing how the money was spent. Binding secure but cover is scuffed and slightly torn.
Date1879-1884
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