- Bishopsgate Library
Bishopsgate Library is an independent, charity-funded
library located within theBishopsgate Institute in theCity of London .The library's particular strengths include printed and archive material on
London ,freethought and thelabour movement , developed byCharles Goss , librarian from 1897 to 1941. The London Collection includes books, directories, maps and visual material relating especially to East London.The
George Howell Collection is an important library of books and pamphlets covering many of the political and economic issues of the late 19th Century, including earlytrade union reports. Howell's own correspondence and papers form part of this collection. The library also holds the archives of theLondon Co-operative Society .Archives of other individuals includeGeorge Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906), secularist and early Co-operative Movement activist;Charles Bradlaugh (1833-1891), politician and founder of theNational Secular Society ; and the cultural historian and local residentRaphael Samuel (1934-1996).External links
* [http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk Official site]
* [http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/inst/bishopsgate.shtml Archives Hub descriptions of the Library's collections]
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