Reference Libraries Independent

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• Reference: Libraries: Special Collections  (67)

• The Ambleside Museum & Armitt Library - Free educational institution in the English Lake District. Bibliographies and artefacts on natural history and local people including Beatrix Potter, Ruskin and the Lake poets.
• America Library of Geneva - A non-profit subscription library based out of Geneva, Switzerland, serving the English speaking community.
• American Antiquarian Society - Research library in Massachusetts specialising in American history and culture up to 1876. History, catalogues, online exhibits and guides to the collection.
• American Library in Angers, France - A branch of the American Library in Paris, offering activities, a newsletter, and access to the online catalog. Site in French and English.
• American Library in Paris - A private, non-profit English-language library in Paris, France since 1920. Information on membership, collections, services, and events.
• Association of Independent Libraries - Directory and guide to the history and collections of existing subscription libraries in the United Kingdom.
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Non-profit, member-supported library founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge"; online catalog, exhibit information, and grant applications available.
• The Birmingham & Midland Institute Library - Book collection dating from 1799 and music library. Events, membership and location map.
• Chawton House Library & Study Centre - Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600-1830, in Jane Austen's former home. Online texts, history and access.
• Chetham's Library - Founded in 1653 in Manchester, England and open free of charge. History, list of manuscripts and online catalogue.
• Denver Zine Library - Publicly accessible collection of over 3,000 zines. Includes events schedule, online catalog, or directions.
• Fendrick Library - A privately funded library open to the public, and sponsoring year round reading programs, special events, and guest speakers.
• The Folger Shakespeare Library - Administered by the trustees of Amherst College, the Folger was a gift to the American people from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger in 1932. Includes news on library projects and background information.
• The Grolier Club Library - Overview of the collections of this New York City club devoted to printing, bibliography and the arts of the book.
• The Huntington Library - Library of rare books and manuscripts principally in the fields of British and American history and literature, with readers' guides, events calendar, and images of some of the collection.
• The Indian and Colonial Research Center - Research library specializing in Colonial and Native American history.
• Jessie Street National Women's Library - Dedicated to the cultural heritage of Australian women. Description of the collections, lecture programme and membership information.
• J.R. Ritman Library - Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Features a large collection of works in the Hermetic-Christian tradition. Information on exhibitions and scholarly conferences. Online articles and visiting details.
• Latse - Introduces a Tibetan culture library featuring in excess of 10,000 books as well as additional 10,000 journals, newspapers, and magazines.
• Library of the Boston Athenaeum - A membership and research library with special collections in Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American history, literature, and arts.
• The Linen Hall Library - Subscription library with unique collections of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, genealogical sources, graphic images and ephemera for Irish and local studies.
• The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne - History and photographs of this subscription library offering books, magazines and CDs. Programme of free events and children's page.
• The London Library - Scholarly subscription library in central London collecting principally in the humanities. History, collections, membership information and online catalogue.
• Marsh's Library - The earliest public library in Ireland, built in 1701, with contemporary religious and scientific collections. Online catalogue.
• Mechanics' Institute Library - The Mechanics' Institute Library is a general interest membership library and chess club located at 57 Post Street in San Francisco's business district.
• Mercantile Library of New York - Subscription library dedicated to the promotion of literature. Membership information, facilities and programs.
• Montreal Association of Independent Libraries - Access to the Atwater Library and Computer Centre, the Fraser-Hickson Library, the Montreal Children's Library, and the Jewish Public Library.
• The New York Society Library - Subscription library with public access to the reading and reference rooms only; members may borrow books. Information for members and the general public.
• Newberry Library - Independent research library with a focus on the humanities is privately funded, but free and open to the public.
• The Portico Library and Gallery - A UK subscription library from Manchester featuring 19th century literature, local school exhibits, artist submissions, and gallery.
• Providence Athenaeum (Rhode Island) - An independent membership library; provides a collection of books and other materials to all who love reading, appreciate literature, and enjoy cultural discovery.
• St Deiniol's Library - Information on this library founded by William Ewart Gladstone in 1889 for the promotion of "Divine Learning". Includes details on programmes and access to the library catalogue.
• Village Learning Place - A non-profit community-based library, learning center, educational garden, and technology center serving diverse populations in Baltimore, Maryland (US).
• The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine - Research library in London, open to the public free of charge. Catalogues of books, archives and images.
• Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society Library & Archive - History and description of the local history, maritime and geological collections of this English learned society.
• The Wiener Library - Modern Jewish history collection in London with special reference to Nazism and antisemitism. Events, facilities and history of the library.