University of London Library: Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature

Title: University of London Library: Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature

Description: The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature within the University of London Library, is a research level collection of international importance, containing a significant amount of primary source material.
It is a closed access collection. Items are fetched by arrangement with the Historic Collections Section of the University Library. Pre-1850 material is largely arranged by date of publication and broad subject divisions within that. Post-1850 material is classified by a scheme particular to the collection.
The core collection was amassed by Professor Herbert Somerton Foxwell in the last quarter of the 19th century. In 1901, Foxwell sold the collection to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. In 1903, the company presented the Collection to the University of London. The University continues to develop and maintain the collection, with an endowment from the Goldsmiths' Company.
The collection contains over 70,000 printed items, including monographs, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, government publications and periodicals, plus manuscripts.
Within the collection, there is a significant corpus of material relating to the Caribbean, particularly to the early colonisation, economic history, general trade, sugar plantations, and slavery. Publication dates range from the early 17th to late 19th centuries.

Strengths: Material on slavery in the Caribbean.

Size: c.3000 printed materials and 1000 manuscripts relating to the history of the Caribbean (17th - 19th century).

Catalogue: University of London Library Main Catalogue (Innopac)

Catalogue URL: http://193.63.81.240/search~b1o1c1i1r1/

Main URL: http://www.ull.ac.uk/

Access: Please visit the ULL web site at http://www.ull.ac.uk/ for full details about access conditions, registration fees and borrowing information.

Acquisition dates: 1903

Note:

Interest: Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Trade

Sugar

Slavery

Economic history

Personal/Corporate names

Places

Caribbean