Queens' College Libraries
Queens' College Libraries
Queens' College, Cambridge was founded in 1448 and the old College Library dates from that year. The War Memorial Library, primarily for the use of Undergraduates and Graduate Students taking taught courses, was created in 1948 and is housed in the Old Chapel.
The College possesses three important historical collections associated with the Libraries:
a) the manuscripts, books, papers and pamphlets housed in the Old Library
b) the College Archive, presently deposited with the University Library
and c) a number of artefacts including the original College Muniments Chest and 18th century globes by Senex. The Queens' Coin Collection is presently in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
a) the manuscripts, books, papers and pamphlets housed in the Old Library
b) the College Archive, presently deposited with the University Library
and c) a number of artefacts including the original College Muniments Chest and 18th century globes by Senex. The Queens' Coin Collection is presently in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Examples of all of these together with details of the Library buildings are included in this on-line exhibition.
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