Tuesday 20 January 2009

Presentation on the Charles Booth Online Archive and the Booth Family Papers
5.00pm; Seng T Lee Centre, Senate House Library
A presentation by Sue Donnelly (Archivist, LSE Library) and Richard Temple (Archivist, Senate House Library). The Charles Booth Online Archive is a searchable resource giving access to archive material from the Booth collections of the Archives Division of the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE Archives) and Senate House Library. The Booth collection at LSE Archives contains the original records from Charles Booth's famous survey, "Life and Labour of the People in London", dating from 1886 to 1903, notably containing the poverty maps indicating social deprivation in London during this period. The archives of the Senate House Library contain Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967, notably correspondence of Charles Booth, ship-owner and social commentator and his wife, the writer Mary Catherine Booth, nee Macaulay. Non-members are welcome to attend with prior registration.
All welcome. Attendance free.

Tuessday 10 February 2009

Presentation on the E G R Taylor Collection of Historic Printed Maps
5.00pm; Seng T Lee Centre, Senate House Library
April Carlucci, Angela Craft and Alexandra Bruce will speak about the cataloguing and preservation of maps in the E G R Taylor Collection during 2008: a project funded by the Friends of Senate House Library. The Collection contains over 900 map sheets, representing 96 individual and series titles dating between 1700 and 1900, and was presented to Senate House Library by Birkbeck College , where E G R Taylor was Chair of the Department of Geography from 1930 until 1944. The Collection comprises an interesting mixture of fine maps as well as the work of important mapmakers worthy of Professor Taylor's interest in the art and science of cartography. History comes alive as its stage is revealed in maps, and family historians in particular will find the detail of these maps of great use. Those interested in cartography and its history will discover some very interesting and unusual examples of the work of important 18th and 19th century European practitioners. All welcome. Attendance free.

Wednesday 4 March 2009

Book Group: Narratives of Shakespeare
6.00pm; Seng T Lee Centre, Senate House Library
Sandra Clark (Institute of English Studies) leads the discussion on: James Shapiro, 1599. A Year in the LIfe of William Shakespeare (2005) and Charles Nicholl, The Lodger. Shakespeare on Silver Street (2007).
All welcome. Attendance free.

Thursday 26 March 2009

Presentation on The Walter De La Mare Library
5.00pm; Seng T Lee Centre, Senate House Library
A presentation by Giles de la Mare on the influence of the Library on Walter de la Mare's development as a writer, and the ways in which the Library was shaped by him as a writer and as a man. The Walter de la Mare Library at Senate House Library was acquired in 2005 through the good offices of Giles de la Mare and the generosity of the Friends of Senate House Library. The Library consists of some 650 items used by Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) as his working collection. Non-members are welcome to attend with prior registration.
All welcome. Attendance free.

 
Wednesday 22 April 2009

Guided Tour of Carlyle's House (National Trust)
11.00am: Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, London SW3
A clock formerly owned by Thomas Carlyle is on temporary loan from the University of London to the National Trust at Carlyle's House. A guided tour of the house has been arranged for 30 max (£5 per person or £1 per National Trust member).
NB: SHELF MEMBERS ONLY

Wednesday 10 June 2009: CANCELLED SORRY.

Book Group: The Book of Job

Thursday 18 June 2009

Guided Tour of the Grant Zoology Museum, UCL
5.00pm: Darwin Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
The Grant Museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 62,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom. Founded in 1827 as a teaching collection, the Museum is packed full of skeletons, mounted animals and specimens preserved in fluid. Many of the species are now endangered or extinct including the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, the quagga, and the dodo. A guided tour of the house has been arranged at £3 per person.
NB: SHELF MEMBERS ONLY