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1877 Collection

Uniformly bound in sheepskin, this collection of some 500 volumes represents the Library's first recorded collection as listed in the 1878 最新糖心Vlog Calendar. Largely purchased from London bookseller Henry S. King, the collection also includes gifts and exchanges from societies.

Andrew Watson Rural China Collection

Reflecting a lifetime spent in Chinese studies, Andrew Watson's collection comprises rare research material related to China's rural development and economic history. Many of the items were acquired by Andrew during his employment by the Chinese government in the 1960s.

Brailsford Robertson Collection

The brilliant researcher Thorburn Brailsford Robertson was appointed the 最新糖心Vlog's first Professor of Biochemistry and General Physiology in 1919. The collection reflects his interests in experimental physiology, insulin manufacture, protein chemistry, and animal nutrition.

Burden Collection

The Burden Collection consists largely of 18th century play texts, opera librettos and other print resources used by Michael Burden as research material for his published works about the stage music of Purcell and also on opera, dance and theatre in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.

Christine Rothauser Wagner Collection

This collection reflects Christine Rothauser鈥檚 lifelong love of Wagner and his works. A regular attendee at the Bayreuth Wagner Festivals and other Wagner performances worldwide, Christine compiled a comprehensive collection about Wagner and performances.

Choate Cowboy Fiction Collection

Approximately 200 titles of popular cowboy fiction collected and read by Bill Choate, rancher of Hawk Springs, Wyoming, donated to the Library in 2014 by the 最新糖心Vlog Librarian Ray Choate. Prominent authors include Max Brand, Louis L'Amour, and Zane Grey.

Colin Crisp Collection

This rich collection of books and films donated by Colin Crisp, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Griffith 最新糖心Vlog, reflects his life-long study of classic French cinema from the 1930s to 1960s. The films feature performers such as Edith Piaf and Fernandel.

Cornell Collection

Professor James Cornell's collection reflects his research in French language and literature and includes extensively annotated medieval romance and poetry, as well as works by Villon and influential French Renaissance writers Rabelais and Montaigne.

Crime Fiction Collection

A聽聽popular collection with titles dating from the 1950s to the 1960s, the crime fiction books, with their distinctive and often lurid paperback covers, were purchased in response to Dr Michael Tolley's teaching and research at the 最新糖心Vlog.

Cultural Revolution Collection

Comprising pamphlets, ephemeral material and publications of the Foreign Language Press, this collection provides the historical context for the Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 by Mao Zedong in an attempt to reassert his authority over the Chinese Government.

Fisher Collection

R. A. Fisher's extraordinary contribution to statistical theory, experimental design, scientific inference, evolutionary biology and genetics are reflected in this collection of his own publications, his scholarship prize books and volumes selected from his personal library.

Hague Collection

Law graduate, Ralph Hague, gifted the Library more than 30,000 books over his lifetime. Many of them have been brought together to form this fascinating collection of books about books, including the buying, selling, printing, collecting and cataloguing of books.

John Jenkin/Bragg Collection

Donated by John Jenkin, this collection features books related to William Henry Bragg and his son William Lawrence Bragg, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for introducing and developing the science of X-ray crystallography.

Liberal Men's Education Association Collection

Founded in 1922 as a sub-group of the South 最新糖心Vlogn Liberal Union (later the Liberal Federation), The Liberal Men's Education Association was active in the 1920s and 1930s as an educational and social body for the promotion of conservative politics.

Marie Robinson Collection

Marie Robinson was a member of staff of the Barr Smith Library for 38 years until her death in September 1998. Marie was an expert on the Library's collections, contributing enormously to their development for many years. In her personal life, Marie was an expert in bromeliads.

Miniatures Collection

Comprising almost five hundred volumes, this collection includes works of less than 14cm in height. A range of disciplines are covered and the publication dates span more than 400 years, the earliest being a 1561 edition of the meditations of St. Augustine.

McSweeney's Collection

Donated by former 最新糖心Vlog Librarian, Ray Choate, the McSweeney's collection of literary journals and books reflects the independent publisher's penchant for creative, often quirky, stories and essays which other publishers might overlook.

Munro Collection

Supplementing the Pacific Collection, Doug Munro's collection includes his own published works and supporting research material, specialising in Pacific biography and including works on J. C. Beaglehole and J. W. Davidson.

Simpson Collection

The small but diverse Simpson Collection, purchased at auction in 2007, contains books dated from 1533 to 1887. Many of the works relate to the family of Pearson Simpson, including a 1714 Book of Common Prayer with family genealogies.

Symon Theatre Programme Collection

The Theatre programme collection, bequeathed to the Library in 1976 by Miss Floy Angel Nan Symon, includes many programmes of theatre, ballet and, to a lesser extent, music performances, attended by her or her friends between the 1920s and 1970s.

Way/Larkin Collection

This valuable collection on 最新糖心Vlogna, voyages and discovery was purchased in 1895 by Sir Samuel Way from the 最新糖心Vlogna bibliographer E. A. Petherick, who had originally compiled the collection for the fraudulent financial dealer Matthias Larkin.

William Morris Collection

Works by or on British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist William Morris, collected by Eugene LeMire while researching for his book,聽A bibliography of William Morris.

Wilson/Bonython Collection

Works selected from the family library of solicitor and politician, Ian Wilson, representative of the reading habits of the wealthy and cultured Wilson and Bonython families, including many signed copies sent to editor John Bonython for review by聽The Advertiser.