This book, first published in 1939, looks at the collecting, conserving and use of the materials of local history, collected in local libraries. It examines the methods of arranging, cataloguing and displaying such materials as prints, photographs and maps, as well as official papers, manuscripts and letters.
1. Our Purpose
2. What is Collected
3. The Cost and Methods of
Collection
4. Arrangement and Cataloguing
5. Deeds and Manuscripts
6. Graphic
Records: Paintings, Prints and Drawings
7. Photographic and Regional Survey
Records
8. Maps and Plans
9. The Housing and Filing of the Collection
10.
Miscellaneous: Libraries of Municipal Reference, Copies, Exploiting the
Collection, Notable Catalogues, Conclusion
W.C. Berwick Sayers
