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The Joseph Porton Room on the first floor of Sheepscar Library can be seen in this view. This Library opened in 1938, replacing a much older library (opened 1877) which had been situated nearby. Joseph Porton owned a printers and stationers on North Street and donated ?1000 which was used to furnish this room in greywood and walnut. The Joseph Porton Collection, which was originally housed here, was a collection of Jewish literature and general books. A plaque visible on the left states. 'The Rabbi Moses Abraham's Library contained herein was presented to the City by the United Hebrew Congregation of Leeds'. The Porton Collection was moved to the Central Library around the time the Archives Department moved to Sheepscar, in 1965. Sheepscar closed as a library in 1975 and is now the Leeds branch of the West Yorkshire Archives Service. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Sheepscar Branch Library Joseph Porton Room | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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