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Description: | This collection belongs to the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society (CWAAS). The core of the collection are the journals built up since the turn of the 19th Century by exchange with other county societies and some foreign institutions. Over the years some exchanges have lapsed and other journal holdings have been acquired from various sources. In recent years the Society has received substantial donations and bequests of books which have built into a collection of material on archaeology and Cumbrian local history.
The most significant of the bequests are from Richard Read (Roman history), W.K. Calvert (history of Furness), and Clare Fell (prehistoric and other archaeology as well as local history).
Other individuals have donated single items or small collections.
The Society also looks after the small library of the Cumbria Industrial History Society.
Details of the library and the Society can be found at
http://cwaas.org.uk/cgi-bin/site/main.pl?action=library
The collection is available to view by prior appointment with the library. | Subjects: | Roman period Local history societies Local history Archaeology | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Telephone: | 01228 400312 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:8906 | Go to resource |
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