Li/SA2/19

Correspondence including references to the establishment and running of the following library centres: Dunstable; Leighton Buzzard; Cardington; Biggleswade; Langford; Goldington; Kempston; Blunham; Harrold; Maulden, Silsoe, Lidlington; Studham; Pavenham; Oakley; Potton.

Aug 1932 - Jan 1933

From: 1932 To: 1933

Plus the following: - Bedfordshire County Library Mailing list [n.d]; - Copy of draft for County Library annual report [10 Sep 1932]; - Correspondence regarding complaint to Mr Baines, Director of Education, about the conduct of Mr Burns, Headteacher at Hockliffe School [19 Sep 1932]; - Memo regarding provision made by Bedford Borough Library[20 Oct 1932]; - Report on Silsoe Library Centre [1 Dec 1932]; - Letter requesting permission to apply for use of the Masonic Rooms in Biggleswade [17 Nov 1932]; - Request for assistance in providing texts of ‘Strife’ by John Galsworthy for a class at Bedford Adult School [27 Aug 1932]; - Correspondence between Mr Glazier, County Librarian, and Dr GH Fowler, Chairman of the County Library Sub-Committee regarding funding for librarians posts [Nov 1932]; - Memo with statistics of borrowing figures etc. for Leighton Buzzard & Dunstable Branch Libraries [24 Nov 1932]; - Copy of County Library statistics, including population served, income, stock, and cataloguing arrangements [21 Dec 1932]; - Correspondence from F R Hockliffe, Bookseller, printer & stationer, 86-88 High St, Bedford, regarding supply of books for the library [Nov 1932]; - Correspondence regarding provision of steel bookcases for County Library Branches from W Lucy & Co. Ltd, Oxford [Nov 1932]; - Report on outbreak of smallpox at Maulden [Jun 1932]; - Invitation to the Shire Hall Annual Dinner [18 Nov 1932]; - Costs of heating and lighting Library Centres [19 Sep 1932]; - Request for Mr Glazier, County Librarian, for a talk ‘How to make the most of life & books’ at Felmersham & Radwell Women’s Institute [Sep 1932]; - Letter regarding provision of books for Bedfordshire Rural Scheme evening classes [9 Oct 1932]; - Request for books from Eaton Socon W.E.A for modern history classes [24 Oct 1932]; - Scarlet Fever at Oakley [7 Oct 1932]; - Information on a three year course in English Literature organised by the Bedfordshire Federation of the Workers Educational Association [1932].

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Glazier, George E,
Baines,
Burns,
Fowler, G H,
Gibbard, L G Stileman,
Hockliffe, F R,
W Lucy & Co. Ltd

Bedfordshire County Library, health administration, CORRESPONDENCE, County Librarian, DUNSTABLE, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, CARDINGTON, BIGGLESWADE, LANGFORD, GOLDINGTON, KEMPSTON, BLUNHAM, HARROLD, MAULDEN, SILSOE, LIDLINGTON, STUDHAM, PAVENHAM, OAKLEY, POTTON, Director of Education, Hockliffe School, Bedford Borough Library, statistics, bookseller, printer, stationer, books, Oxford, smallpox, Shire Hall, invitation, dinners, libraries heating, lighting, Women's Institute, FELMERSHAM, Bedfordshire Rural Scheme, EATON SOCON, Workers' Educational Association