Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    Li/Lib/D7
  • Title
    Dunstable Branch Library file of correspondence regarding staff at the library and maintenance of the building, plus the following: - Suggestions for features of a new library from United Reform Church Minister Rev.Bevan Bird (offering advice on books for a theology section), and the local branch of the Workers Educational Association [Sep 1966];
  • Date free text
    1962 - 1979
  • Production date
    From: 1962 To: 1979
  • Scope and Content
    - Letter from the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis [W F Denton, Dunstable], offering books free of charge [27 Sep 1966]; - Two letters requesting a record lending section at the proposed new library [6 Sep & 7 Dec 1966]; - Letter to the County Librarian from T W Bagshawe regarding the history of Dunstable Library from 1925.[21 Jan 1967]; - Letter to Mr Bagshawe from the County Librarian mentioning the opening of the new Dunstable Area library in the heart of the new shopping centre, and several other openings throughout the County, and also giving details of staff and moves of the Dunstable Library from 1934. [8 Feb 1967]; - Correspondence between the County Librarian and Dunstable Borough Council regarding the unexpected 70% rise in demand for books at the new Dunstable Branch Library in Vernon Place and the few books remaining on the shelves.[Jul 1967]; - Draft article ‘Investment and Return: Bedfordshire’s New Area Library at Dunstable’ (no author given) [22 Aug 1967]; - Letter from Maurice Lewin, requesting books to be kept at Dunstable on a permanent basis for the use of the Luton - Dunstable Esperanto-Klubo [11 Sep 1967]; - Leaflet advertising the British Esperanto Association n.d.; - Leaflet for Careers Convention at Brewers Hill School and Northfields School, Dunstable [11 Oct 1967]; - Facts and figures of Dunstable Area Library [4 Sep 1967]; - Memo regarding access for the disabled to Dunstable Library [19 Mar 1968]; - Letter to the County Librarian from E C Hawes, Hon.Secretary of the Manshead Archaeological Society of Dunstable regarding the storage of three Worthington Smith Drawings at the County Central Library.[29 Feb 1968]; - Letters to Mr Watson, deputy County Librarian, from Joan Payne (former Dunstable Branch Librarian) Dunstable Handicapped Persons St. Raphael Club inviting him to their AGM [3 Apr 1969][12 Oct 1970]; - Letter from Eric G Meadows, photographer, to Mr Muris, County Librarian, requesting expenses for a ‘Know Your District’ exhibition [27 Jun 1969]; - letter to the County Librarian from B S George, Dunstable Division Librarian regarding an open evening at the library for Toddington Children’s Book Group [28 Apr 1972]; - Request from Sundon Friendship Club (for elderly people) for a speaker to tell them about the County Library Service [27 Jun 1972]; - Report on the organisation of Dunstable Division Mobile Library service [16 May 1972]; - Letter from B S George, Dunstable Division Librarian to the County Librarian, regarding the decline in use of Houghton Regis Library and the possibility of reducing opening hours to reduce staff costs.[23 Jun 1972]; - Letter to the County Librarian from Mrs P M Barling, Chairman of the ‘Housebound Committee’ requesting more books for distribution.[14 Oct 1972]; - Letter to the County Librarian from Miss E M Rimes, Headmistress of Lancot County Primary School, Dunstable, objecting to the reduction of visits of the Travelling Library to the school from three to two, and suggesting that twice each term would be more appropriate. [23 Mar 1973]; - Letter from Turvey and Turvey ‘Dunstable’s Leading Photographers, 95 High Street North, Dunstable asking if they could hold an exhibition of their work at the library [28 Jan 1975]; - Letter from Miss Joan Payne to F Sewell Esq. at the Department of Education and Science explaining the service provided to the housebound.[24 Sep 1975]; - Dunstable Library User Questionnaire n.d.[c1977].
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