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Introducing the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830

25 July 2022 Alex Deans Partners, Project News

The Books and Borrowing team are pleased to announce the release of the Chambers’ Library Map of Borrowers, 1827-1830. What[…]

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Mrs Felix Yaniewicz and the Chambers’ Circulating Library, 1829

18 July 2022 Kit Baston Borrowers

Sometimes the stars seem to align when going research. For Books and Borrowing, the configuration of the arrival and transcription[…]

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Event Report: Books and Borrowing: Edinburgh’s 19th Century Readers

27 June 2022 Alex Deans Events, Partners, Project News

On Thursday 23rd June, members of the Books and Borrowing team were joined by an online audience for an event[…]

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Books and Borrowing: Edinburgh’s 19th Century Readers – Online Event with NLS

10 May 2022 Alex Deans Events, Partners, Project News

In conjunction with our partners at the National Library of Scotland, we’re pleased to announce the upcoming online event, ‘Books[…]

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Mapping Borrowers from Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh Circulating Library

25 April 2022 Alex Deans Project News

Earlier in the year, I reported that the Books and Borrowing Project had begun the work of entering the records[…]

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Early Reflections on Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh Circulating Library

23 February 2022 Alex Deans Borrowers, Project News

Back in July 2021, Kit Baston announced the exciting news that we’d be adding the records of Robert Chambers’ Edinburgh[…]

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Title page of Scott's Waverley

Novel Reading in Post-Enlightenment Scotland: a PhD

11 October 2021 Cleo O'Callaghan Yeoman Project News, Project Team

Hello! My name is Cleo O’Callaghan Yeoman, and I am delighted to be joining the Books and Borrowing team as[…]

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Robert Chambers’ Circulating Library Borrowing Register, 1828-1829

12 July 2021 Kit Baston Partners, Project News

The Chambers Library Borrowing Register: A Unique Manuscript A surviving borrowing register for Robert Chambers’ circulating library, which operated in[…]

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