Museums of History NSW | Reading the House Library: An exploration of SLM’s Rare Book Collections with Dr Matthew Stephens @MuseumsofHistoryNSW | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 32 minutes ago.
Hear from Dr Matthew Stephens, Research Librarian at the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, as he shares stories and treasures from some of Sydney’s most intriguing book collections.
Discover fascinating insights, including how many books made up the average 19th–century house library, the most popular titles and authors of the time and how a book that once belonged to the world’s first gothic novelist came to reside in our collection.
Hear from Dr Matthew Stephens, Research Librarian at the Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, as he shares stories and treasures from some of Sydney’s most intriguing book collections.
Discover fascinating insights, including how many books made up the average 19th–century house library, the most popular titles and authors of the time and how a book that once belonged to the world’s first gothic novelist came to reside in our collection.
