The Courtney Library
The Courtney Library and Archive holds books, periodicals, archive material and ephemera relating to Cornwall and the South West of England. It commemorates the scholar William Prideaux Courtney. It includes the extensive written records collected by the historian Charles G. Henderson and Henderson's own papers. In addition, there is an extensive photographic collection which records the history of Cornwall from 1845 to date.
The Courtney Library, accommodated above the departments of the museum, currently holds c. 50,000 printed volumes, 35,000 manuscripts and documents, newspapers from 1798, printed maps, periodicals and engravings. It specialises in family history and local history.
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