Grants awarded in 2022

Celine Luppo McDaid, Hyde Director and Curator, writes:   We are most grateful to FNL for the grant that enabled us to acquire The Convict’s A

Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator, writes: The year of 2022 turned out to be a significant one in the history of the Brontë Parsonage Museum.

Sarah Stanley ACR, Service Manager, writes:  During 2022 the Kent Archives service acquired

Alan Crookham, Research Centre Manager at the National Gallery, writes: Richard Ford (1796-1858) was an English writer, collector and amateur artist.

Olivia Horsfall Turner, Senior Curator, Architecture and Design, writes:  The V&A is

Wendy Walker, County Archivist, writes: John Pilbeam’s account book is

Paul Scott, Curator, writes: Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an Englis

Izzy Wall, Assistant Curator, writes: The Herschel Museum of Astronomy is very grateful to FNL for their g

Tim Bryan, Director of the Brunel Institute, writes:  The SS Great Britain Trust was grateful for the support of the FNL in the purchase at auction of a rare autogr

Wendy Walker, County Archivist, writes: Medieval deeds from such an early period are rare survivals and West Sussex Record

Wendy Walker, County Archivist, writes: Diaries can be some of the most powerful documents that we hold, providing a fascinating insight into the inner lives of people i

Wendy Walker, County Archivist, writes: West Sussex Record Office is extremely grateful to the Friends o

Dr Kathy Haslam, Curator, writes: The Society of Antiquaries of London is most grateful to FNL for its generous gr

Andrew Bennett, Brighton and Hove Archivist, writes: The majority of these documents relate to the rental, sale and development of land in the tenantry laines of Br

Francesca Galligan, Assistant Librarian, Rare Books, writes:  A generous grant from FNL has allowed us to acquire an

Sue Wood, Head of Archives, writes: Dickson, Archer & Thorp were important Northumberland solicitors.

Anna Manthorpe, Archivist, writes: When this journal came up at auction, we soon realised that it was part of a gap between 1861-1905 in a series of similar volumes from

Julianne Simpson, Collections and Discovery Manager writes:  The John Rylan

Elizabeth Quarmby Lawrence, Rare Books Librarian, writes: The University of Edinburgh is very grateful to the FNL for generously supporting the acquisition of this

Oliver Wooller, Community Archivist, writes: John Champneys was born around 1490, the son of Robert Champneys of Chew Magna in Somerset.

Wendy Walker, County Archivist, writes: This detailed map of Steepwood Farm

One deed was added to the West Sussex Record Office’s collections and the other eight were donated to archive services around the country.  FNL is happy to respond to applications fo

Rob Phillips, Archivist for the Welsh Political Archive, writes:  David Lloyd George is one of Wales’ greatest politicians.

Jonathan Ridsdale, Acquisitions Librarian, writes: This large folio contains 40 heliogravures, including 10 enhanced with watercolour, and 20 pages of specific informati

Paul Newman, Archives and Local Studies Manager, writes:   The generous support of the Friends of the National Libraries enabled

Sarah Prescott, Literary Archivist writes:   Peepal Tree Press is an independent company based in Leeds and is the world’s leading publisher of Caribbean and Black

Sam Johnston, Service Manager for Archives and Records writes:  In June 2022

Ralph McLean, Manuscripts Curator for the Long 18th century, writes:  The Church of Scotland Minister, Robert Blair (1699-1746) is an unusual figure in Scottish lit

David Leigh-Hunt, Trustee, writes:  The Keats-Shelley Memorial Association

This account book relates to an ancient charity within the town of Newbury, Berkshire. The Hospital of St Bartholomew is first recorded in 1215, when King John granted it the right to ho

Chris Scales, Archives Officer, writes:  

Jeremy Mitchell, Chair of the Edward Thomas Fellowship and Keeper of the Collections, writes: The Friends have been most generous to

Liam Sims, Rare Books Specialist, writes:   Daniel Waterland was the most influential early 18th-century teacher of divinity in the University of Cambridge and

Anna Manthorpe, Archivist, writes: The scrapbook titled Collections of Sussex contains 343 prints (five of which are coloure

Jessica Woodward, Pusey House Librarian, writes:  Pusey House Library and Archive i

Owen Simons, Collections Archivist, writes:  Dorset History

These rolls are presumed to be personal copies of Edward Russell (1653-1727). They are formal documents, written with iron gall ink in a court hand onto parchment membranes.

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Eliza Howlett, Head of Earth Collections and Digital Collections Lead, writes: Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Heidi Egginton, Curator of Political Collections, writes: We are so grateful to FNL for supporting the acquisition of the Smillie Archive, comprising the personal p

Lynn Parker, Curator, Illustrations & Artefacts, writes:  The Library a

Dr Richard Wragg, Collections Senior Manager, writes: The University of Sussex

Martin Kauffmann, Head of Early and Rare Collections, writes:  The Hours of Louis Quarré (MS.

Dr.

Cecily Nowell-Smith, Reading Room Services Supervisor, writes:  The

Dr Hugh Maguire, Director, The Dr Williams’s Trust, writes: These three folio volumes form a welcome addition to the library collections, complementing as they do t

Rhys Jones, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, writes: On 26 May 2022, with generous assistance from FNL, the Natio

Emma Down, Deputy Head of Archives, writes: The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is very grateful to the Friends of Nations’ Libraries for their support in purchasing