Barton Library

Introduction

When S. Saxon Barton, the founder of the Society, died in 1957 he left
his collection of Ricardian books to the recently re-founded Society, and these twenty-one volumes formed the nucleus of the collection later to become known as the Barton Library in his memory. 

Over the years, the collection has grown by purchase and donation under
the care of the first Honorary Librarian, Mrs Olivia Wigram, and after her death in 1970, of Mrs Carolyn Hammond, who held the post of Librarian
until 2001. The continuing expansion of the Library has meant that the collection of novels has been housed separately since 1998, and in 2001
the non-fiction collection was divided into two parts: books and papers. Since 1993 an audio-visual section has been developed by Geoffrey Wheeler. Complete catalogues of the stock in each section of the Library
are now available on-line (see below). 

S. Saxon Barton

The Library provides a postal loan service for all Society members. Items are sent by post to members anywhere in the United Kingdom, there is no loan charge but the outward postage is refundable. Overseas members may borrow some of the papers and audio-visual items but not the books because of the risk of loss or delay in the post.  Full details of borrowing procedures are given in the introductory section of each catalogue. 

The Librarians will be happy to advise you on which books or papers to choose, to carry out quick searches for information or to supply photocopies (if this can be done without infringing copyright).

You can find out what material is available on any given topic by opening any of the catalogue files then click on the 'binoculars' symbol to the left of the text to open a search box, type in the author or subject you are looking for and you will get a list of all the relevant items in that section of the catalogue. In this way you can create your own reading lists.

The Library is divided into four sections, each with its own detailed catalogue(s): 

Non-Fiction Books

Non-Fiction Papers

Fiction

Audio Visual