Other Special Collections

These include:

• HE Bates - Writer. Includes original letters (Central Library) and books, manuscripts and articles written by him (Rushden Library).
  
  
• Charles Bradlaugh MP- Radical politician and free thinker. Includes pamphlets, speeches, letters, news cuttings, cartoons and portraits, books by and about Bradlaugh (Central Library).
  
  
• J L Carr - Writer, artist and publisher. Includes original notes, maps and artwork, news cuttings and novels, books by and about Carr (Kettering Library).
  
  
• Philip Doddridge - Influential nonconformist. Includes original letters, printed sermons and other works by and about Doddridge (Central Library).
  
  
• Mary Pendered - Writer and playwright. Includes original manuscript and typescript material, such as plays, essays and short stories (Wellingborough Library).
  
  
• Beeby Thompson - Geologist and explorer. Includes original notes, letters and annotated maps relating to geology and water supply in Northamptonshire and the East Midlands (Central Library).
  
  
• Leather and Footwear - An historic collection on the economics and history of the leather and footwear industry worldwide and locally containing; books, pamphlets, journals, theses patents, market research reports, surveys and statistics (Central Library - please note that some of the items are stored off-site, but they can be viewed on request with some advance notice).

For sale:

• Life and Times of H E Bates - £2.95
• Life and Times of J L Carr - £3.50

Related Sections:

• Public Libraries