Subject strengths: Arts, Visual Arts, Book History

The Crawhall Collection is a wonderfully-diverse and visual collection of material by and relating to local businessman, artist and patron of the arts, Joseph Crawhall II (1821-1896). The published book portion of this collection comprises of 23 volumes and includes chapbooks, such as Olde ffrendes with newe faces (1883), A Jubilee Thought (1887) and Old Aunt Elspa's ABC [1884].

 

Collection Name and Collection Reference Code:

Collection Name: Crawhall (Joseph II) Collection

Library Search Collection Ref Code: Crawhall

Date Range of Material

1864 – 1972

Type of Material

Rare book collection

Size of Collection

2 Linear Metres of shelving 

How To Order Items From This Collection

The books within this collection are described within the Newcastle University Library Search and can be ordered directly from the catalogue.

This link to the Library Search will show a list of all the items within the collection. Please note this link is available to members of the public as well as University staff and students.

Unable to visit our Reading Room?

If you are unable to visit our reading room, we also have a virtual reading room service and a digitisation service. 

Other resources

See Crawhall (Joseph II) Archive for archival material related to Joseph Crawhall.

Material from this collection was used in our Treasures of the Month feature for February 2013.