Prince Albert's Personal Papers
Papers relating to Prince Albert’s personal life and enthusiasms
BERNARD BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD (1816-69)
Third report on the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. October 1862.
1862RCIN 1009982.n
5 p. ms. fair copy.
Bernard Woodward was appointed to the post of Librarian in July 1860 after the death of his predecessor, John Glover. On his appointment, Woodward was encouraged to reform the Royal Library. In this, his third report, written to Queen Victoria in October 1862, he remarks on the completion of a rough rearrangement of the books and notes that work was starting on increasing the shelf space in the middle room of the Royal Library under the auspices of the architect Anthony Salvin.
Bernard Woodward was appointed to the post of Librarian in July 1860 after the death of his predecessor, John Glover. On his appointment, Woodward was encouraged to reform the Royal Library. In this, his third report, written to Queen Victoria in October 1862, he remarks on the completion of a rough rearrangement of the books and notes that work was starting on increasing the shelf space in the middle room of the Royal Library under the auspices of the architect Anthony Salvin.
Creator(s)
Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816-69) (author)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Royal Library [Windsor Castle]
- Print Room [Royal Library, Windsor Castle]
- Royal Library [Windsor Castle]
- Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
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- printed & manuscript material
- manuscripts
- Places
