Edward Freeman Printed Collection

Medium: Printed

Number of items: 6,500 items (dispersed).

The library of Edward Augustus Freeman (1823-1892), the 19th-century historian and commentator on a vast range of political and social issues, constituted the foundation of Owens College Library’s history holdings when it was acquired by the Whitworth Legatees in 1892.

The collection is especially rich in medieval history, and played a significant role in the development of the 'Manchester History School’.

See also:

• Edward Freeman Papers

Further information:

• Recorded in Library Search.
• James Tait, Catalogue of the Freeman Library Presented to the Owens College by the Legatees of the Late Sir Joseph Whitworth, Bart (Manchester: T. Sowler & Co., 1894).

Location:

• The John Rylands Library, Deansgate  [Map]
• Find out how to use the reading rooms in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
• The University of Manchester Main Library, Oxford Rd  [Map]
• Find out how to use the reading room in the Main Library