Esperanto Collection

Date range: 20th century

Medium: Printed

Number of items: c.2,000 items.

This important collection of books published in and about Esperanto includes the extensive library of Neil Salvesen (1944-1990).

For most of his adult life Salvesen held administrative posts in the textile industry. He was introduced to Esperanto by a friend and quickly became an enthusiastic Esperantist and active member of the Manchester Esperanto Society. A little over two years before his early death in 1990 he was appointed an official of the Universal Esperanto Association (Universala Esperanto-Asocio) and was based in Rotterdam.

The collection is arranged according to broad subject groups:

• Encyclopaedias and dictionaries;
• Original and translated poetry;
• Original works;
• Translated works;
• Works in other languages about Esperanto;
• Journals and yearbooks.

Further information:

• Partly uncatalogued.
• Recorded in Library Search.
• Unpublished handlist available via the Special Collections reading rooms.

Location:

• The University of Manchester Main Library, Oxford Rd  [Map]
• Find out how to use the reading room in the Main Library