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  <dc:title>Papers relating to the library and its readership at Syon Abbey</dc:title>
  <dc:description>This collection contains the following papers relating to reading habits and book collections of the nuns of Syon Abbey during 1989-1990:

Paper catalogue of the library of Syon Abbey (14 softbound volumes of card-index entries), in the following classification system: A Early books (shelved in the Special Collections Reading Room), B Bibles (shelved in the Special Collections Reading Room), C Liturgy, D Saints' lives, E Theology, F History, G Swedish, H Fiction, J Poetry, K Drama, L Non-fiction, M Reference, N Marian literature, O Art, P Periodicals, R Children's literature;

Nineteen boxes of the original loose index slips also form part of the collection, 1989-1990;

File of records of books issued to the sisters and held for personal use in their cells, 1989-1990;

File of cataloguing notes made by Claire Johnson, cataloguer, 1989-1990;

File of mainly photocopied materials relating to the archive collections of Syon Abbey made by Marion Glasscoe, cataloguer, 1989-1990;

Two pamphlets relating to the history of Syon Abbey by F.R. Johnston, 1964 and c 1987

File containing xerox copy of a commonplace book of Sister Mary Gabriel c 1989;

Envelope of colour photographs of Marion Glasscoe and Claire Johnson cataloguing and packing books at Syon Abbey, 1989-1990.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1964-1990</dc:date>
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