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L - Local Studies and History book collection
. - Main series (octavo)
01 - Physical Aspects
02 - Geology
03 - Natural History
04 - Meteorology
05 - General Works
06 - Directories
07 - Book Trade in Birmingham
08 - Periodicals and Newspapers
09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham
10 - Religion
11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture
12 - Monastic Birmingham
13 - Church of England General Histories
14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham
15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston
16
17 - Roman Catholic Church
18 - Nonconformists Dissenters
19 - Minor Denominations
20 - Social Life
21 - Social Life Special Classes
22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs
23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking
24 - Clubs and Societies
25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes
26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows
27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens
28 - Theatres, Music Halls
29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings
30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times
31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively
32 - Mayoralty
33 - Aldermen
34 - City Council
35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens
36 - City Officials and Departments
37
38 - Town Hall
39 - Regional Government
40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics
41 - Poor, Life and Labour
42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes
43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice
44 - Markets and Food Supply
45 - Public Health
46 - Medicine Hospitals
47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems
48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,
49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)
50 - Culture in Birmingham
51 - Literary Associations
52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)
53 - Libraries
54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture
55 - Music
56 - Architecture in Birmingham
57 - Public Buildings
58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens
59 - Other Cutural Activities
60 - Economic History and Theory
61 - Industrial Organisation
62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests
63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance
64 - Trades and Manufactures
1; 2009 - Timmins (S) ed. Resources, products and industrial history of Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District: reports collected by the Local Industries Committee of the British Association at Birmingham in 1865. 1866. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham Meeting, 1865.
01; 6383 - Birmingham and South Staffordshire; history, geology, and industrial operations of a mining district. Illus. Map. 1838 NOTE - A re-issue of "Birmingham and its vicinity". *SMITH (WILLIAM HAWKES).
1; 6418 - Timmins (S) ed. Resources, products and industrial history of Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District: reports collected by the Local Industries Committee of the British Association at Birmingham in 1865. 1866. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham Meeting, 1865.
1; 14573 - British Manufacturing Industries. (The Birmingham Trades) 2nd edition. 1878. BEVAN (GEORGE PHILLIPS) Work edited by.
1; 58799 - England's workshops (including references to Birmingham manufactories). 1864. BROUGH (JOHN CARGILL), ARCHER (THOMAS) of London, TEGETMEIER (WILLIAM BERNHARD), QUIN (CHARLES W.) F.C.S., PROWSE (WILLIAM JEFFERY), STRAUSS (GUSTAV LOUIS MAURICE).
1; 63065 - Bradshaw's Handbook to the Manufacturing District of Great Britain (including Birmingham) 1854. Bradshaw's Publications.
1; 63352 - British Manufacturing Industries. (The Birmingham Trades) 1876. BEVAN (GEORGE PHILLIPS) Work edited by.
1; 69532 - Birmingham and her manufactures. Eleven articles from The Leisure Hour. 1853.
1; 175834 - Timmins (S) ed. Resources, products and industrial history of Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District: reports collected by the Local Industries Committee of the British Association at Birmingham in 1865. (A collection of reviews) 1866-7. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham Meeting, 1865.
1; 246441 - Birmingham Industry and Commerce. Reprinted from the Handbook of the British Association, Birmingham Meeting, 1913. 14pp. 1913. *ASHLEY (Sir WILLIAM JAMES).
1; 248075 - Timmins (S) ed. Resources, products and industrial history of Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District: reports collected by the Local Industries Committee of the British Association at Birmingham in 1865. 1866. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham Meeting, 1865.
1; 330213 - British Manufacturing Industries. (The Birmingham Trades) 1876. BEVAN (GEORGE PHILLIPS) Work edited by.
1; 360859 - The industrial development of Birmingham and the Black Country, 1860 - 1927. With an introduction by J.F. Rees, and a bibliography. Illus. Maps. 1929. *ALLEN (GEORGE CYRIL).
1; 484344 - Birmingham. The city of a thousand trades. (City of Birmingham Information Bureau) Illus. 28pp. 1938. Guides.
1; 485874 - The Rise of the midland industries, 1600 - 1838 (with bibliographical notes and references to Birmingham) (Oxford) Tables. 1938. *COURT (WILLIAM HENRY BASSANO).
1; 536032 - England's workshops [including references to Birmingham manufacturies] / By Dr. G. L. M. Strauss. C. W. Quin, F.C.S. John C. Brough. Thomas Archer. W. B. Tegetmeier. W. J. Prowse.
1; 536032 - England's workshops. Including references to Birmingham manufactories. 1864. BROUGH (JOHN CARGILL), ARCHER (THOMAS) of London, TEGETMEIER (WILLIAM BERNHARD), QUIN (CHARLES W.) F.C.S., PROWSE (WILLIAM JEFFERY), STRAUSS (GUSTAV LOUIS MAURICE).
1; 613804 - The changing regional pattern [of the Birmingham Plateau] during the eighteenth century.
1; 748478 - [Handbook of conference held at Birmingham, 20th April 1965-24th April 1965].
1; 779409 - The Midlands of England.
3; 12496 - Birmingham and its vicinity as a manufacturing and commercial district. Illus. Map. 1836. *SMITH (WILLIAM HAWKES).
3; 463331 - Birmingham and its vicinity as a manufacturing and commercial district. Edition issued in parts. Nos. 1 and 2. Illus. 1833. *SMITH (WILLIAM HAWKES).
3; 793618 - Partners in science; letters of James Watt and Joseph Black [also including letters of James Keir, John Robison and James Russell] / Edited with introductions and notes by Eric Robinson and Douglas McKie.
3; 807498 - Birmingham : an alphabetically arranged guide to the industrial resources of the Midland metropolis ... district.
4; 789808 - Redditch industry-- small firms : an index of manufacturing and construction firms employing less than eleven full time workers in May 1966.
06; 284567 - List of members. July 31, 1919 –. Mining Engineers (South Staffordshire and Warwickshire Institute of) 1905 etc..
06; 411293 - Programme, Silver Jubilee autumn meeting, Birmingham. 18th to 21st September 1933. 34pp. 1933. Metals (Institute of) Birmingham Meeting, 1933.
06; 471518 - Summer meeting, Birmingham. July 1937. Programme, papers, tickets. 1937. Mining Engineers (Institution of).
06; 560185 - Annual reports ...
06; 597787 - Midland Industry : the review of the Midland Regional Board for Industry.
7 Microfilm 83; 62485 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 71pp. Illus. 1864. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7 Microfilm 83; 75543 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 63pp. Illus. 1864. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7; 14777 - Remarks on some evidence recently communicated to the Photographic Society (on the alleged practice of photography at Soho, Birmingham, about 1790) 6pp 1863. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7; 14778 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 55pp. Illus. 1864. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7; 14779 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 55pp. Illus. 1865. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7; 34674 - Birmingham inventors and inventions ; a contribution to the industrial history of Birmingham. Privately printed. 50 copies only. 1881. *PROSSER (RICHARD BISSELL).
7; 57747 - Description of a pneumatic apparatus. With directions for procuring the factitious airs. 2nd edition, with supplement. Containing a description of a simplified apparatus, and of a portable apparatus. 2 volumes. Illus. 1795-6. *WATT (JAMES) 1736 - 1819, engineer.
7; 62485 - Boulton (M.P.W.) Remarks concerning certain photographs, found at Soho, Birmingham, supposed to be of early date. Illus. 71pp. 1864. Soho.
7; 65490 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 74pp. Illus. 1865. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT). NOTE - Bound with 75544.
7; 75544 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 29pp. Illus. 1865. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT). NOTE - This is a different work from the foregoing, although bearing a similar title. Bound with 65490.
7; 283795 - On the inventions of James Watt and his models. A paper read at a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Birmingham. In a collection of letters etc. relating to Boulton and Watt, collected by S. Timmins etc. 37pp. Illus. 1883. COWPER (EDWARD A.).
7; 293947 - The invention of roller drawing in cotton spinning. Paper read at meeting of The Newcomen Society for the study of the history of engineering and technology held in Boulton and Watt Room, Central Public Libraries, Birmingham, June 16th 1921. "Duplicated". 23 leaves. Illus. 1921. SEYMOUR-JONES (ALFRED).
7; 321147 - Remarks concerning certain photographs (found at Soho, Birmingham) supposed to be of early date. 31pp. Illus. 1865. *BOULTON (MATTHEW PIERS WATT).
7; 350318 - Old time invention in the four shires : Gloucester, Worcester, Warwick and Oxford. Including references to Birmingham. Reprinted from the Evesham Journal, 1911-12. (Evesham) 63pp. 1912. RUSHEN (PERCY C.).
7; 360879 - The Garret Workshop of James Watt. (Science Museum Technical Pamphlets Number 1) Port. Illus. Dgms. 24pp. 1929. DICKINSON (HENRY WINRAM).
7; 360880 - The Garret Workshop of James Watt. (Science Museum Technical Pamphlets Number 1) Port. Illus. Dgms. 24pp. 1929. DICKINSON (HENRY WINRAM).
7; 601758 - The Garret workshop of James Watt / by H.W. Dickinson.
7; 663732 - Birmingham inventors and inventions: being a contribution to the industrial history of Birmingham.
6411 - Chambers trades register of the Midlands.
882827 - Staffordshire guide industry & commerce.
65 - Engineering and Technology
66 - Chemical and Allied Industries
67 - Manufactures
68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys
69 - Other Industries
70 - History: Sources
71 - History: General
72 - History: Before the Conquest
73 - Histories of Specific Periods
74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations
75 - Military, Naval and Air History
76 - Political History
77 - Geneaology, Heraldry
78 - Biography
79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits
80 - Topography and description
81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers
82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands
83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country
84 - Maps and Plans
85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas
86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939
87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards
88 - Conservation, Environment
89 - Particular streets and localites
90 - Parishes
91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire
92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie
93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire
94 - Herefordshire
95 - Shropshire
96 - Staffordshire
97 - Warwickshire
98 - Worcestershire
99 - West Midlands, Black Country
F - Large volumes (folio)
FF - Extra large volumes
p - Pamphlets
pp - Large pamphlets
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