King's College Maughan Library



Today, we went to King's College Maughan Library.  As we walked up to the library, the buildings were beautiful.  King's College University was founded in 1829 and the Maughan Library has the Foyle's Special Collection.  I found it interesting that the Foyle's Special Collection does not hold any of the University collections.  There were many rare books in the Foyle's Special Collection like a book owned by Ben Franklin, a copy of Treaties of Eclipses by Charles Ledbetter, and a copy of Common Sense by Thomas Paine which is a London version.  One aspect that surprised me was that Professor Moltrom, who passed in the 1990s, bequeathed his collection of 20,000 items.  He was the first person to popularize American literature.  There were some interesting items within the collection.

As we continued the tour, we were shown the Westin Room which is a beautiful room that is used for displays at the college.  Also, King's College has a round reading room that is very similar to the round reading room at the British Museum.  It is so beautiful and it still has it's original zinc ceiling!








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