Bradshaw, Henry, 1831 - 1886 (scholar, antiquary and librarian)
Dates and places
1831-1886. Born in London; educated at Eton and King's College. Fellow of King's College 1953-86. Assistant Master at St Columba's College, Dublin, 1853-6. Employed at Cambridge University Library from 1856 until his death, elected Librarian 1867.
Geographical areas
Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
Legal status / Nationality
British
Sphere of activity
Librarianship; Bibliography
Other information
Biographical information in G.W. Prothero 'A memoir of Henry Bradshaw' (1888)
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
A catalogue of adversaria and printed books containing ms notes, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge (Cambridge University Press, 1864), 1864 - 1867
Annotated by Henry Bradshaw, circa 1867.
Account of the pictures in the Library written up from the remarks of Signor Sciarretta, 1881, with covering letter to the Vice-Chancellor, 6 Feb. 1882, 1881 - 1900
Also, further letter from W. Chawner to the Librarian enclosing both items, 5 Nov. 1900.
Accounts for expenditure on books, tradesmen and salaries, 1867 - 1870
The records relate to the development and management of the Library's holdings, buildings and staff.
Appeal Fund ledger, 1905
Comprises accounts under the following heads: Acton Library books (continued in Acton Library ledger ULIB 11/1/9), Bradshaw Irish collection, bookbinding (continued in Special Funds ledger ULIB 11/1/7), wages.
Assorted administrative papers, accumulated by Henry Bradshaw and Francis Jenkinson for guidance, in one sequence, 1870 - 1924
Covers such subjects as: accounts; shelving of star classes; fire alarm procedure; salaries; working of boiler; space; needs of Library; how to bring more light into the Library.
Assorted letters received during the Librarianships of J. Power (1845-64), J.E.B. Mayor (1864-7), Henry Bradshaw (1867-86) and Francis Jenkinson (1889-1923), including those passed on by the Vice-Chancellor, 1855 - 1914
These cover every aspect of the administration of the Library, its holdings, buildings and staff.
Catalogue of books and documents relating to the Papacy, presented by Rev. Robert James McGhee in May 1840, 1859
Cover works in the General Catalogue, as well as incunables, the contents of special collections such as the Royal Library and the Acton Library, periodicals and fiction.
Class catalogue for Bradshaw Books, 1886
89 labelled on spine.
Class catalogue for Bradshaw Books, 1887
90 labelled on spine.
Class catalogue for Bradshaw Collection, 1905
91 labelled on spine.
Draft letter to J.W. Clark, relating to the salaries of Library Assistants, 1873-03-18
The records relate to the development and management of the Library's holdings, buildings and staff.
Letter to Henry Bradshaw with suggestions for fitting up the Law School for Library purposes, 1885-10-10
These cover i) the Old Schools site and its nineteenth century additions, ii) the planning, building and move to the new Library in west Cambridge in 1934 and iii) expansion of the new Library from the 1960s onwards.
Letter to Vice-Chancellor relating to request of Anglo-American Committee for books for Chicago, suggesting gift of Press books, 1872-03-11
The correspondence includes items inherited by Power from his predecessors and added by Vice-Chancellors Cookson (1848, 1863-4, 1872-3), Porter (1881-4) and, perhaps, others.
'List of current foreign periodicals received at the University Library', 1870-09
Annotated by Henry Bradshaw 'The books here marked are supplied by Messrs Barthes and Lowell on the Worts Fund'.
Lists of the publications of the Palaeontographical Society, with especial reference to those held by the University Library, and associated papers, 1869 - 1966
Cover works in the General Catalogue, as well as incunables, the contents of special collections such as the Royal Library and the Acton Library, periodicals and fiction.
Museum typographicum: books printed in the 15th century, 1869 - 1883
List of incunables in select class AB and others gathered off open shelves, all brought together by HB into his first floor room, Room G, in the Scott Building; with loose, at back, plan of room 'G', the 'Museum Typographicum', showing the contents of cases, Oct. 1869, and class marks of further incunables for incorporation, 1883.
Notes made in connection with incunable catalogue, 1870 - 1879
Cover works in the General Catalogue, as well as incunables, the contents of special collections such as the Royal Library and the Acton Library, periodicals and fiction.
Notes on the collections of Oriental, Thibetan and 'Additional' manuscripts, 1870 - 1880
Cover works in the General Catalogue, as well as incunables, the contents of special collections such as the Royal Library and the Acton Library, periodicals and fiction.
Notes tracing the increase in spending on books at Deighton Bell and Co., 'Booksellers in ordinary' to the Library from 1871, 1879-05-28
Assembled by the Librarian and other officers on all aspects of Library administration and management; that is, collections, buildings and staff.
Papers, 1879
Assembled by the Librarian and other officers on all aspects of Library administration and management; that is, collections, buildings and staff.
Preliminary workings and notes for Library accounts, 1871 - 1885
The records relate to the development and management of the Library's holdings, buildings and staff.
Publications, 1881 - 1882
The records relate to the development and management of the Library's holdings, buildings and staff.
Rules for the alphabetical catalogue of printed books, 1878 - 1910
Comprise various copies of a reprint from part of the Library's Annual Report, 1878, interleaved, emended and annotated by, among others, Henry Bradshaw, 1880s and G. Webb, 1910. In use until 1927.
Votes for Henry Bradshaw, 1867
He was elected.