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Historical texts

 

Relating to the University of Sydney Library

Neil A. Radford introductory article (2002):
'A Singular Ornament in the University' | pdf
H.E. Barff (1898):
'The Library of the University of Sydney'
Kenneth Binns (1909):
'The Fisher Library'
Harrison Bryan (1969):
'An Australian Library in the A.M.' / Earlier Years of the University of Sydney Library
The last two essays by Radford and Fletcher were published together in the following work in 1984 and available here as a pdf file:
'In Establishing and Maintaining a Library': Two Essays on the University of Sydney Library

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