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5-810: The Courtney Library is the library of the Royal Institution of Cornwall . It is housed in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro , Cornwall . The library holds the collection of the Museum as well as around 30,000 documents relating to Cornish families and estates, newspaper files, photographs, maps and various other collections. The Courtney Library also owns a full index of the RIC's annual journal from its first publication in 1864. The University of Exeter 's Institute of Cornish Studies notes that
10-488: A pre-eminent collection of ceramics and fine art. The museum building also houses the Institution's Courtney Library , which currently holds c. 40,000 printed volumes, 35,000 manuscripts and documents, newspapers from 1737, printed maps , periodicals , prints and ephemera . It specialises in family history and local history . There is a staffed photocopying service with a maximum order of 10 sheets, members pay
15-719: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Royal Institution of Cornwall The Royal Institution of Cornwall ( RIC ) is a Learned society in Truro , Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. It was founded in Truro on 5 February 1818 as the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution . The Institution was one of the earliest of seven similar societies established in England and Wales . The RIC moved to its present site in River Street in 1919 to
20-539: The Courtney Library has "an extensive collection" on local history, archaeology, mining and geology. In 2018, the bicentenary year of the RIC, the library announced it was preparing to digitise a notebook of the mineralogist Philip Rashleigh in order to better preserve it. This article about a United Kingdom building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to library science or information science
25-501: The building that was originally Truro Savings Bank. It took its current name (Royal Institution of Cornwall) in 1821 after receiving royal patronage . It is a registered charity under English law. The Royal Institution of Cornwall owns and manages the Royal Cornwall Museum , which has a permanent display on the history of Cornwall from prehistoric times to the present day, as well as the natural history of Cornwall including an internationally important collection of Cornish minerals, and
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