Published in Summer 2018. For more information visit: Area researchcollection.chi.ac.uk Research Libraries and Archives GUIDE

Please recycle after use Welcome This guide presents a picture of the strengths of the libraries and collections in the city of Chichester and in the surrounding area. It has been prepared and published by the organisations represented to encourage new research by members of local and national institutions, academic or otherwise, and by private readers and researchers who wish to explore and extend their own interests. For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk

Contents Library 4 CASS Sculpture Foundation Collection and Archive 5 Chichester Cathedral Library 6 Chichester Reference Library’s Local Studies Collection 7 Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens 8 The Novium Museum 9 Pallant House Gallery Library and Archive 10 Military Aviation Museum 11 University of Chichester Special Collections and Archives 12 The Weald & Downland Living Museum Library, Artefacts, & Archive 13 West Dean College Library 14 West Record Office 15 Map of Chichester Area Research Libraries and Archives 18

2 3 © Arundel Castle © Sophie Bolesworth/CASS Sculpture Foundation Arundel Castle Library CASS Sculpture Foundation Collection and Archive

Arundel Castle is the repository for the archives of the Earls of Arundel and the Dukes of CASS Sculpture Foundation was established in 1992 and was conceived as a unique not-for- Norfolk, and as such, it relates to their estates in over 20 English counties, as well as to their profit commissioning and educational organisation, providing a platform for emerging and mid- political and personal lives. Nevertheless, with Arundel being the seat of the Earls of Arundel career artists to achieve new levels of ambition. The site is open to the public and home to an until the mid-16th century and of the Dukes of Norfolk from 1778 to the present day, much of ever-changing display of sculptures that has included work by over 300 artists including Anthony the archive relates solely to Sussex. It is a collection rich in estate material, from manorial rolls to Caro, Tony Cragg, Laura Ford, Andy Goldsworthy, Elisabeth Frink and Eduardo Paolozzi, as well estate accounts, old maps and plans, early title deeds, correspondence, architectural drawings as an exciting programme of exhibitions and educational events. and photographs. These, together with records of castle staff and estate workers going back to the 18th century, provide a unique historical resource. The CASS collection houses a unique selection of maquettes and works on paper, gifted to the Foundation by artists as part of the commissioning process. These are works in their own right, Material must be booked in advance. As a private archive without public funding, we do make but also reveal different artists’ approaches to this preparatory stage of the creative process, and a charge for research access, with details available via our website. the development of works from concept through to full-scale realisation.

The ducal Library is an antiquarian resource, is on display in the Castle, and is available for The archive provides a rich, in-depth insight into the commissioning and artistic process. specialist scholarly research by prior request. Its catalogue and that of the Archives can be It includes correspondence, sketches, photographs, press cuttings, ephemera, publications, read online at www.arundelcastle.org. Access to the library is by appointment. audio-visual material and documentation relating to the fabrication, sale and exhibition of works.

Find out more We offer tours of the collection, which can be booked in advance. To enquire about tours, • Email: [email protected] as well as accessing the archive for research, please use the contact details below. • Tel: 01903 882173 • www.arundelcastle.org Find out more • Email: [email protected] • Tel: 01243 538 449 • www.sculpture.org.uk Cass Sculpture Foundation

4 For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk 5 © Chichester Cathedral © County Council Chichester Cathedral Library Chichester Reference Library’s Local Studies Collection

The Cathedral Library, although a worthy repository of learning, has a chequered history. The Local Studies collection at Chichester library is countywide in scope and the 8000 items To quote Francis Steer, ‘Far too many books have been lost by war, salvage, fire, ignorance and include books, street directories, maps, newspapers, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and indifference’. Much of the medieval library was dispersed during the Reformation; many books periodicals. There are books covering most towns and villages in West Sussex as well as were lost during the Civil War. Thankfully the stock has been replenished by various donations specific topics. A collection of original or microfiche street directories cover Chichester, and bequests, including the collection of Bishop Henry King. Bognor and surrounding areas, and countywide Sussex directories from 1828 to 1938.

The present library houses an eclectic collection of books, manuscripts, documents, Local newspapers are available on microfilm or digitally. Among the titles are the oldest county photographs and pictures. It is rich in editions of works of the Church Fathers; many of the newspaper, the Sussex Weekly Advertiser from 1747, Sussex Agricultural Express from 1837 volumes are in their original bindings. There are many books on theology, along with early and West Sussex Gazette from 1860 as well as various Chichester and Bognor titles from 1860 printed editions of Bibles and prayer books. Other subjects represented include English and to date. Public access computers have searchable high resolution pdf newspapers covering all local history, topography, hymnology, liturgy, and ecclesiastical and other biographies. parts of West Sussex for the periods 1914-25 and 1939-45. Ephemera and newspaper cuttings files cover topics and places across the county. Sussex periodicals include Sussex Archaeological Two examples of noteworthy texts: William Whitaker’s 1585 edition of the controversy Collections, Sussex County Magazine and Sussex Record Society volumes and local titles such between a leading Anglican apologist, Bishop John Jewel of Salisbury, and the Jesuit Thomas as Chichester History. Harding. This work, printed in Geneva, has a polished calf binding inscribed in gold stamping. Also we have a beautiful Benedictine missal from 1481, ‘Office of the Holy Spirit’, here used for Chichester library has free internet access available via wifi or public access computers, the the cover of this leaflet. It contains some musical notation, is rubricated, and has an illuminated latter having Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc. There are also full-page painting of the crucifixion. free scanning facilities plus study space.

Find out more Find out more • Email: [email protected] • Tel: 01243 777351 • Tel: 01243 813587 • www.westsussex.gov.uk • www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/library • www.westsussexpast.org.uk

6 For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk 7 © Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens © The Novium Museum Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens The Novium Museum

The core of the Fishbourne Roman Palace research library was donated to the site in 2014 by The Novium Museum is the collecting museum for the administrative area of Patrick Crosbie, a historian who had spent a lifetime building this impressive collection. The Council. It cares for an estimated 500,000 items which tell the story of the district over the past Crosbie collection focusses on all aspects of Roman life and Roman history, and is augmented by 500,000 years. The collections are divided into the subcategories of archaeology, social history the Palace’s own collection of volumes on local and practical archaeology. It contains nearly 2000 (including ephemera), art, photographs, geology, oral history and a small collection of volumes in total and is likely the most extensive Roman/archaeological library in the region. In ethnographic material. The museums’ social history collection contains items relating to addition it contains a variety of archaeological and historical journals, including a nearly complete domestic, community and work life from the 17th-21st century. Highlights include factory and set of Sussex Archaeological Collections. advertising material relating to Shippams, material relating to significant local industries and activities such as leather tanning, brewing and soft drink production, policing, the livestock The library includes site reports for all of the key local archaeological sites, and is complemented market and the tramway. Highlights of the archaeology collection include prehistoric ritual by the site’s own reserve collection of artefacts and paper archives from these sites. While material, major late Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon cemetery groups, items from several volumes cannot be taken off site, a research room is available and photocopying facilities can be Roman villas, and finds from urban and rural sites of all periods. provided by arrangement (for which a charge may be applicable). The museums’ photograph collection contains images dating from the 19th-21st centuries. If you would like to see a catalogue for the library collection, please contact the Palace using the Highlights include photographs relating to the Graylingwell Hospital, Shippams factory, street contact details below. scenes from the 40s, 50s and 60s, depictions of local events, farming scenes and the livestock market. The museum’s reference library contains books, journals, guides and other publications Find out more containing local references. These may include links to people and places within the District or to • Email: [email protected] specific objects within the museum’s collections. • Tel: 01243 789829 • www.sussexpast.co.uk/properties-to-discover/fishbourne-roman-palace Find out more • Email: [email protected] • Tel: 01243 775888 • www.thenovium.org

8 For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk 9 Janie Airey © Pallant House Gallery Dorothy Colles © Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Pallant House Gallery Library and Archive Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

Pallant House Gallery is home to one of the best collections of Modern British art in the UK, Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is located on the site of the old RAF airfield made famous in and the Gallery’s Library and Archive provides a complementary research resource focusing the and still utilises some of the original service buildings. Since opening in 1982, on British modern and contemporary art and artists. The Library has around 19,000 volumes, the museum has expanded to include a collection of historic British aircraft and a great many including artists’ biographies and monographs, and books on painting, drawing, sculpture, associated artefacts displayed in five exhibition halls. As well as preserving historic military printmaking and art history. It includes a collection of over 8,000 exhibition catalogues, hardware, the museum also endeavours to tell the human story of those who have served their Artists’ Files of press cuttings and ephemera, and a Special Collection of rare publications country through first hand stories and personal memorabilia. and periodicals. For historians and researchers, the museum can offer access to its extensive library and archives The Archive contains unique material in the form of correspondence, sketchbooks, not on view to the general public. These include aircrew log books, personal letters, service scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs. As well recording the history and development documents and photographs. The Peter Wright Memorial Library houses more than 4,000 of Pallant House Gallery, the Archive also includes material from collectors Walter Hussey, books and periodicals on all aspects of military aviation, including fine collections of aviators’ Colin St John Wilson, Charles Kearley and George Dannatt, and artists Hans Feibusch, biographies, squadron histories, technical manuals and wartime Air Ministry publications. Paul Nash, R.B.Kitaj and Kit Barker. Use of the Library is by appointment, but visitors to the Gallery are welcome in the Reading Room, where there is a small art reference collection, The museum is entirely staffed by volunteers, so access to both the Archive and Library requires including the Gallery’s exhibitions catalogues. a prior appointment. This is to ensure there is a member of the curatorial department available to provide access and assistance. Works on paper held in the De’Longhi Print Room are also available to view by special appointment. Find out more • Email: [email protected] Find out more • Tel: 01243 790090 • Email: [email protected] • www.tangmere-museum.org.uk • Tel: 01243 770829 • https://pallant.org.uk/our-art/our-collection

10 For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk 11 © University of Chichester © The Weald & Downland Living Museum University of Chichester The Weald & Downland Living Museum Special Collections and Archives Library, Artefacts & Archive

The University houses several notable and diverse collections that encompass numerous subjects The library specialises in subjects relevant to the Museum’s interests in vernacular architecture, of art, education, literature, performance, history, sport and theology. These collections are conservation, building materials, local and social history, agriculture, horticulture, crafts and complemented by materials which document the history and development of the University industries, and museums and heritage sites around the world. It contains just over 25,000 items, from 1839 to the present day. Special Collections is the home of The Anita White Foundation: including books dating from the early 19th century to new publications, offprints, and journals, International Women and Sport Archive including research materials, correspondence and magazines and newsletters. conference papers. Significant biographical collections incorporate artists from the 20th century, notably the illustrator and author Gladys Peto and ceramist Eric Melon; whilst the Whaite family The artefacts collection comprises some 15,000 items covering a range of subjects, including archives cover three artists who were from a family of artists/craftsmen and educationalists. building parts and trades tools, agriculture, transport and vehicles, and many other rural trades and The collections also include a significant number of theological texts that belonged to the former crafts. Most of the collection is housed in the Gridshell Building, accessible via a daily tour at 13:30 Chichester Theological College, these are complemented by texts given by Professor James or by appointment with the Curator; many items are displayed in the exhibit buildings on the site; Dunn and the Bishop Kemp and cover doctrinal theology of the 19th and 20th centuries, a smaller, parallel, collection including furniture, furnishings and tools are used around the Museum the life of Saint Paul and ministerial theology respectively. for dressing the buildings, demonstrations or handling, and are lent out on request.

The Gerard Young collection relates to West Sussex with specific reference to the history of The archive is a collection of notes, reports, photographs, maps and other material relating to and its immediate area and ties in with the West Sussex Records Office, whilst the vernacular architecture, particularly the buildings re-erected at the Museum. John Fines collection holds published works by this academic local historian. Relating to literature and performance, the Sean McCarthy collection traces the development of the theatre and music hall, whilst the Ted Walker archives include documents relating to this local author, poet Find out more and playwright. • Email: [email protected] • Tel: 01243 811363 Find out more • www.wealddown.co.uk/explore/collections • Email: [email protected] • Tel: 01243 816222 • http://help.chi.ac.uk/special-collections-and-archives

12 For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk For more information visit: researchcollection.chi.ac.uk 13 © Christopher Ison © West Sussex Record Office West Dean College Library West Sussex Record Office

West Dean College, formerly home to surrealist patron and poet Edward James, is now Since 1946 West Sussex Record Office has been collecting, preserving and providing access to internationally recognised for creative arts and conservation education offering 700 short courses unique documents relating to the history of the county of West Sussex. The eight miles of as well as Foundation, Diploma and Masters Degrees awarded by the University of Sussex. archives held by the Record Office are county-wide in scope and date back to 780AD.

The library is dedicated to supporting research and creativity in the disciplines of the creative arts The many rich and varied collections include the great estate and family archives of the county, and conservation. The collection is a dedicated fine, decorative and applied arts library and the Cathedral and Diocese, the Royal Sussex Regiment, the records of church and chapel, towns principally supports the range of courses delivered at West Dean College. The library includes and villages, businesses and schools. These archives sit alongside the records of hospitals and approximately 11,000 books, journals and electronic resources. The collection specialises in courts, organisations and societies, personal and family papers, as well as the archives of the material related to crafts, decorative arts, horology, surrealism, conservation and museology. County Council itself. Newspapers, photographs and maps provide a fascinating insight into how people lived and what West Sussex looked like in the past. West Sussex Record Office provides We are a small library and will do our best to accommodate your request. However, admission free access to some online resources such as Ancestry and Find My Past. for external researchers is at the discretion of the Librarian and by appointment only. Please do not make special travel arrangements until your appointment has been confirmed. We do Together the sources at the Record Office tell the remarkable story of the history of welcome external researchers but do request as part of the admission policy that researchers give West Sussex and its people from the earliest written record to the present day. some indication of the nature of the research interest. This ensures that we have the appropriate material and that it is available for consultation. The Record Office regularly blogs about collection highlights and events at www.westsussexrecordoffice.wordpress.com. Please consult the website for more information on West Dean College, opening hours and details on how to travel to the College. Find out more • Email: [email protected] Find out more • Tel: 01243 753602 • Email: [email protected] • www.westsussex.gov.uk/ro • Tel: 01243 818246 • www.westdean.org.uk

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1 Arundel Castle Library 7 Pallant House Gallery Library Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9AB and Archive 2 9 North Pallant, Chichester, Goodwood

2 CASS Sculpture Foundation West Sussex, PO19 1TJ Collection and Archive

New Barn Hill, Goodwood, Chichester, 8 Tangmere Military Aviation Museum West Sussex, PO18 0QP Gamecock Terrace, Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 2ES Chichester Cathedral Library 3 The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, 9 University of Chichester Arundel Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1PX Special Collections and Archives College Lane, Chichester, Tangmere 1

4 Chichester Reference Library’s West Sussex, PO19 6PE 9 Local Studies Collection 8 Tower Street, Chichester, The Weald & Downland 10 4 6 West Sussex, PO19 1QJ Living Museum Library,

Artefacts & Archive Fishbourne 12 Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens Singleton, Chichester, 3 7 5 Roman Way, Fishbourne, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0EU 5 West Sussex, PO19 3QR West Dean College Library 11 6 The Novium Museum West Dean, Nr Chichester, Tower Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ Chichester West Sussex, PO19 1QH

12 West Sussex Record Office 3 Orchard St, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1DD

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