February is rather shorter than the other months and has therefore caught us by surprise. We’re glad to report, however, that we are making good progress with unpacking. The pamphlet collection is now on the shelves! This is particularly good news as it is a popular collection with readers and several of our pamphlets cannot […]
Happy new year to all! We hope you had an excellent Christmas and New Year and have not found the return to winter normality too difficult. We wish you a wonderful 2026 and trust you will find happiness and joy in the months to come. After a year in post (!), the Congregational Librarian is […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here! All credit to Westminster College’s Twitter/X feed for the lovely photo of the College Christmas tree. Apologies if you are now humming away after reading our opening lines, but we are feeling the Christmas spirit at the Congregational Library. We’ve started an Advent Calendar of interesting […]
We’ve had a lovely month at the Congregational Library, despite the darkening days and cooler weather. The unpacking continues relentlessly, of course, but it’s always so much fun: a bit like Christmas (although in mentioning that we’re obviously getting a little ahead of ourselves!), and you never know what you are going to find in […]
We hope you are all keeping safe despite the windy weather brought in by Storm Benjamin. Here at the Congregational Library we are very definitely staying indoors and continuing our unpacking journey. The big news is that shelving is being installed in the Carrie Room as we write: we will soon be finished unpacking in […]
Autumn has very definitely arrived, as evidenced by the drop in external temperatures recorded by our environmental monitors. Thankfully internal temperatures are steady enough in most areas of the Congregational Library; books, particularly old ones, don’t like fluctuations in temperature or humidity, so it’s good to see that our books are being kept in a […]
It’s a sweltering summer here in Cambridge, as our brand new environmental monitors are telling us! We’ve had very little rain since May and temperatures as high as 30oC, but the Cheshunt and Carrie Rooms are holding up admirably, despite the occasional temperature spike. The Tower, predictably, reflects external conditions more and there are rather […]
Hello all! We’ve had another busy month at the Congregational Library – not that we ever have any other kind! We’ve had several readers on site to consult books, some coming from the other side of the country, so it looks like we are finally becoming established in our new location. Our collection of Congregational […]
There’s quite a lot to report this month, and it’s all good news. We will soon be getting the Tower at Westminster College properly investigated and environmental monitors will be installed over the next few weeks. The Tower will make a lovely space for the library’s modern collection once we have collected enough information to […]
We have big news at the Congregational Library: we have some volunteers to help with the unpacking! Our two champions started a couple of weeks ago and have been doing an absolutely super job. Between the three of us we have unpacked nearly 60 boxes this month alone at time of writing (22 May). Given […]
