Angus Library and Archive
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A unique collection of Baptist and nonconformist history from across the world, including China, India, Jamaica, Africa and the UK. Our collection contains printed texts, manuscripts, photographs, slides and more!
https://theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/
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Our second Autumn Friends of the Angus seminar takes place on the 19th of November @ 7.30 online.
Daniel Pratt Morris Chapman, Senior Tutor at Wesley House Cambridge will be giving his talk
' Colonising the Soul: The Baptist Mission and the Roots of Anglophone Identity in Cameroon'
Please join us!
Daniel Pratt Morris Chapman, Senior Tutor at Wesley House Cambridge will be giving his talk
' Colonising the Soul: The Baptist Mission and the Roots of Anglophone Identity in Cameroon'
Please join us!
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our second Autumn Friends of the Angus seminar takes place on the 19th of November @ 7.30 online.
Daniel Pratt Morris Chapman, Senior Tutor at Wesley House Cambridge will be giving his talk
' Colonising the Soul: The Baptist Mission and the Roots of Anglophone Identity in Cameroon'
Please join us!
Daniel Pratt Morris Chapman, Senior Tutor at Wesley House Cambridge will be giving his talk
' Colonising the Soul: The Baptist Mission and the Roots of Anglophone Identity in Cameroon'
Please join us!
It's not too late to sign up for our next Friends of the Angus online talk on Thursday 13th November @ 7.30 pm when Dr Lee Spitzer will be speaking about the history of the Baptist World Alliance.
Please join us!
Please join us!
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's not too late to sign up for our next Friends of the Angus online talk on Thursday 13th November @ 7.30 pm when Dr Lee Spitzer will be speaking about the history of the Baptist World Alliance.
Please join us!
Please join us!
You are warmly invited to our next FOTA seminar when Dr Lee Spitzer Research Fellow for the IBTS Amsterdam & Historian at the BWA will be giving his talk,
'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'
Please join us online 7.30 on the 13th of November
'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'
Please join us online 7.30 on the 13th of November
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
You are warmly invited to our next FOTA seminar when Dr Lee Spitzer Research Fellow for the IBTS Amsterdam & Historian at the BWA will be giving his talk,
'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'
Please join us online 7.30 on the 13th of November
'Sharing Jesus with the World: 120 Years of Baptist World Alliance Reflection and Witness'
Please join us online 7.30 on the 13th of November
This volume of pamphlets by Henry Layton, author of works on the soul's immortality once belonged to the great philosopher John Locke & is now in the Angus.
In a 1702 letter, Layton thanked Locke for the 'easie reception of my book' & Locke notes that the book is the authors gift, ex dono authoris.
In a 1702 letter, Layton thanked Locke for the 'easie reception of my book' & Locke notes that the book is the authors gift, ex dono authoris.
June 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This volume of pamphlets by Henry Layton, author of works on the soul's immortality once belonged to the great philosopher John Locke & is now in the Angus.
In a 1702 letter, Layton thanked Locke for the 'easie reception of my book' & Locke notes that the book is the authors gift, ex dono authoris.
In a 1702 letter, Layton thanked Locke for the 'easie reception of my book' & Locke notes that the book is the authors gift, ex dono authoris.
We are delighted to announce that the Baptist Times and the Baptist Union Handbooks have now been digitised and are available online at Find My Past www.findmypast.co.uk and the British Newspapers Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Happy searching!
Happy searching!
June 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We are delighted to announce that the Baptist Times and the Baptist Union Handbooks have now been digitised and are available online at Find My Past www.findmypast.co.uk and the British Newspapers Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Happy searching!
Happy searching!
The Angus Library will close temporarily from January - October 2026 to all visitors & enquirers.
Temporary closure will enable us to carry out important tasks & reopen next year providing an even better service & protecting & promoting our amazing collections.
theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/temporary-cl...
Temporary closure will enable us to carry out important tasks & reopen next year providing an even better service & protecting & promoting our amazing collections.
theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/temporary-cl...
April 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Angus Library will close temporarily from January - October 2026 to all visitors & enquirers.
Temporary closure will enable us to carry out important tasks & reopen next year providing an even better service & protecting & promoting our amazing collections.
theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/temporary-cl...
Temporary closure will enable us to carry out important tasks & reopen next year providing an even better service & protecting & promoting our amazing collections.
theangus.rpc.ox.ac.uk/temporary-cl...
It's not too late to register for the next Friends of the Angus online talk on April 2nd, when Paloma Miravet Llorens will be speaking on gender and agency in colonial societies (Fernando Po, 19th century), in 'We the principal inhabitants of this town'.
April 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It's not too late to register for the next Friends of the Angus online talk on April 2nd, when Paloma Miravet Llorens will be speaking on gender and agency in colonial societies (Fernando Po, 19th century), in 'We the principal inhabitants of this town'.
You are warmly invited to join us on the 2nd of April, for the next online 'Opening the Angus' seminar when Paloma Miravet Llorens will be giving her talk on gender and agency in colonial societies (Fernando Po, 19th century), 'We the principal inhabitants of this town'.
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You are warmly invited to join us on the 2nd of April, for the next online 'Opening the Angus' seminar when Paloma Miravet Llorens will be giving her talk on gender and agency in colonial societies (Fernando Po, 19th century), 'We the principal inhabitants of this town'.
Happy St Patrick's Day! From the libraries at Regent's here's a lovely 'Life of St Patrick' from 1905. We also have a c.1765 poetical works of Jonathon Swift - one of Ireland's best known authors and one time Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin where he is now buried.
#StPatricksDay
#StPatricksDay
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy St Patrick's Day! From the libraries at Regent's here's a lovely 'Life of St Patrick' from 1905. We also have a c.1765 poetical works of Jonathon Swift - one of Ireland's best known authors and one time Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin where he is now buried.
#StPatricksDay
#StPatricksDay
It's not too late to sign up for our Opening the Angus online seminar, 6th of March @ 7.30 when Zach Williams will talk about Abraham Booth, Baptist minister, author, abolitionist & educationalist in "A 'Capital Part' of Salvation: Abraham Booth on the necessity of Holiness in the Christian Life".
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's not too late to sign up for our Opening the Angus online seminar, 6th of March @ 7.30 when Zach Williams will talk about Abraham Booth, Baptist minister, author, abolitionist & educationalist in "A 'Capital Part' of Salvation: Abraham Booth on the necessity of Holiness in the Christian Life".
Please join us at our Spring Opening the Angus online seminar, 6th of March @ 7.30 when Zach Williams will talk about Abraham Booth, Baptist minister, author, abolitionist & educationalist in "A 'Capital Part' of Salvation: Abraham Booth on the necessity of Holiness in the Christian Life".
February 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please join us at our Spring Opening the Angus online seminar, 6th of March @ 7.30 when Zach Williams will talk about Abraham Booth, Baptist minister, author, abolitionist & educationalist in "A 'Capital Part' of Salvation: Abraham Booth on the necessity of Holiness in the Christian Life".
Here's a sweet Valentine letter from Charles Spurgeon to his mother written in 1872. He wishes his parents married bliss & sends a gift of ' favourite French plums for your own special self with lots of love & kisses". He may have been the 'Prince of Preachers' but he still loved his mum & dad 💗
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Here's a sweet Valentine letter from Charles Spurgeon to his mother written in 1872. He wishes his parents married bliss & sends a gift of ' favourite French plums for your own special self with lots of love & kisses". He may have been the 'Prince of Preachers' but he still loved his mum & dad 💗
Happy Birthday to George Gordon, Lord #Byron. Here is his signature from 1818, carefully preserved in an autograph album compiled by Rev Dr Joseph Angus, founder of the Angus Library, who was clearly a great admirer of his work.
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy Birthday to George Gordon, Lord #Byron. Here is his signature from 1818, carefully preserved in an autograph album compiled by Rev Dr Joseph Angus, founder of the Angus Library, who was clearly a great admirer of his work.
#Santa 's reindeer must have been have been tired in 1928, as here he is in Dholpur, India riding a magnificent elephant. We wonder if it could fly?
Huge thanks to @arascot.bsky.social for running a fantastic #ArchiveAdventCalendar campaign, we have so enjoyed seeing everyone's festive history!
Huge thanks to @arascot.bsky.social for running a fantastic #ArchiveAdventCalendar campaign, we have so enjoyed seeing everyone's festive history!
December 24, 2024 at 10:21 AM
#Santa 's reindeer must have been have been tired in 1928, as here he is in Dholpur, India riding a magnificent elephant. We wonder if it could fly?
Huge thanks to @arascot.bsky.social for running a fantastic #ArchiveAdventCalendar campaign, we have so enjoyed seeing everyone's festive history!
Huge thanks to @arascot.bsky.social for running a fantastic #ArchiveAdventCalendar campaign, we have so enjoyed seeing everyone's festive history!
#ArchiveAdvent Day 23 and here is a glowing #star taken from the pages of a sweet little Edwardian book called 'True Comforts' which we have in the library.
December 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
#ArchiveAdvent Day 23 and here is a glowing #star taken from the pages of a sweet little Edwardian book called 'True Comforts' which we have in the library.
#ArchiveAdvent Day 22. For soldiers fighting in WW1, receiving an Xmas #Stocking may have been a far off dream, but the members of Baxter Gate Baptist Church in Loughborough were determined to ensure they received Xmas gifts. Here's a list of items church members could send in parcels to the troops.
December 22, 2024 at 10:26 AM
#ArchiveAdvent Day 22. For soldiers fighting in WW1, receiving an Xmas #Stocking may have been a far off dream, but the members of Baxter Gate Baptist Church in Loughborough were determined to ensure they received Xmas gifts. Here's a list of items church members could send in parcels to the troops.
A lovely little early C19th edition of Robert Burns’ poem 'The Cottager's Saturday Night - Containing a very pleasing and affecting description of the piety and happiness of a cottager and his family'
A very cosy #family scene for the holidays, can you spot their pet dog?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
A very cosy #family scene for the holidays, can you spot their pet dog?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 21, 2024 at 8:04 AM
A lovely little early C19th edition of Robert Burns’ poem 'The Cottager's Saturday Night - Containing a very pleasing and affecting description of the piety and happiness of a cottager and his family'
A very cosy #family scene for the holidays, can you spot their pet dog?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
A very cosy #family scene for the holidays, can you spot their pet dog?
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Just look at these beautiful handmade #Toys ! Using pith, the boys in this 1920s photo created incredible models of the steam boats then seen on the Congo river, as well as an amazing bicyle and plane.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 20, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Just look at these beautiful handmade #Toys ! Using pith, the boys in this 1920s photo created incredible models of the steam boats then seen on the Congo river, as well as an amazing bicyle and plane.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
#ArchiveAdvent #ChristmasSports
Today, a photo of the Christmas Swimming race in Bopoto, Upper Congo-now the Democratic Republic of Congo, taken in 1896. A very energetic way to spend the day!
Today, a photo of the Christmas Swimming race in Bopoto, Upper Congo-now the Democratic Republic of Congo, taken in 1896. A very energetic way to spend the day!
December 19, 2024 at 9:25 AM
#ArchiveAdvent #ChristmasSports
Today, a photo of the Christmas Swimming race in Bopoto, Upper Congo-now the Democratic Republic of Congo, taken in 1896. A very energetic way to spend the day!
Today, a photo of the Christmas Swimming race in Bopoto, Upper Congo-now the Democratic Republic of Congo, taken in 1896. A very energetic way to spend the day!
Christmas 1897 in Bopoto, Congo - these missionaries' clothes and all the beautful greenery was certainly #MerryandBright - even if smiling for photographs wasn't in fashion yet! #ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 18, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Christmas 1897 in Bopoto, Congo - these missionaries' clothes and all the beautful greenery was certainly #MerryandBright - even if smiling for photographs wasn't in fashion yet! #ArchiveAdventCalendar
#ArchiveAdvent 17th December, #ChristmasGifts.
Our gift today is a Robin, taken from a beautiful Victorian scrapbook that we hold.
"Pretty bird! How beautifully dost thou sit and sing" wrote Bishop Joseph Hall in his 'Meditation on a Robin Red-breast' singing at his window.
Our gift today is a Robin, taken from a beautiful Victorian scrapbook that we hold.
"Pretty bird! How beautifully dost thou sit and sing" wrote Bishop Joseph Hall in his 'Meditation on a Robin Red-breast' singing at his window.
December 17, 2024 at 12:52 PM
#ArchiveAdvent 17th December, #ChristmasGifts.
Our gift today is a Robin, taken from a beautiful Victorian scrapbook that we hold.
"Pretty bird! How beautifully dost thou sit and sing" wrote Bishop Joseph Hall in his 'Meditation on a Robin Red-breast' singing at his window.
Our gift today is a Robin, taken from a beautiful Victorian scrapbook that we hold.
"Pretty bird! How beautifully dost thou sit and sing" wrote Bishop Joseph Hall in his 'Meditation on a Robin Red-breast' singing at his window.
'Kitty, take these three books to the library, get Mr Brown to change them - tell him I'm fond of the ROMANTIC'
A charming C19th little pencil sketch of a library-loving lady and her little cat by a #WarmFire, found in a Victorian scrapbook.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
A charming C19th little pencil sketch of a library-loving lady and her little cat by a #WarmFire, found in a Victorian scrapbook.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 16, 2024 at 12:23 PM
'Kitty, take these three books to the library, get Mr Brown to change them - tell him I'm fond of the ROMANTIC'
A charming C19th little pencil sketch of a library-loving lady and her little cat by a #WarmFire, found in a Victorian scrapbook.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
A charming C19th little pencil sketch of a library-loving lady and her little cat by a #WarmFire, found in a Victorian scrapbook.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
#FestiveTraditions
Here is a woodblock illustration of the Three Wise Men from William Hone's book 'Ancient Mysteries Described'(1823).
This rough but charming woodcut would have been printed on Christmas carol 'sheets' which were very popular at the time.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Here is a woodblock illustration of the Three Wise Men from William Hone's book 'Ancient Mysteries Described'(1823).
This rough but charming woodcut would have been printed on Christmas carol 'sheets' which were very popular at the time.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 15, 2024 at 8:30 PM
#FestiveTraditions
Here is a woodblock illustration of the Three Wise Men from William Hone's book 'Ancient Mysteries Described'(1823).
This rough but charming woodcut would have been printed on Christmas carol 'sheets' which were very popular at the time.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Here is a woodblock illustration of the Three Wise Men from William Hone's book 'Ancient Mysteries Described'(1823).
This rough but charming woodcut would have been printed on Christmas carol 'sheets' which were very popular at the time.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
A beautiful camel in 1920s India — looks like it was parked in the town square while the Three Wise Men went gift shopping! 🐪✨ #ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 15, 2024 at 12:49 AM
A beautiful camel in 1920s India — looks like it was parked in the town square while the Three Wise Men went gift shopping! 🐪✨ #ArchiveAdventCalendar
For a #ChristmasCracker here's 'Cracke me a Nut' a gloriously mad pamphlet from 1589 by 'one who dares call a dog, a dog'.
Part of the Puritan vs Anglican Martin Marprelate pamphlet war, it is 'a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace'.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Part of the Puritan vs Anglican Martin Marprelate pamphlet war, it is 'a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace'.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 PM
For a #ChristmasCracker here's 'Cracke me a Nut' a gloriously mad pamphlet from 1589 by 'one who dares call a dog, a dog'.
Part of the Puritan vs Anglican Martin Marprelate pamphlet war, it is 'a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace'.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar
Part of the Puritan vs Anglican Martin Marprelate pamphlet war, it is 'a sound boxe of the eare, for the idiot Martin to hold his peace'.
#ArchiveAdventCalendar