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• America Library of Geneva
A non-profit subscription library based out of Geneva, Switzerland, serving the English speaking community.
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• American Antiquarian Society
Research library in Massachusetts specialising in American history and culture up to 1876. History, catalogues, online exhibits and guides to the collection.
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• American Library in Paris
A private, non-profit English-language library in Paris, France since 1920. Site includes information on membership, collections, services, and events.
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• Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Non-profit, member-supported library founded in 1814 to collect materials 'connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge'; online catalog, exhibit information, and grant applications available.
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• Booklend
A free personal library of books available by post, operating on the honor system.
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• Chetham's Library
Founded in 1653 in Manchester, England and open free of charge. History, list of manuscripts and online catalogue.
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• Glasgow Women's Library
Women-only collection of material for and about women, including the Lesbian Archive and Information Centre. Services and facilities, newsletter and membership form.
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• Library of the Boston Athenaeum
A membership and research library with special collections in Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American history, literature, and arts.
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• Marsh's Library
The earliest public library in Ireland, built in 1701, with contemporary religious and scientific collections. Online catalogue.
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• Mechanics' Institute Library
The Mechanics' Institute Library is a general interest membership library and chess club located at 57 Post Street in San Francisco's business district.
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• Providence Athenaeum (Rhode Island)
An independent membership library; provides a collection of books and other materials to all who love reading, appreciate literature, and enjoy cultural discovery.
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• The Ambleside Museum & Armitt Library
Free educational institution in the English Lake District. Bibliographies and artefacts on natural history and local people including Beatrix Potter, Ruskin and the Lake poets.
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• The Devon & Exeter Institution
Independent subscription library with collections strong in nineteenth-century periodicals and material on South West England. Photographs, history and membership information.
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