The Library is very grateful to have received a donation of photographs of Guernsey and Sark with a connection to the Harvey family , of both portrait groups and local views, dating from the 1860s onwards; some have a Canadian link. The material was given to us by Mrs Dorothy Snowden, of Exeter. This is a valuable addition to our Harvey collection and is much appreciated, and complements other…
The Library was very grateful to receive a large collection of genealogical research into the Gaudion family, from Nick Gaudion of Guernsey. Much of the material concerns the Gaudions of Alderney, but also includes 58 numbers of the newsletter of the International Association of Gaudions, Parentèle , with translation,spanning 1986-1999, which have now been bound and can be read in the Library, a…
The Priaulx Library's St Aubyn room, where we keep our art, social and ancient history and Guernsey French collections, has always been a sunny and peaceful place to settle down to reading or research. It is even more lovely now, however, as it is flooded with colour from a beautiful stained glass window that has been transferred here from its original home at Kinloss Barracks in Scotland. The window was commissioned in 1984 to commemorate the founding of 'Guernsey's Own' 201 Squadron RAF in 1914.
The link with this part of France and Guernsey is historically very strong, with a fundamental part of the original social and cultural institutions of the island being based in this region, and we hope to build on this already firm foundation and expand and strengthen our linguistic and genealogical links in the years to come. On show were our newspaper collection—seeing the Battle of Waterloo…
Calling all film buffs! Guernsey Filmmakers has donated to us its archive,consisting of a scrapbook of press cuttings since the club's inception in 1966, which will be kept updated, and an archive of all the clubs on DVD, which can be viewed in the Library (with headphones!). So get watching! Patrick Devaney has kindly donated to us a collection of prints of drawings of Guernsey by Brian…
The Earl and Countess of Wessex took a tour of the Priaulx Library as part of a two-day Bailiwick visit. They saw displays of 18 th - and 19 th -century material relevant to local history and some of the finest pieces from the Library's collection of rare books, including a mediaeval Book of Hours . Members of the team who installed the Library's new lift were proud to meet them, and…
A lift has now been installed in the Library, together with improved facilities for the disabled. Although the majority of the Library's public areas are at ground-floor level, the newspaper room is one of the most used in the building and is situated on the first floor, while the Council Room is on the second, so improving access will benefit many of those who make use of our Library. This was a…
