/ en /wartime-use-founders-library-1939-1946 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/Plan%20of%20Mansfield%E2%80%99s%20library%20in%20the%20Founder%E2%80%99s%20Library%20space.jpg.webp?itok=Wc4a0XYN" width="655" height="435" alt="Plan of Mansfield’s library in the Founder’s Library space" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The Wartime Use of the Founder’s Library 1939–1946 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Michael Stansfield</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Archives</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/145" hreflang="en">Second World War</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/61" hreflang="en">²ÝÁñÊÓƵ history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/641" hreflang="en">Mansfield ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>What role during the Second World War did the space at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, known as the Founder’s Library, play in the national cause, the life of the college more generally, and the provision of library services for the members of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ itself and—which might especially be the intrigue—of its neighbour Mansfield ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Plan of Mansfield’s library in the Founder’s Library space [detail]<br>Mansfield ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Archives, Oxford</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>© Courtesy of Mansfield ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-07/23NCN10%20%282025%29%20Stansfield%20on%20Wartime%20Use.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=587189" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN10 (2025) Stansfield on Wartime Use.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">573.43 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:00:02 +0000 Christopher 3391 at